1763.
DESOLATION OF THE FRONTIERS.
_Virginian Backwoodsmen._--_Frontiers of Virginia._--_Population of
Pennsylvania._--_Distress of the Settlers._--_Attack on Greenbrier._--
_A captive Amazon._--_Attack on a School-house._--_Sufferings of
Captives._--_The escaped Captive._--_Feeble Measures of Defence._--
_John Elder._--_Virginian Militia._--_Courage of the Borderers._--
_Encounter with a War-party._--_Armstrong's Expedition._--_Slaughter
at Wyoming._--_Quaker Prejudice._--_Gage assumes the Command._--
_Political Disputes._ 333