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great consideration, and order some speedy relief for the safety of these 

 back settlements, and be pleased to give us speedy orders what to do, 

 and as in duty bound we will for ever pray, &c., 



"George Glewell, 

 "Ar. Gates Auchmuty, 

 "John McCahon, 

 "Abraham Soverhill, 

 "Edmund Mathews, 

 "Mark Curry, 

 "William Doran, 

 "Dennis Mucklehenny, 

 "John Young, 

 "Jacob Simmons, 

 "Conrad Craymer, 

 "George Fry, 

 "George Snobble, 

 "George Aberheart, 

 " Dan'l. Braugh, 

 "George Lyne, 

 " Cutfrith Fryar. 

 "October 20th, 1755. 



" I and Thomas Forster, Esq., Mr. Harris, Mr. McKee, with upwards 

 of forty men, went up tke 23d instant to Captain McKee at New Provi- 

 denee, in order to bury the dead lately murdered on Mahonia creek, but 

 understanding that the corps were buried we determined then to return im- 

 mediately home. But being urged by John Sckalamy and the old Belt to 

 go up to see the Indians at Shamokin and know their minds, we went on 

 the 2'ith and stayed there all night, and in the night I heard some Dela- 

 wares talking, about twelve in number, to this purpose : ' What are the 

 English come here for?' Says another, 'to kill us I suppose;' says 

 another, ' can't we then send off some of our nimble young men to give 

 our friends notice that can soon be here ?' Then soon after they sung 

 the War Song, and four Indians went off in two Canoes w^ell armed; the 

 one Canoe went down the river and the other across ; on the morning of 

 the 25th we took our leave of the Indians and set off homewards, and 

 were advised to go down the east side of the river; but fearing a snare 

 might be laid on that side, we marched off peaceably down the west side, 

 having behaved in the most civil and friendly manner towards them 

 while with them, and when we came to the mouth of Mohonia creek, we 

 were fired on by a good number of Indians that lay among the bushes, 

 on which we were obliged to retreat with, the loss of several men; the 

 particular number I cannot exactly mention, but I am positive I saw 

 four fall, and one man struck on the head with a Tomahawk in his flight 



