[370] Loskiel, Hist. Moravian Missions, Part II. 214. Heckewelder, Narrative of Missions, 75.
[371] Loskiel, Part II. 216.
[372] Remonstrance of the Frontier People to the Governor and Assembly. See Votes of Assembly, V. 313.
The “Declaration,” which accompanied the “Remonstrance,” contains the following passage: “To protect and maintain these Indians at the public expense, 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.”
See Appendix, E.
[373] MS Elder Papers
The following verses are extracted from a poem, published at Philadelphia, by a partisan of the Paxton men, entitled,
“The Cloven Foot Discovered
“Go on, good Christians, never spare
To give your Indians Clothes to wear,
Send ’em good Beef, and Pork, and Bread,
Guns, Powder, Flints, and Store of Lead,
To Shoot your Neighbours through the Head,
Devoutly then, make Affirmation,
You’re Friends to George and British Nation,
Encourage ev’ry friendly Savage,
To murder, burn, destroy, and ravage,
Fathers and Mothers here maintain,
Whose Sons add Numbers to the slain,
Of Scotch and Irish let them kill
As many Thousands as they will,
That you may lord it o’er the Land,
And have the whole and sole command.”
[374] This incident occurred during the French war, and is thus described by a Quaker eye-witness: “Some of the dead bodies were brought to Philadelphia in a wagon, in the time of the General Meeting of Friends there in December, with intent to animate the people to unite in preparations for war on the Indians. They were carried along the streets—many people following—cursing the Indians, and also the Quakers, because they would not join in war for their destruction. The sight of the dead bodies, and the outcry of the people, were very afflicting and shocking”—Watson, Annals of Phil 449 (Phil 1830).