10 



arrival, 333; Braddock's defeat, 334; Dismay caused among the frontier 

 settlers, 334 ; Paxtoii and Tulpehockcn refugees at Ephrata, 335 ; Murders 

 committed by the Indians, 335; Block-house erected at Lancaster, 336; In- 

 habitants of Lancaster county petition the Assembly for a militia law, 337 ; 

 Scalping parties, 338 ; War suspended against the Indians, 338; Prepera, 

 tions made to repel Indian incursions, 339 ; Conrad Weiser commands nine 

 companies, 339 ; French hostilities continued, 340 ; Murders committed by 

 the Indians in 1757, 339 ; Indian treaties, at Lancaster and at Easton, 340 ; 

 Minutes extract from, of Indian treaty, at Lancaster. 340 ; King Beaver's 

 speech, 342; Treaty held at Easton: fifteen tribes of Indians represented; 

 Murders by Indians in Tulpehockcn, 313; Murders committed by the In- 

 dians in 1758, 344; Cumberland over-iun by savages, 344 ; Inhabitants fled 

 to Lancaster, &c., 345; Barracks erected at Lancaster, 346 ; Work-house 

 erected at Lancaster, 346 ; The Irish sell to the Germans, and scat them- 

 selves at Chestnut Glade, 347; Baron Sticgcl lays out Manhcim, 347 ; No- 

 tice of the Baron, 348; Notes of variety ; Emanuel Carpenter, 394, 



CHAPTER VIL 



Tendency of war, p. 350 ; Hostilities continued, 351 ; Lancaster county 

 exposed to Indian incursions, 352; Treachery of the Concstoga Indians, 

 352; Paxton and Donegal Rangers watch the Indians closely, 359.; Indian 

 villagers massacred, 356 ; Those abroad taken under protection by the mag- 

 istrates of Lancaster, 356 ; Governor Penn's proclamation, 357 ; The Pax- 

 ton boys at Lancaster : massacre the Indians, 358 ; Governor Penn issues 

 another proclamation, 360 ; The Paxton boys grow desperate, and " shovT 

 up some Indian," 362; Resort to Philadelphia, 363; Their non-commenda- 

 ble conduct (here, 363; They return peaceably to their homes, leaving two 

 of their number to present tlicir grievances to the Assembly, 305; Robert 

 Fulton, 366; B. S. Barton, 367 ; Notes of variety. 



CHAPTER Vin. 



Hail storm, p. 369 ; Proceedings, &c. by the citizens of Lancaster countj 

 touching the usurjiation of Parliament, in (Jrcat Britain, 371 ; Letter from 

 the committee of correspondence at Philaddjihia, 372 ; Mciting ;it the court 

 house in Lancaster, 373 ; Copy of a circular letter Irom Philadelphia, 376 ; 

 Meeting called at ]>ancaster, 378; Subscriptions opened for the relief of the 

 suffering Bostonians. 380; Letters from Philadelphia, 382 ; Meeting called, 

 to be held at Lancaster, 383 ; Committee appointed, 384 ; Meeting held, 

 385 ; Letter from Reading, 387 ; Meeting of the committee of inspection, 

 &c., 388; (Joinmittee men from different townships meet at Lancaster, 395; 

 Their proceedings, &c. &c. 395. 



