promiscuously tomahawked or scalped, or hurried away into There distant captivity, for torture or for coveted ransom.
was literally a
of fire by night and a pillar and cloud by day going up along the horizon, marking the progress of the relentless Indians, as they dealt out death, and pillage, and con pillar
flagration, and drove before them, in midwinter's flight, hundreds of homeless wanderers, who scarce knew where to turn for safety or for succor in the swift destruction that s was come upon
them. 4
The attacking force appeared in two distinct yet united or that of the eastern
ganizations
Teedyuscung
that
;
of the
Thompson's Alienation.
These were representatives of the Six Nations who had removed to Canada at the instigation of the French priests.
Colonial History, vi, 938. Memorials Meravian Church, i, 193. 6 " Shingask was his proper name,
which This
interpreted
man was
warrior
is
a
bog
meado<w.
greatest Delaware of that time j were his war exthe
Lenapes, under the lead of
western under
Shingas.
Both
ploits on record they would form an interesting document, though a shocking His person was small, but in point one. of courage and activity, he was said never to have been exceeded by any one."
(Hcckciu elders Narrative, 64). Pennsylvania offered 200 for his scalp. His brother,
Tamaque,
was
a
chief.
also
Ib,,
or
distinguished
61, 64.
King
Beaver, warrior and
THE INDIAN TRIBES
were equal in determination, though perhaps unequal in strength, the western being the most formidable in numbers, in position, and in the direct aid which they could obtain from the French. The defeat of Braddock in July, was the signal for the aggressive