The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada
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