140 EIOTERS MARCH ON PHILADELPHIA. [1764, Jan. 



mournful procession, thinly clad and shivering 

 with cold, through the silent streets. The Mora- 

 vian Brethren supplied them with food ; and Fox, 

 the commissary, with great humanity, distributed 

 blankets among them. Before they could resume 

 their progress, the city was astir ; and as they 

 passed the suburbs, they were pelted and hooted 

 at by the mob. Captain Hobertson's Highlanders, 

 who had just arrived from Lancaster, were ordered 

 to escort them. These soldiers, who had their 

 own reasons for hating Indians, treated them at 

 first with no less insolence and rudeness than the 

 populace ; but at length, overcome by the meek- 

 ness and patience of the sufferers, they changed 

 their conduct, and assumed a tone of sympathy and 

 kindness.^ 



Thus escorted, the refugees pursued their dreary 

 progress through the country, greeted on all sides 

 by the threats and curses of the people. When 

 they reached Trenton, they were received by Apty, 

 the commissary at that place, under whose charge 

 they continued their journey towards Amboy, where 

 several small vessels had been provided to carry 

 them to New York. Arriving at Amboy, however, 

 Apty, to his great surprise, received a letter from 

 Governor Golden of New York, forbidding him to 

 bring the Indians within the limits of that province. 

 A second letter, from General Gage to Captain 

 Robertson, conveyed orders to prevent ' their 

 advance ; and a third, to the owners of the ves- 

 sels, threatened heavy penalties if they should 



1 Loskiel, Part II. 220. Heckewelder, Narrative, 81. 



