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and preserve Friendship with iis, why did they not give notice of the 

 War before it happened, as it is known to be the Eesult of long Deliber- 

 ations, and a preconcerted Combination among them ? Why did they 

 not leave their Tribe immediately, and come among us before there was 

 Ground to suspect them, or War was actually waged with their Tribe ? 

 No, they stayed amongst them, were privy to their murders and Ravages, 

 until we had destroyed their Provisions, and when they could no longer 

 subsist at home, they come, not as Deserters, but as Friends, to be main- 

 tained through the Winter, that they may be able to Scalp and butcher 

 us in the Spring. 



"And as to the Moravian Indians, there are strong Grounds at least to 

 suspect their Friendship, as it isknown they carried on a Correspondence 

 with our Enemies on the Great Island. We killed three Indians going 

 from Bethlehem to the Great Island with Blankets, Ammunition, and 

 Provisions, which is an undeniable Proof that the Moravian Indians 

 were in confederacy with our open Enemies; And we cannot but be 

 filled with Indignation to hear this action of ours painted in the most 

 odious and detestable Colors, as if we had inhumanly murdered our 

 Guides, who preserved us from perishing in the Woods, when we only 

 killed three of our known Enemies, who attempted to shoot us when we 

 surprised them. And besides all this, we understand that one of these 

 very Indians is proved by the oath of Stinton's Widow, to be the very 

 Person that murdered her Husband, How then comes it to pass, that he 

 alone, of all the Moravian Indians, should join with the enemy to mur- 

 der that family ? Or can it be supposed that any Enemy Indians, con- 

 trary to their known custom of making War, should penetrate into the 

 Heart of a settled Country, to burn, plunder, and murder the Inhabitants, 

 and not molest any Houses in their return, or ever be seen or heard of? 

 Or how can we account for it, that no ravages have been committed in 

 Northampton County, since the removal of the Moravian Indians, when 

 the Great Cove has been struck since ? These things put it beyond 

 doubt with us that the Indians now at Philadelphia are His Majesty's 

 Perfidious Enemies, and therefore to protect and maintan them at the 

 Public Expence, while our suffering Brethren on the Frontiers are 

 almost destitute of the necessaries of Life, and are neglected by the 

 Public, is sufficient to make us mad with rage, and tempt us to do what 

 nothing but the most violent necessity can vindicate. We humbly and 

 earnestly pray, therefore, that those Enemies of His Majesty may be re- 

 moved as soon as possible out of the Province. 



"Fourthly. We humbly conceive that it is contrary to the maxims of 

 good Policy, and extremely dangerous to our Frontiers, to suffer any 

 Indians, of what tribe soever, to live within the Inhabited parts of this 

 Province, while we are engaged in an Indian War, as Experience has 



