October 25th, 1758.—HAVING received the orders of the honourable Governor Denny,[1] I set out from Easton to Bethlehem, and arrived there about three o'clock in the afternoon; I was employed most of the night, in preparing myself with necessaries, &c. for the journey.
26th.—Rose early, but my horse being lame, though I travelled all the day, I could not, till after night, reach to an inn, about ten miles from Reading.
27th.—I set out early, and about seven o'clock in the
morning came to Reading, and there found Captain Bull,
Mr. Hays,[2] and the Indians just mounted, and ready
to set out on their journey; they were heartily glad to see
me; Pisquetomen stretched out his arms, and said, "Now,
Brother, I am glad I have got you in my arms, I will not
let you go, I will not let you go again from me, you must
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- ↑ The proprietors of Pennsylvania chose William Denny lieutenant-governor (1756), because they wished a "military man with a ready pen." He had been captain in the British army, and his experience in Pennsylvania gave opportunity for military talents. But bound by instructions from his principals, and hampered by the hostility of the provincial assembly, he made no headway in his government. Accused of accepting bribes to betray the proprietors' interests, he was removed in October, 1759. Returning to England, he was given a high position in the army, and died about 1766.—Ed.
- ↑ Captain Bull and Lieutenant Hays were militia officers, the latter of Northampton County, where was an Irish settlement between Bethlehem and Fort Allen, known as "Hays's." Captain John Bull commanded at Fort Allen in the summer of 1758. They both volunteered to undertake this hazardous mission of a visit to the Ohio Indians. For the instructions given them, see Pennsylvania Archives, iii, p. 556.—Ed.
