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Hill Samuel
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McLaughlin Alex.
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Heafly John
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Murray Patrick
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Heis John
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Mytinger Lewis
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Hutman Mathias
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Mitchel James
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Hartman George
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Murphy Barny
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Hatz George
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House Joseph
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Morse Moses
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Heaning Jacob
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Holstein George
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Miller Jacob
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Gilmore Moses
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Kurtz Benjamin
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Moore Thomas 3 00
Seez Balthazer 4 4
Montgomery Joseph 15 00 Seez Christopher 7 16
Martin J & Thomas 5 14 Stephen Hugh 2
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Mackey James 1 16 Smith Nicholas
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Miller Charles 2 12
Smith Casper
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McAlister Archibald 1
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McCaslin John 2
2 Shoch John
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Newman John 2
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Smith's Miss.
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Norton John 15 00
Shields John
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Newman Nicholas
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Scarlet David
1 10
Newman Andrew 2 18
Sawyer James
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Ott Nicholas 10 00
Shrom Jacob
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Petry Henry 1
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Peffer George
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Syfert Anthony
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Peifer John
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Sheets John
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Potts Stacy
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Smith Widow
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Poat Joseph
Snyder Adam
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Patterson Galbreath* 10 16
Sayler Henry
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Pool John 1
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Syboth Tobias
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Pancake George 2 0
Sealy John
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Patterson Robert
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Staugh & Voglesanger 1 4
Tresenrider Conrad
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Pfleager Frederick 5
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Ungar Peter 2
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Porter William
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Peters Michael
2 16 Whitehill George
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Rymuth Philip
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Willson William
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Ritezel Jacob
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Wain Jacob
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Reel Anthony
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Walter Peter
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Reel Philip
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Whitehill Robert
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Ritz John
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Wickersham Hannah
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Romjeau John 4
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Wear Samuel
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Riehm Andrew
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Weatherhold widow and George 6
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Rothroff Henry
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Welchhance Jacob 7
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Saur Charles
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Waltz George
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· Snyder Simon
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Stoehr's house
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Sweeny Major
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Stehly, Widow
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Wilson John
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Pancake Valentine 3 0
Snyder John
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Pool John jr 6 0
Updegraff Abraham
Redding George
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Wingert widow 8
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Wallace Benjamin
10 0 John Lehr
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Wilhelm Jacob
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8 Duncan McGachin 2 8
Wyeth John
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8 James Elliot 2 8
Williams Vincent
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4 John Over
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Williams Christopher
2
0
James Simpson
2
8
Youse Jacob
2
8
John Umholtz
2
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Youse Frederick
2
14 John Weaver
2
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Youse George
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0 William Porter
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Young Robert
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Wlliam Irwin
2
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Zolinger Jacob
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Mathias Henderson 6
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Zinn John 10
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Zeigler Geo carpenter 15
0 Thomas Forster 1 16
Thomas Murray 1 16
Samuel Wier 1 16
SINGLE MEN.
Moses Gilmore
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Thomas Elder 6
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John Elbert
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Samuel Leard
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0 Henry Bruner 1
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Andrew Mitchel
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0 George Hoyer 2
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John Patterson 6
0 Christian Kunkle
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Doctor Spangler
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Michael Kapp
1 10
Joseph Wageline
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George Reddich
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Jacob Bener 3 12
within the borough 2 14
Adam Brady
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Peter Lyeth
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Jacob Burkhart
3 12
Edward Burk's house
3 0
John Burkenbine
3 12
Wear's our house
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Jacob Bretz 3 12
John Wear's house
4 16
Jacob Feger
3 12
Alexander Miller
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Jacob Glass
3 12
Peter Pancake
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Robert Hunter 3 12
James Ross
3 0
Philip Horing
3 12
Ritezel's house
3 0
George Hacker
3 12
Harris' Executors
6 12
John Irwin
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Mengel's Exect
7 4
Michael Krehl
3 12
Shouffler for
Anthony Leyer
3 12
Shoch's house 5 8
Peter Reitzel
3 12
Henry Issets for
James Shaw
3 12
Smith's house 3 12
William Wanless
3 12
Conrad Bombaugh for
William Martin
3 12
Seyffort's house 9 6
William Brown
3 12 Brindle & Montgomery 4 10
Michael Kuntz
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Haller's house 6 0
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William Wallace
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Ziegler George
Zerver Frederick 2
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Bryan Hooper
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Robert Hill
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Joshua Elder
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Casper Smith
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Col Shouffler
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John Boyd
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Thomas Grey
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Samuel Berryhill
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Leys
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Edward Lynch 8
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Rody Fraizier
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William Glass
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Widow Witherold
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Tobias Seyboth
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IN TOWN, OR IN OTHER HOUSES
Welshoffer
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Margaret Bolinger
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Mar. Stiller
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Bricker's house
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Chamber's Executors 4 16
Dr. Fahnestsck
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William Wallace
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Fred. Youse 9
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Andrew Stewart
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Rev Nathaniel Snowden 6
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Henry Sailor
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Humes James
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Rev. Hautz
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John Steinmetz
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Joseph Dritt
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Martin Gregor
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Mr. Graydon, in his Memoirs, alludes to this sickness and consequent great mortality, caused by the mill pond, speak- ing of the pestilential yellow fever that raged at Philadel- phia : " Measures were taken, says he, in almost every town and village to prohibit the entry of persons suspected of in- fection; and even fugitives from the seat of it, though in health, were regarded with a jealous eye. Some of the peo- ple of Harrisburg were for following the example of their neighbors, though a malady not less fatal than that in Phil- adelphia, was raging among themselves. But the difference was, that one was called a plague, the other but a simple fever. It is somewhat remarkable, that if the yellow fever is of foreign origin as insisted upon by many, that a disease of a similar type, should make its appearance at the same time, on the banks of the Susquehanna, at the distance of an hundred miles. Shall we say, that the state of the atmo- sphere which generated the one, was favorable to the diffu- sion of the other ? This, I believe, is the doctrine of those, who contend that the yellow fever is of exotic growth, and always imparted when it appears among us: I would venture, however, no opinion on the subject. With respect to the mortality produced by the two diseases, that at Harrisburg, was, I believe, in proportion to the population of the place,
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as great as that at Philadelphia. I cannot take upon me mi- nutely to describe the symptoms of the Harrisburg disease, nor were they the same in all that were sick, but a general one was, an affection of the stomach, or nausea with violent reachings and a yellowness of the skin. Some were ill a week, some longer, some died in two or three days from the time of their being seized, and others who were walking about with symptoms only of the ague, suddenly took ill and expired. The black vomit, which has sometimes been supposed pecu- liar to the yellow fever, appeared in some cases. I was at- tacked with a quartan ague about the middle of September, but had none of the grievous symptoms of the malignant fe- ver which prevailed.
" The matter which produces agues, i. e. miasmata, caus- ed by vapors from low and marshy situations and waters, rendered baneful from certain adventitious circumstances, may be pronounced to be the support or aliment of all diseases, more particularly of the latter perhaps, when the exhalations are rendered more than commonly noxious from the general state of the atmosphere,-this cause existed at Harrisburg. A mill dam had been erected the season before on the Pax- ton ; rather a turbid and sluggish stream, within five or six hundred yards of the middle of the town on its eastern side. The obstruction must have spread the water over a surface of from eight to ten acres ; and this co-operating with a state of the atmosphere unusually morbid this season in such situ- ations, may fully account for the fear which prevailed.
" In the fall of the year 1792, there were some cases of it, and still more in that of 1794, equally malignant; after which the mill dam was removed. I have been the more particular on this subject, though without being able to offer any thing satisfactory, from knowing it to have been a matter of some interest with the physicians of Philadelphia to ascertain the nature of the Harrisburg disease, thence to deduce data to- wards the solution of the question whether the yellow fever, as appearing in our cities, be, or not, a malady of exclusively foreign origin."
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CHAPTER XVIII.
HARRIS' FERRY.
It is thought William Penn visited John Harris-Penn's proposals for a second settlement on Susquehanna river-Road from Harris' ferry, &c .- Indians leave their canoes at Harris' Ferry-Harris' or Paxton a public place-Conrad Weiser writes from Paxton, Nov. 28, 1747 touching public business-Half-King arrives here, sickens, dies, buri- ed, &c .- Harris' letters touching Half-King's death, &c .- Notice of Monacatootha, &c .- Harris writes to Edward Shippen-Company of soldiers raised-Conrad Weiser at Harris' Sept. 1755-Governor, Hamilton at Harris' in 1755 -- Harris' letter to R. Peters, 1755-Har- ris cuts loop-holes in his house ; erects a stoccade around his old house ; Ed. Shippen mentions it in a letter April 17, 1756-Conrad Weiser at Harris' Dec. 1755, and held a council, &c .- The Revd. Barton writes from Harris'-Harris continued a guard, &c .- Harris recommended the use of batteaux in preference to canoes, on the river-Gov. Morris had an interview with some Indians at Harris', January 1756- Conrad Weiser at Harris', January 1756 ; his letter touching his meeting Belt in his cabin, and interview with some Indians, &c .- Governor Morris at Harris' in May 1756, where he signed several bills, acts, &c .- Fort at Harris'-George Croghan at Harris', in January 1757-Present at a meeting of the Six Nation Indians and their allies, April 1757-Refugees from Wyoming at Harris', July 1778-Matthew Smith's letter.
This chapter, composed of miscellaneous facts, " made up of. shreds and patches," presented in chronological order, is intended as a continuation of some things mentioned in the preceding chapter. The facts and incidents noticed, in this connection, had happened before Harrisburg was laid out .- Those paragraphs marked with a W, have been taken from Watson's Annals.
Robert Harris thinks that John Harris (R's grandfather) saw William Penn here, or at Conois creek ; he had always
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heard that he (William Penn) visited him on the Susquehan- na ; and that he did much business for Penn's interest, and even talked of buying lands of him, over on the other side down to the Yellow Breeches creek.
Watson says that Mr. Harris and Miss Say, afterwards `Mrs. Harris, were both born in Yorkshire, England, and came out to Philadelphia as first emigrants with William Penn.
Whether William Penn and John Harris came together to Conois creek, is not to be decided with certainty. It might be. In 1690, William Penn issued proposals for a second settlement or city in the Province upon Susquehanna river.
" It is now, says William Penn, my purpose to make another settlement, upon the river Susquehanna, that runs into the Chesapeake, and bears about fifty miles west from the Delaware, as appears by the common maps of the Eng- lish dominion in America. There I design to lay out a plan for building another city, in the most convenient place for the communication with the former plantations in the east : which by land is as good as done already, a way being laid out between the two rivers, very exactly and conveniently, at least three years ago ; and which will not be hard to do by water, by benefit of the river Scoulkill ; for a Branch of that river lies near the Branch that runs into the Susque- hannagh river, and is the common course of the Indians with their skins and furrs into our parts, and to the provinces east and west Jersey and New York, from west and north- west parts of the continent from whence they bring them."
The road from John Harris' on the Susquehanna, in or near Paxton, towards Philadelphia, by way of Lancaster and Chester counties, was procured, in 1736, by petition of sun- dry inhabitants in said counties.
In 1742, a party of Indians, consisting of twenty-one Or- ondagoes and seven Oniedas, under the command of a cap- tain of the former nation, made an excursion against the Tallapoosas, resident in Virginia, and on arriving at Harris' Ferry they left their canoes here, and, procuring a pass, or letter of protection from a magistrate of Lancaster county, travelled peaceably through the province, obtaining provi- sions from the inhabitants. (Gordon's Pa. 245.) They ob- tained this pass from Jonathan Hoge (now Cumberland co.) through which they passed, in Virginia .- Compiler.
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Harris' or Paxton, was repeatedly frequented by the In- dians, Indian agents, &c., for the transaction of public bu- siness. Conrad Weiser, a distinguished Indian Agent, &c., from 1730, the year he arrived in Pennsylvania, till 1760, when he died, visited Harris' Ferry, repeatedly to transact bu- siness with the Indians and others.
PAXTON, Nov. 28, 1747.
To Richard Peters, Esq.
Sir :
Last night I arrived here with the Indians, all in good health but Canachquasy, the speaker, who took sick by the way to my house, and one of the women, but I hope not dangerously.
This day I delivered the goods to them, and they are well pleased for my adding two half barrels of powder to the four which they were 10 have. George Croghan was present, and he undertook to find men and horses to carry the powder and the lead with two casks of liquor for them to Ohio. I was obliged to allow them the liquor, because they all followed my advice, and did not get drunk, neither in town (Phila- delphia) nor by the way.
Scaiohady, after they had received the goods, spoke to me in the fol- - lowing manner :
Brother :-
I am very glad that our brethren in Philadelphia took into their serious consideration what we have said to them. The French party is very strong among us, and if we had failed in our journey to Phila- delphia, or our expectations would not have been granted by our breth- ren in Philadelphia, the Indians would have gone over to the French to a man, and would have received presents (or supplies) from the French, who have offered it; but now I hope we have got the better of them. Let me desire you to set out early in the spring with the supplies our brethren have been pleased to promise us, and send some- body before you, to give us timely notice, that we may meet, for we are scattered up and down the country, and we will send three or four men to meet you by the way, and to convey you to the place appointed.
Pray don't miss, and let us, that are for our brethren the English, not be ashamed ; the French party who speak now under ground will speak above the ground, if you should miss, but if you arrive early in the spring, all the Indians will unite heartily, and the French party will be brought over to us."
Then he spoke to George Croghan and me, who must be my guide. I made answer that nothing should be wanting that I could do, and if I was alive and well, I hoped to see them in their country next spring before the grass comes out, or at farthest when they begin to plant their corn.
Scaiohady pressed upon me to put the government in mind of what he had said against the traders in rum, that it might be suppressed ; for the Indians, said he, will drink away all they have, and not be able to do any thing against the enemy for want of ammunition ; and if
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rightly considered, death without judge or jury, to any man that carries rum to sell to any Indian town, is the only ;remedy to prevent that trade ; and a just reward to the traders, for nothing else will do. It is an abomination before God and man, to say nothing of the partic ular consequences : it is altogether hurtful to the public, for. what lit- tle supplies we can give them to carry on the war is not half sufficient, they must buy the greatest part with their hunting, and if they meet with rum, they will buy that before any thing; and not only drink away their skins, but their clothing, and even every thing they may get of us; in short, the inconveniences occasioned by that trade are numerous at this very time, the English and French party will fall out in their drunkenness and murder one another, and the English will be charged with the mischief thereof. I must leave off before I wear out your patience.
Sir, Your very dutiful, CONRAD WEISER.
P. S. Scaiohady told Shikalamy at my house, very privately, that Pe- ter Chartier and his company had accepted of the French hatchet, but kept it in their bosom, till they would see what interest they could make in favor of the French.
Kalf-Hing, of whom frequent mention is made in the Provincial Records and Votes of Assembly, arrived sick at John Harris', the 1st of October, 1754, and died on the night of the 4th, and was buried by John Harris. During Half-King's short illness, the Indians present sent for a con- juror to inquire into the cause of his sickness and death- they believed the French had bewitched him.
John Harris wrote the following letter to Governor Ham- ilton, on the death of Half-King :
PAXTON, October 2, 1754.
May it Please your Honor :
At the earnest request of Monacatootha, one of the Chiefs of the Six Nations, I take this opportunity to inform your Honor of the death of Half-King, who departed this life last night. There are about twenty Indians here, who wait to see him buried, and then intend for Aughwick immediately; he likewise desired that the melancholy news might be forwarded with all possible despatch, to his Honor, the Governor of Virginia. Those Indians that are here, blame the French for his death by bewitching him, as they had a conjurer* to inquire into the cause a few days before he died ; and it is his opinion, toge- ther with his relations, that the French had been the cause of this great man's death, by reason of his striking them lately, for which they seem to threaten immediate revenge, and desired me to let it be known.
All the Indians that are here are in great trouble, especially his rela-
· Conjuror. See Appendix G.
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tions. I have sent an account to Conrad Weiser, at Shamokin, this day, who I expect will be down upon notice. I humbly presume, that his is a very great loss, especially at this critical time. I am Your Honor's most obedient And most humble servant,
JOHN HARRIS.
Note .- Half-King also called Tanachrisson was a man of much note among the Indians. He had his residence at Loggs Town, on the Ohio, fourteen miles below Pittsburg on the opposite side. George Washington visited him in 1753. When Washington first called at his cabin, Half- King had been out at his hunting cabin, on Little Beaver creek, about fifteen miles off. As soon as he returned from his hunting place, Washington invited him privately into his tent, and desired him to relate some of the particulars of a journey he had shortly before made to the French com- mandent. He gave him the particulars as to the best way of going to the French commandent ; and also informed him that he, Half-King, had met with a cold reception ; that the French officer sternly ordered him to declare his business.
In a treaty held at Carlisle, with Indians, Belt alludes to this cold reception .- See Appendix L. and a note appended, where Belt speaks of Half-King's interview with the French commandent.
Mr. Harris enquired of Manacatootha, one of the Chiefs of the Six Nations, and others present, where they chused to bury him, and in what manner. They answered, that he might bury him as he thought proper, which Harris did, much to their satisfaction. 'The Government allowed. Har- ris for his expenses and trouble in burying Half-King.
John Harris wrote the following letter afterwards to Rich- ard Peters, Secretary, while at Philadelphia :
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29, 1754.
Sir --
On the first of this instant, Monacatootha, and several others, the chiefs of the Six Nations, came to my house, and brought the Half-King and his family along with them, who were, in general, in a very low condition, particularly himself, who died in a few days ; af- ter which I asked Monacatootha" and others, where they chused to
* Monacatootha was an Indian of some note. Washington, in his expedition to the French on the Ohio, in 1753, called to see him, at
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bury him andfin what manner, or if they wanted nny thing necessary for his funeral ? Their answer was, that they looked upon him to be like one of ourselves, and as he died amongst us, we might bury him as we thought proper ; that if he was buried well, it would be very good-which I did, much to their satisfaction.
Immediately after, Monacatootha and the chiefs set off for Augh- wick, leaving the Half-King's family and relations under my care, say- ing that in some short time there should some horses and Indians come down for them, which they had not yet done, and I have been at ex- penses for their provisions and his funeral. My account I shall send down, which I hope you will be pleased to lay before the Assembly .- I shall continue to give his family provisions till they remove, and should be satisfied how soon that might be. I conclude,
Sir, your most obedient and
most humble servant,
JOHN HARRIS.
December 17, Post Meridian, 1754. The Committee of Accounts reported a balance of ten pounds, fifteen shillings and four pence, due to the said John Harris, for his expenses, and five pounds for his trouble, &c., in burying the Half- King, and maintaining sundy Indians that were with him .- Votes of Assem. iv. 342.
Half-King's family was still at Harris', at the close of De- cember. In a letter addressed by Andrew Montour to Rich- ard Peters, dated at Paxton, December 30, 1754, he makes mention of this fact :
Sir-I design to-morrow to march with my men, raised here, for Willis' creek, by way of Aughwick. I leave under thercare of John Harris, two Indian families, one of which has been at his house since the death of Half-King, and has been so kindly treated that they don't care to move to Augh- wick at this cold season, and they may be as cheap main- tained here.
Logstown. "As soon as I came into town," says Washington, "I went to Monacatootha, as the Half-King was out at his hunting cabin, on Little Beaver Creek, about 15 miles off, and informed by John David- son, my Indian interpreter, that I was sent a messenger to the French general, and was ordered to call upon the sachems of the Six Nations to acquaint them with it. I gave him a string of wampum and a twist of tobacco, and desired him to send for the Half-King, which he prom- ised to do by a runner in the morning, andfor other sachems. I invit- ed him and the other great men to my tent, where they staid about an hour, and returned.
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John Harris writes to Edward Shippen at Lancaster.
PAXTON, December 28, 1754.
Sir :
This week Captain Andrew Montour has made his interest so good with my brother William Harris, as to persuade him to go with him to our camp, and he engages that he shall receive a Lieutenant's command under him, upon the strength of which, and the willing- ness to serve his king and country, he resolves to go. Their com- pany of white men I expect to have completed by Monday next or day following, they expect to march for Wills' creek by the way of Aughwick, in order to take a number of Indians with them; some Indians that are here leave their families and set off with them with all cheerfulness: and I'll assure you, upon my brother's in- clining to go, the young men about here enlisted immediately, with the small encouragement I gave them, which was but my duty, and I hope that this company will act their part so well as to be a cre- dit to our River Men, of which almost the whole consists. It is rumored here that there are now taken prisoners lately at our camp, fifteen French Indians, upon what I hear our Indians at Aughwick are to go and determine their fate, either death or liberty. I only mention this, but am not yet certain of the fact.
[Excuse blunders.]
I am sir, Your very humble servant, JOHN HARRIS.
Letter to Richard Peters from Captain Andrew Montour. PAXTON, December 30th, 1754.
Sir :
I design, to-morrow, to march with my men raised here for Will's creek by the way of Aughwick. I leave under the care of John Harris two Indian families, one of which has been at his house since the death of Half-King, and has been so kindly treated that they don't care to move to Aughwick at this cold season, and they may be as cheap maintained here. I ordered John Harris to provide for them after the frugalest manner. All the men of the aforesaid In- dian families go to the camp with me cheerfully, and are of the Min- goes, and were at the skirmish when Laforce was taken and his men. I expect to take a number of Indians along with me from Aughwick to the camp, where I design to be with them. I'll assure you, John Har- ris's kind usage to the Indians this fall has been of much service, and ought to be properly recorded. I hope Monacatootha has before this time left your city on his way for the Six Nations. The good accounts from England lately will spirit up our Indians much, and I trust have its desired effect.
I am, sir, Your most obedient And humble servant.
In September, 1755, Conrad Weiser, in his letter to the Governor, states, that on the 7th inst., he went by orders to
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