52 THE WAR ON THE BORDERS. [1763, July. 



few rods from the scene of blood, before his strength 

 gave out. Eliot approached him. " Take my 

 gun," said the dying frontiersman. " Whenever 

 you see an Indian, kill him with it, and then I 

 shall be satisfied." ^ Eliot, with several others of 

 the party, escaped, and finally reached Carlisle, 

 where his story excited a spirit of uncontrollable 

 wrath and vengeance among the fierce backwoods- 

 men. Several parties went out ; and one of them, 

 commanded by the sheriff of the place, encountered 

 a band of Indians, routed them after a sharp fight, 

 and brought in several scalps.^ 



The surrounding country was by this time com- 

 pletely abandoned by the settlers, many of whom, 

 not content with seeking refuge at CarHsle, con- 

 tinued their flight to the eastward, and, headed by 

 the clergyman of that place, pushed on to Lancas- 

 ter, and even to Philadelphia.^ Carlisle presented 



1 Robison, Narrative. Robison was one of the party, and his brother 

 was mortally wounded at the first fire. 



2 Extract from a Letter — C«/-//s/e, July 13 [Penn. Gaz. No. 1804) : — 

 " Last Night Colonel Armstrong returned. He left the Party, who 



pursued further, and found several dead, whom they buried in the best 

 manner they could, and are now all returned in. — From what appears, 

 the Indians are travelling from one Place to another, along the Valley, 

 burning the Farms, and destroying all the People they meet with. — 

 This Day gives an Account of six more being killed in the Valley, so 

 that, since last Sunday Morning to this Day, Twelve o'clock, we have a 

 pretty authentic Account of the Number slain, being Twenty -five, and 

 four or five wounded. — The Colonel, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Alricks, are 

 now on the Parade, endeavouring to raise another Party, to go out and 

 succour the Sheriff and his Party, consisting of Fifty Men, which marched 

 Yesterday, and hope they will be able to send off immediately Twenty 

 good Men. — The People here, I assure you, want nothing but a good 

 Leader, and a little Encouragement, to make a very good Defence." 



3 Extract from a Letter — Carlisle, July 5 ( Haz. Pa. Reg. IV. 390) : — 

 " Nothing could exceed the terror which prevailed from house to 



