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