IV CONTENTS OF VOL. 11. 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 1763. 



The Iroquois. — Ambuscade of the Devil's Hole. 



PAGB 



Congress of Iroquois. — Effect of Johnson's Influence. — Incursions 

 into New York. — False Alarm at Goshen. — The Niagara Port- 

 age. — The Convoy Attacked. — Second Attack. — Disaster on 

 Lake Erie 72 



CHAPTER XXII. 



1763. 



Desolation of the Frontiers. 



Virginian Backwoodsmen. — Frontiers of Virginia. — Population of 

 Pennsylvania. — Distress of the Settlers. — Attack on Green- 

 brier. — A captive Amazon* — Attack on a School-house. — 

 Sufferings of Captives. — The escaped Captive. — Feeble 

 Measures of Defence. — John Elder. — Virginian Militia. — 

 Courage of the Borderers. — Encounter with a War-party. — 

 Armstrong's Expedition. — Slaughter at Wyoming. — Quaker 

 Prejudice. — Gage assumes the Command. — Political Disputes 81 



CHAPTER XXIIL 



1763. 



The Indians raise the Siege op Detroit. 



The Besiegers ask for Peace. — A Truce granted — Letter from 

 Neyon to Pontiac. — Autumn at Detroit. — Indians at their 

 Wintering Grounds. — Iroquois War-parties. — The War in the 

 South 106 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



1763. 



The Paxton Men. 



Desperation of the Borderers. — Effects of Indian Hostilities. — 

 The Conestoga Band. — Paxton. — Matthew Smith and his 

 Companions. — Massacre of the Conestogas. — Further Designs 

 of the Rioters. — Remonstrance of Elder. — Massacre in Lan- 

 caster Jail. — State of Pubhc Opinion. — Lazarus Stewart. — 

 The Moravian Converts. — Their Retreat to Philadelphia. — 

 Their Reception by the Mob 115 



