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and never returned to the place from which they had 

 fled.* 



" After the first panic had passed away, the refuge© 

 settlers associated themselves together, and under the 

 care of divisions of the regular troops and militia, 

 succeeded in collecting and saving the remnant of their 

 crops.'' 



In the latter end of August, a party of volunteers 

 from Lancaster county, one hundred and ten in number, 

 intercepted at IMuncy hill, a number of Indians, pro- 

 ceeding from Great Island, in the Susquehanna, to the 

 frontier settlements. In several skirmishes with the 

 Indians, the Lancasterians killed twelve of them — four 

 of their own men were killed, and a like number 

 wounded. 



After General Forbes had taken possession of Fort 

 Da Quesne, November 25, 1758, and garrisoned it by 

 men, chiefly provincial troops, from Pennsylvania, INIary- 



*The following we copied at the Donegal church: "In mem- 

 ory of William McDowell, late of Conecaeheague, who was a 

 tender parent and careful instructor, and an example of piety 

 to a numerous progeny. When the settlement v/as obliged to 

 fly by the barbarous Indian W'ar, he deceased in these parts. — 

 So was interred here September 12, 1759, aged 77." 



Note, — Extracts from letters to James Hamilton, Esq. dated 

 Carlisle, July 3d and 5th, 1763, signed Henry Eoquet : 



If the measures I had the honor to recommend to you in nty 

 letter of yesterday, are not immediately put into execution, I 

 foresee the rnin of the posts of the province on this side of the 

 Susquehanna; and as York county would be covered by 

 Cumberland, I think they ought to assist in building the post, 

 and sowing the harvest. It would not be the less necessary 

 to send arms and ammunition to be distributed among the iH'-^ 

 habitants for the protection of the reapers. 



May, 5. The road was nearly covered with womexT and chiU 

 dren flying to Lancaster and Philadelphia. 



