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acme of the savage scalping parties were pushed on, to 

 within tliirty miles of Philadelphia." 



Several Indian treaties were held, in 1757; one at 

 Lancaster,* in May ; another at Easton, in August. At 



killed, and Patrick McClelland wounded in the shoulder, who 

 afterwards died of his wound, near Maxwell's fort, on Cono- 

 cocheague creek. May 14th, Major Campbell and one Tussey 

 were killed or taken captive, with fourteen others, rear 

 Potomac. May 12, John Martin and Andrew Paul, both old 

 men, were taken from Conococheague. May 13, two men 

 killed, near McCormick's fort, Conodoguinet. May 16, eleven 

 persons killed at Paxton, Lancaster county. June 9, James 

 Holiday, and fourteen men killed and taken ; James Long's 

 son and another man, killed in a quarry at Fort Frederick. — 

 Nineteen men killed in a mill at Quitipihilla, Lanca&ter county, 

 and four were killed in Shearman's valley ; all done in one 

 week. June 6, two men were killed, and five taken prisoners, 

 near Shippensburg. July 18, six men killed or taken from a 

 field, near Shippensburg. July 19, nineteen men killed and 

 taken wliile reaping in a field, near Shippensburg. August 

 17, William Waugh's barn was burnt, in the Tract, York 

 county, by Indians. September 9, one boy and girl taken 

 from Donegal, Lancaster county. October 1 and 2, a very 

 great slaughter, near Opikcn, in Virginia, where more than 

 sixty were killed and taken. November 9, John. Woods, his 

 wife and mother-in-law, and John Archer's wife were killed, 

 four children taken, and nine men killed, near McDowell's 

 fort. — Loudon''s Narrative, II. 200-208. 



♦At the tjeaty held. May 29, 1757, between Governor Denny 

 and the Indians of the Six Nations, they complained of 

 grievances, and assigned a few causes of disaffection. 



" Brothers, some years ago, in the Jer-cys, one of the head 

 of the Delawares had been out hunting. On his return, ho 

 called to see a gentleman, a friend of his, one of your people, 

 whom he found in the field: when the gentlemen saw him, he 

 came to meet him. It was rainy weather, and the Delaware 

 chief had his gun under his arm ; they met at a fence, and as they 

 reached their hands to each other, the Delaware's gun went 



