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EDITION DE LUXE,
THE WORKS
OF
FRANCIS PARKMAN.
VOLUME XVIII.
The Edition de Luxe of Francis Parkmarfs Works is limited to Three Hundred Copies, of which this is Number.
Sir William Johnson.
THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC
AND THE INDIAN WAR AFTER
THE CONQUEST OF CANADA *>»
BY FRANCIS PARKMAN ^ j» j* j»
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. III.
BOSTON ji LITTLE * BROWN
AND * COMPANY.* M DCCCXC VIII
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.
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE:, U.S.A.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XXV.
1764.
THE RIOTERS MARCH ON PHILADELPHIA.
PAGE
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. — Me morials of the Paxton Men 3
CHAPTER XXVI.
1764.
BRADSTREET'S ARMY ON THE LAKES.
Memorials on Indian Affairs. — Character of Bradstreet. — De parture of the Army. — Concourse of Indians at Niagara. —
Indian Oracle. — Temper of the Indians. — Insolence of the
Delawar…