The Indians were fully sensible of v/hat they had to dread from such an adversary, and accordingly betook themselves to a course not unusual on occasions of great difficulty and danger ; they referred tlie case to tlie squav/s, the mothers of the tribes, who, it is said, recommended an offer to quit, on being allowed their betterments -- a Novanglican law term, devised to signify the dwelling and other erections, and comprehending girding the trees to disencumber the land of the wood, by a person entering without title, on land never before cultivated, known as T?eii.> or \\'ild land, &:c. ' No answer, as was to be expected, was given to this o.^'er; and the parties claiming to be entitled to the riglit of sovereign States, and there being no federal court to interpose between the.m, had recourse to the '" alternate means, of discussion between princes -- to arms." The parties foreseeing there would be war, were, as behooved them, prepared for it.

The renowned arch-leader, an host in himself, took the field alone ; and being an over-match for the Indians in skill and spirit, he at first advanced on them ; but, they having provided there should be constantly reinforcements on their march, thereby preserving their conps entire, and harrassing him incessantly, giving him no rest night or day.

a licatn's ?Iera. 6T.

THE TOWN OF WESTCHESTER.

he was obliged finally to yield to vigilance and perseverance, and fall

luck. He retired collected, and, as usual, giving up the ground only