CHAPTER XXIII.
1763.
The Indians raise the Siege of Detroit.
The Besiegers ask for Peace.—A Truce granted.—Letter from Neyon to Pontiac.—Autumn at Detroit.—Indians at their Wintering Grounds.—Iroquois War-parties.—The War in the South. [351]
CHAPTER XXIV.
1763.
The Paxton Men.
Desperation of the Borderers.—Effects of Indian Hostilities.—The Conestoga Band.—Paxton.—Matthew Smith and his Companions.—Massacre of the Conestogas.—Further Designs of the Rioters.—Remonstrance of Elder.—Massacre in Lancaster Jail.—State of Public Opinion.—Lazarus Stewart.—The Moravian Converts.—Their Retreat to Philadelphia.—Their Reception by the Mob. [357]
CHAPTER XXV.
1764.