THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC AND THE INDIAN WAR AFTER THE CONQUEST OF CANADA. BY FRANCIS PARKMAN. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1922. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, BY FRANCIS PARKMAN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Copyright 1897, 1898, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. Copyright, 1898, BY GRACE P. COFFIN AND KATHERINE S. COOLIDGE, Copyright, 191a, BY GRACE P. COFFIN. All rights reserved. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS. CHAPTER XVIIL Extent of British Settlements in 1763.-Forts and Military Routes. -Fort Pitt. -The Pennsylvania Frontier. —Alarms at Fort Pitt.-Escape of Calhoun. - Slaughter of Traders. - Fort Ligonier. - Fort Bedford. Situation of Fort Pitt. — Indian Advice. Reply of Ecuyer. - News from Presqu'isle. - Fate Panic among the Settlers.-Embarrassments of Amherst.- Colonel Bouquet; his Correspondence with the Commander- in-Chief. - Proposal to infect the Hostile Indians with Small- pox.-Captain Ourry.- Lieutenant Blane. - Frontier War. The Army of Bouquet. - Dangers of his Enterprise. - Fort Ligo- 429571 THE IROQUOIS. -AMBUSCADE OF THE DEVIL'S HOLE. Frontiers of Virginia. - Population of Pennsylvania. - Distress of the Settlers.- Attack on Green- brier. A Captive Amazon. - Attack on a Schoolhouse.- Sufferings of Captives. The Escaped Captive.-Feeble Measures of Defence. - John Elder. - Virginian Militia. — Courage of the Borderers. Encounter with a War-party. — Desperation of the Borderers. — Effects of Indian Hostilities. PAGE 195 - Excitement of the Borderers; their Designs. - Alarm of the Quakers. The Converts sent to New York. - The Converts forced to return. — Quakers and Presbyterians. — Warlike Preparation.- Excitement in the City. - False Alarm. — Memorials on Indian Affairs. Character of Bradstreet.-De- - - |