The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-22

The movement began anout the year I7ds
and continued for forty or fifty years. Some
or them went TO Maryland and a great
many went TO Virginia, where they still
constitute distinct element i'm the popula-
ton. In Virginia, as elsewhere, most OF
them sought the frontier. In fact I'm coll
onial times. they could be found on the
whole American frontier from New Hamp-
shire to Georgia. They did not, however.
supposed. Many of them. especially in
pennsylvania, remained in the. East In
modern times many OF them hare settled
in the southwestern section of PHILADELPHIA,
which Is now largely populated by them.
BUT city HE has very quieting effect on
their temperament They flourish better in
the country and best of all on the frontier
Their most striking and peculiar qualities
seemed TO have been developed by contact
with the wilderness, and the frontier us
terman has become so conspicuous that his
less demonstrative, though PROBABLY equal
" efficient brother has been thrown into
the shade hey wanted the land as their
own and ould have no neghbors but
their own people. When the Germans be-
gan to move into some of their settlements
IN pennsylvania, IL was found difficult for
the two nationalities TO live together. and
the proDrietors asked the Scotch-Irish TO
move farth"~ st, a suggestion which they
always e. accepted. They were de
Iighted w l16S the land west of the
FlleSnenh * opened for settlement. ard
they INN, lately began 10 throng through
the mountain passes to reach IL
The larger part of the Scotch migration
10 America appears TO have come TO
fame OF the colony for religious liberty and
1erule soil. They scattered themselves TO
bers OF the race can now be found in al
most every part of IL. A large number OF
them went up on the Lehigh: Some of the
nrst arrivals went into Bucks county and
Lancaster county. They also occupied oc-
toraro creek. Pequea. Donegal and Paxton.
BUT the greater part congregatod i'm what
Is now known the Cumberland valley.
The valley was. in colonial times. known
as the kittochtinney, afterwards changed
into kittatinny. and now Cumberland. IL
includes that triangular-shaped country in
the southern central portion OF the State
With the Susquehanna on one side. the
Tuscarora mountains on the other and the
Maryland boundary on the south. IL is the
same country which the Union and Con-
iederafe armies trampied over In ma
neuVerfng for the battle of Gettysburg, ana
contains the f.ourishin towns OF Cham-
bersburg, Gettysburg. Carlisle and York.
Fighting had become part OF the religion
OF the Scotch-Irish, as peace was part OF
the religion OF the Quakers. and they used
the rifle TO settle difficulties with the In
dams which the Quakers settled by
treaty. Rough. Independent and vigorous,
they sometimes carried these qualities TO
excess. and became connected with a great
deal OF the disorder which marked the his
tory of the colony. They were the insti-
gators OF the whisky rebe llion. which
Washington put down soon after the revo-
luton. and in the records of the colonial
period we usually find them described as
uncivilized and cruel
Mr.. Fisher quotes Sargent in his Intro
docks Expedition as describing the
Scotch-Irish OF that time in a manner
which many of them have objected TO. but
which he considers a fair description OF
the race. The wor,is are follows:
They were a hardy. brave. hot-headed
race. excitable In temper, understandable
IN passion. invincible in prejudice. Their
hand opened as impetuously 10 friend
as II clinched against an enemy. They
loathed the Pope as sincerely they ven
Grated Calvin or Knox. and they did not
particularly respect the Quakers. III often
of their ' position' Thev hated the Indian
while they despised him, and II does not
seem. in their dealaings with this race as
though there were any sentiments of honor
or magnanimity in their bosoms that could
hold sway against the furious tide Of pas
sionate, blind resentment. Impatient of re-
straint. rebellious against everything that
in their eyes bore the semblance OF injus-
tice. We find these men readiest among the
ready on the battlefields of the revolution.
If they had faults. lack OF patriotism OF
of courage was not among the number"