The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada
CHAPTER XXII.
1763.
DESOLATION OF THE FRONTIERS.
_Virginian Backwoodsmen._--_Frontiers of Virginia._--_Population of Pennsylvania._--_Distress of the Settlers._--_Attack on Greenbrier._-- _A captive Amazon._--_Attack on a School-house._--_Sufferings of Captives._--_The escaped Captive._--_Feeble Measures of Defence._-- _John Elder._--_Virginian Militia._--_Courage of the Borderers._-- _Encounter with a War-party._--_Armstrong's Expedition._--_Slaughter at Wyoming._--_Quaker Prejudice._--_Gage assumes the Command._-- _Political Disputes._ 333