The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-12
To Mn. c. II. AT YARDLY IN NORTHAMPTON
SHIRE.


SHIRE.
SR
haveing feene yours directed to--and conGder
ing that you cannot have your deiires fatsed that
way Tor the aforementioned reafons, have by his per-
milton, adventured to fend you this bree ACCOUNT of
thoie affaires, 10 far as have bin informed
The Sufquehanians and Marylanders of friendes be-
ing Engaged enimyes las hath by former letter bin
limited to you) and that the Indians being reGalu,ev
Dent not to forake there forte it this poipt
vt the Maryanders were obliged (fndeng thenfeIyes
too weake to do the worke themfeves) to fuplycate
oo foone granted) aide Of the Verginans put under
the conduct of one COLONEL Wahingto Thin, WHOM,
you have fomtimes feene at your Howfe) who being
joyned with the Marylanders, Unveils the Indians in
there Fort, with negligent feige; upon which the
enimye made ieverall fseys, with as MANY IofTes IN
the beieegers; and at lah gave them the opportunity
10 diiart the Fort, after that the Engh had contra
ry to we law OF arms beate the Braines of crate
men lent out to treste peace action Of III con-
lequence, as proved after. For the Indians haveip
in the darke lipt THROUGH the Iegure and in .bsT@
Pailage knockd 70 Of the belegers the head which
they found TAFT a-feep leaveng the ref to profecue
the Seige las Scoging's Wife broodng the Foos
which the Fox had fuck'd) they refolved to impIov
there liberty in ayenging there Commilionres blood
which they fpeedly ee6ted in the death Of fyty IN
noiicent ioues, and then lend in there Remembrance
to the Governor, in publication of the fact with this
ExPoftulation snDext Demanding what it was NOV
ed him to take up againh them, his profeAed
friends, in the behale Of the Maryanders there ayo
ed ennnyes Declaring there forow to fee the YER
gInians OF friends TO becom luch violent enimes az q,
Periue the Chale in to anothers dominions. Com
planes that there melngers ent out for peace were
not only knockd on the head but the fa countenancd
by the GOVERNOR; for which Finding no other vav
to be iatSied they had revenged themfeIves, by kill
ling ten for one Of the Engifh fuch being the diff
proportion between there men murthered and tboCe
by them fane there's being perfons Of quaIlety the
other Of nferiour Ranke Protecting that if they NAV
have valuable iatsfaaion foi the damage they had
iuitained by the Englih, and that the Verginans
would Withdraw there aides from the Maryisnder.
quarill that then they would renew the league with
5r W. b. otherways they would proneeute We war TO
he laft man and the hardeft fend Of
This was faire play, from fowle gameflers But
The perPoieas not to be allowed of as being contrary
to the honour Of the Englih, the Indians proeeede <
haveing drswne the neghbouring Indians ir,o there
abe, IN Mort time, they commit abundance of un-
garded and unrevenged murthers by which meanes
CRATE many Of the outward plantations were dfarted
he doeing whereof did not onely terefye the who'll
colony but fubPanted thofe eeemes the people had
formerly for Sr w. B. whom they judged too renifs,
N applying meanes to aop the fevrYe Of the Heather
md to fetle there Affections and expectations, upon
one EiP. Bacon, newly come into tle Counsrsy, one