1763.
THE PAXTON MEN.
_Desperation of the Borderers._--_Effects of Indian Hostilities._--
_The Conestoga Band._--_Paxton._--_Matthew Smith and his Companions._--
_Massacre of the Conestogas._--_Further Designs of the Rioters._--
_Remonstrance of Elder._--_Massacre in Lancaster Jail._--_State of
Public Opinion._--_Lazarus Stewart._--_The Moravian Converts._--_Their
Retreat to Philadelphia._--_Their Reception by the Mob._ 357