CHAPTER VII. 



1760-1763. 

 ANGER OF THE INDIAls^S. — THE CONSPIRACY. 



The country was scarcely transferred to the 

 English, when smothered murmurs of discontent 

 began to be audible among the Indian tribes. 

 From the head of the Potomac to Lake Superior, 

 and from the xllleghanies to the Mississippi, in 

 every wigwam and hamlet of the forest, a deep- 

 rooted hatred of the English increased with rapid 

 growth. Nor is this to be wondered at. We have 

 seen with what sagacious policy the French had 

 labored to ingratiate themselves with the Indians ; 

 and the slaughter of the Monongahela, with the 

 horrible devastation of the western frontier, the 

 outrages perpetrated at Oswego, and the massacre 

 at Fort Wilham Henry, bore witness to the suc- 

 cess of their efforts. Even the Delawares and 

 Shawanoes, the faithful allies of William Penn, 

 had at length been seduced by their blandishments ; 

 and the Iroquois, tbe ancient enemies of Canada, 

 had half forgotten their former hostility, and well- 

 nigh taken part against the British colonists. The 

 remote nations of the west had also joined in the 



