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The Moravian Indians were placed for safety in the 

 barracks at Pliiladelphia, and no sooner had this intelli- 

 gence been received in Lancaster, than a large number 

 assembled and marched to Philadelphia. They produced 

 considerable alarm in the city. " The Governor fled 

 to the house of Dr. Franklin for safety ; and nothing but 



twenty men met at T. T's, and chose their officers. Before 

 night they were increased to nearly an hundred ; as were like- 

 wise most of the other companies. E and all our men 



were in captain Wood's company. They all appeared to be 

 in high spirits, and desirous to meet the rebels. On Tuesday, 

 when the Mayor and other gentlemen set off for Germantown, 

 the heads of companies begged of them not to comply with 

 any dishonorable terms, and told them : " Gentlemen, we are 

 ready to go wherever you may command us ; and we had much 

 rather you would let us treat with them, with our guns." On 

 their return, there was a general murmur among the compa- 

 nies against the proceedmgs of our great men ; they knew it, 

 and there was a long harangue made by Mr. Chew ; but it did 



not answer the end. On Wednesday morning I went to , 



as usucil, and on my return home, I stopped at our friend H. 

 T's, when, on a sudden an alarm gun was fired, the bells began 

 to ring, and the men called " to arms," as loud as possible. I 

 cannot describe, my dear brother, how I felt : we ran to the 



door, when, to add to my fright I saw E , amidst hundreds 



of others, run by with his gun. They met at the court house, 

 formed themselves into regular companies, and marched up 

 Second street as far as the barracks ; where they found it was 

 a false alarm, 



"It was a pleasing, though melancholy sight, to view the 

 activity of our men. In less than a quarter of an hour, they 

 were all on their march — it is supposed above a thousand of 

 them; and by all accounts, there were not ten — ^- among 

 them. It was the very conamon cry, while our men were 



parading— "What! not one among us^! Instead of 



joining with others, they would sneak into corners and applaud 

 the " Paxton Boys." Their behavior on th.is occasion has 

 made them blacker than ever," 



