And as the war still raged between the Americans and the English, and no chance to pass safely to Ireland appeared, it was concluded upon that Alexander Cathcart and his daughter Mary should accompany his son David in his removal west of the mountains; yet he consented to this very reluctantly, as he still entertained hopes of the termination of the war, at which time he hoped to find a passage home again to Ireland to the bosom of his wife and family and his friends.
Notwithstanding his reluctance, he did accompany his son David, with his daughter Mary, over the mountains, where they settled in a cabin between the Youghiogheny River and Redstone Creek, between where Connellsville and Uniontown now stand, in a settlement then and long afterwards known as the " Redstone Settlement." [Source]
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