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

action

already

outlined

The general terms. of Oc the i6th On

in

western. organization was first to strike.

tober they fell upon the whites of John Penn's creek, four miles south of Shamokin. Here they killed or took captive twenty-five persons ; and it was only the twenty-third of the'

month when all the settlements along the Susquehanna, between Shamokin and Hunter's mill, for a distance of fifty miles, were Early in November the Great and Little hopelessly deserted. Cove were attacked and the inhabitants either put to death or taken prisoners, and the settlements totally destroyed.

These blows were promptly seconded by the eastern organ ization under

Teedyuscung. Assembling his allied Lenape, Shawanoe and Mabican warriors at Nescopec, he marked out the plan of the campaign for the coming autumn and winter. Its operations were to be restricted to the

ct

walking purchase,"