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they now have many thousands of bushels of our corn and wheat in pos- 

 session already, for the inhabitants goes off and leaves all. 

 "I am, sir, your most humble servant, 



"John Harris." 



A Letter to Governor Morris from Conrad Weiser, Esqr,, at Reading. 



'■^ May it please the Governor: Since the date of my last Letter, which 

 I sent Express by Sammy Weiser, dated last Sunday evening, 5 o'clock, 

 and about 11 the same Night I sent a Letter to Mr. Read in this Town, 

 who forwarded it to your Honor by the same opportunity. The following 

 account of what has happened since I thought was proper to lay before 

 your Honor to wit : After I had received the news that Paxton people 

 above Hunter's Mill had been murdered, I immediately sent my servants 

 to alarm the neighborhood. The people came to my house by break of 

 day. I informed them of the melancholy news and how I came by it, 

 (fee. They unanimously agreed to stand by one another and march to 

 meet the enemy if I would go with them. I told them not only myself 

 but my sons and servants should go. They put themselves under my 

 direction. I gave orders to them to go home and fetch their Arms, 

 whether firuns, Swords, pitchforks, axes, or whatsoever might be of use 

 against the enemy, and for three days provision in their Knapsacks, and 

 meet me at Benjamin Spicker's at three of the Clock that afternoon, about 

 six Miles above my House in Tulpohocon Township, where I had sent 

 word for Tulpohocon people also to meet. I immediately mounted my 

 Horse and went up to Benjamin Spicker's, where I found about one 

 hundred people who had met before I came there ; and after I had 

 informed them of the intelligence I had, and promised to go with them 

 as a common Soldier, and to be commanded by such officers and leading 

 men whatever they might call them as they should chuse, they unani- 

 mously agreed to join Heidleberg People, and accordingly they went 

 home to fetch their Arms and Provisions for three days, and came again 

 at 3 o'clock. All this was punctually performed, and about two hundred 

 men were at Benjamin Spicker's by two of the Clock. I made the ne- 

 cessary disposition, and the people were divided into Companys of thirty 

 men each Company ; they chosed their officers, that is a Captain over each 

 Company and three inferiors under him, each to take care of ten men 

 and lead them on or fire as the Captain should direct. I sent privately 

 for Mr. Kurtz, the Lutheran Minister, who lived about a Mile off, who 

 came and gave an Exhortation to the men, and made a Prayer suitable 

 to the time ; and then we marched towards Sasquehannah, having first 

 sent about fifty men to Tolkeo in order to possess themselves of the 

 Capes or Narrows of Swahatawro, where we expected the enemy would 

 come through, with a Letter to Mr, Parsons, who happened to be at his 

 plantation. We marched about ten Miles that evening; my Company 



