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A Narrative of the Late Massacres – 10

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lish will wrap me in their Matchcoat, and secure me from all Danger.” How unfortunately was he mistaken!
 
Another Proclamation has been issued, offering a great Reward for apprehending the Murderers, in the following Terms, viz.
 
WHEREAS on the Twenty-second Day of December last, I issued a Proclamation for the apprehending and bringing to Justice, a Number of Persons, who, in Violation of the Public Faith, and in Defiance of all Law, had inhumanly killed, six of the Indians, who had lived in Conestogoe Manor, for the Course of many Years, peaceably and inoffensively, under the Protection of this Government, on Lands assigned to them for their Habitation; notwithstanding which, I have received Information, that on the Twenty-seventh of the same Month, a large Party of armed Men again assembled and met together in a riotous and tumultuous Manner, in the County of Lancaster, and proceeded to the Town of Lancaster, where they violently broke open the Work-house, and butchered and put to Death fourteen of the said Conestogoe Indians, Men, Women and Children, who had been taken under the immediate Care and Protection of the Magistrates of the said County, and lodged for their better Security in the said Workhouse, till they should be more effectually provided for by Order of the Government. And whereas common Justice

Contents of this annotation:

  1. A Narrative of the Late Massacres (Inscribed: From James Pemberton to William Cobbett) - 10
  2. A Narrative of the Late Massacres - 10