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

 settlers, 334 ; Paxton and Tulpchocken 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 Tulpehocken, 343 ; Murders committed by the In- 

 dians in 1758, 344; Cumberland over-run 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 seat them- 

 selves at Chestnut Glade, 347 ; Baron Stiegel lays out Manheim, 347 ; No- 

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



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

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

 352; Paxton and Donegal Rangers veatch 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 " show 

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

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

 of tlieir number to present their grievances to the Assembly, 355; Robert 

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



CHAPTER VIIL 



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

 touching the usurpation of Parliament, in Great Britain, 371 ; Letter from 

 the committee of correspondence at Philadelphia, 372 ; Meeting at the court 

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

 Meeting called at Lancaster, 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 ; Committee men from different townships meet at Lancaster, 395 ; 

 Their proceedings, &c. &c. 395. 



