356 HISTORY OP 



Six Nations,* who occupied a spot of land in Manor 

 township. 



On Wednesday, the 14th of December, 1763, at day 

 break, '' a number of armed mounted men, principally 

 from Donegal and Paxton townships, attacked the 

 Indian village, and barbarously massacred some women 

 and children, and a few old men ; amougst the latter, the 

 chief, Shaheas, who had always been distinsuished for 

 his friendship towards the whites. The majority of the 

 Indian villagers were abroad at the time of the attack.^'! 

 After slaying those at home, their huts were set on fire, 

 and most of them burned down.! "The magistrates of 

 Lancaster sent out to collect the surviving ones, brought 

 them into town, for their better security against any 

 further attempt ; and it is said condoled with them on the 

 misfortune that had happened, took them by the hand, 

 and promised them protection. They were put in the 



*Tl. C. a writer in the Intelligencer & Journal says : " The 

 Indians at Conestogo, at the time of its destruction consisted 

 of Senecas, Mingoes, Pequeas, &c. The Mmgoes were not 

 of the five nations ; they belonged to a distant tribe of that 

 name." 



f Gordon's Pa. 405. 



^One of these huts or cabins still exists. It is occupied as a 

 kitchen by Isaac Kuhn — it is built of round logs. The writer 

 had been in this cabin, December 7, 1842. 



Note.— In a pamphlet ascribed to B. Franklin, written in 

 1764, we find the following names of Indians, who resided at 

 Conestoga: Shehaes, a very old man; Peggy, his daughter; 

 John, an old man ; Harry ; George and Bill Soc, brothers, 

 both young men ; Betty a harmless old woman, and her son 

 Peter, a likely young lad ; John Smith, who had married Sally, 

 whose Indian name was Wyanjoy. — Spark's Franklin^ IV, 

 54-57. 



