THE IROQUOIS.——AMBUSCADE OF THE DEVIL’S HOLE. _Congress of Iroquois._——_Effect of Johnson’s Influence._——_Incursions into New York._——_False Alarm at Goshen._——_The Niagara Portage._—— _The Convoy Attacked._——_Second Attack._——_Disaster on Lake Erie._ 327 CHAPTER XXII. 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 CHAPTER XXIII. 1763. THE INDIANS RAISE THE SIEGE OF DETROIT. _The Besiegers ask for Peace._——_A Truce granted._——_Letter from Neyon to Pontiac._——_Autumn at Detroit._——_Indians at their Wintering Grounds._——_Iroquois War-parties._——_The War in the South._ 351 CHAPTER XXIV. 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 CHAPTER XXV. 1764. THE RIOTERS MARCH ON PHILADELPHIA. _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._——_Paxton Men at Germantown._——_Negotiations with the Rioters._——_Frontiersmen in Philadelphia._——_Paper Warfare._——_Memorials of the Paxton Men._ 371 CHAPTER XXVI. 1764. BRADSTREET’S ARMY ON THE LAKES.