while such of the poor planters who, with their wives, children and servants, escaped from the enemy, have been obliged, in this inclement season of the year, to abandon their habitations

almost naked, and to throw themselves upon the charity of those

who dwell in the interior of the province."' The Minsis, unleashed, performed their part clan,

it

will

for each tribal

be borne in mind, was, by the terms of the compact,

required to strike within the territory which they claimed as their and on the borders of birthright

Ulster and Orange counties in

New

York, and in the western settle ments of New Jersey, were repeated the

ravages of the more of Pennsylvania. in the town of Goshen,

fearful

remote

Except

districts

the settlements here were at con siderable distance

and

from each other

much exposed to the surprises

of the Indian enemy.

The incur

sions of the Indians were frequent ; the people, especially in the

northern part of Orange and southern part of Ulster, were kept in almost perpetual alarm and under such " continued military duty as to be rendered incapable of taking care of their private affairs for the support of their families." An extent of country, on the west side of the Wallkill, of fifteen miles in length and

seven or eight in breadth, which was "well and thickly settled, was abandoned by the inhabitants, who, for their safety, removed their families to the east side of the river, and became a charge on the charity of their neighbors," while others " removed to distant parts, and some out of the province. " in of and the Fatigues body, continually guarding ranging woods, and anxiety of mind which the inhabitants could not