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adelphia, they were conducted, amidst the yells and 

 hootings of the rabble, to the barracks, which had 

 been intended to receive them ; but the soldiers, 

 who outdid the mob in their hatred of Indians, 

 refused to admit them, and set the orders of the 

 governor at defiance. From ten o'clock in the 

 morning until three in the afternoon, the persecuted 

 exiles remained drawn up in the square before the 

 barracks, surrounded by a multitude who never 

 ceased to abuse and threaten them ; but wherever 

 the broad hat of a Quaker was seen in the crowd, 

 there they felt the assurance of a friend, — a friend, 

 who, both out of love for them, and aversion to 

 their enemies, would spare no efforts in their 

 behalf. The soldiers continued refractory, and the 

 Indians were at length ordered to proceed. As 

 they moved down the street, shrinking together in 

 their terror, the mob about them grew so angry 

 and clamorous, that to their missionaries they 

 seemed like a flock of sheep in the midst of howl- 

 ing wolves.^ A body-guard of Quakers gathered 

 around, protecting them from the crowd, and speak- 

 ing words of sympathy and encouragement. Thus 

 they proceeded to Province Island, below the city, 

 where they were lodged in waste buildings, pre- 

 pared in haste for their reception, and where the 

 Quakers still attended them, with every office of 

 kindness and friendship. 



1 Loskiel, Part II. 216. 



