tance below. As he advanced, a dog barked, and an aged squaw came to the door of one of the wigwams to ascertain the cause of the disturbance. The Indian leaped forward, and sinking his hatchet into her brain, he drew his knife and scalped her; then raising the war-whoop, he ran to the river, leaped into a canoe and started for the opposite shore. The town was aroused and the warriors gave chase, but though closely pursued, it is said he escaped, and bore away in triumph the bloody trophy, the evidence of his courage and barbarity."-G. W. Harris, Esq.

WILLIAM PENN'S CITY ON THE SUSQUEHANNA.

In the year 1690, William Penn issued proposals for a second settlement, or city, upon the Susquehanna. Where the proposed city was to be located, or what was the reason for his relinquishing the plan, is not known; but as the site subsequently occupied by Mr. Harris was at that period on the great, and indeed the only, highway to Western Pennsylvania, besides being the nearest available point for communication with the Schuylkill river, which is looked to in the proposals, there is every reason to believe that it was the point selected for that purpose.

The following are the proposals, extracted from Hazzard's Register, for 1828:

"Some Proposals for a second Settlement in the Province of Pennsylvania.

Whereas, I did, about nine years past, propound the selling of several parts or shares of land, upon that side of the Province of Pennsylvania next Delaware river, and setting out of a place upon it for the building of a city, by the name of Philadelphia; and that divers persons closed with those proposals, who, by their ingenuity, industry and charge, have advanced that city, from a wood, to a good forwardness of building (there

being above one thousand houses finished in it) and that the several plantations and towns begun upon the land, bought by those first undertakers, are also in a prosperous way of improvement and inlargement (insomuch as last year ten sail of ships were fraighted there, with the growth of the Province for Barbados, Jamaica, &c., besides what came directly for this kingdom.) It is now my purpose to make another settlement, upon the river of Susquehannagh, that runs into the Bay of Chesapeake, and bears about fifty miles west from the river Delaware, as appears by the Common Maps of the English Dominion in America. There I design to lay out a plan for the building of another City, in the most convenient place for communication with the former plantations on the East: which by land, is as good as done already, a way being laid out between the two rivers very exactly and conveniently, at least three years ago; and which will not be hard to do by water, by the benefit of the river Scoulkill; for a Branch of that river lies near a Branch that runs into Susquehannagh River, and is the Common Course of the Indians with their Skins and Furr's into our Parts, and to the Provinces of East and West Jersey, and New York, from the West and North west parts of the continent from whence they bring them.

And I do also intend that every one who shall be a Purchaser in this proposed settlement, shall have a proportionable Lot in the said City to build a House or Houses upon; which TownGround, and the Shares of Land that shall be bought of me, shall be delivered clear of all Indian Pretentions; for it has been my way from the first, to purchase their title from them, and so settle with their consent.

The Shares I dispose of, contain each, Three Thousand Acres for £100, and for greater or lesser quantities after that rate: The acre of that Province is according to the Statute of the 33th of Edw. 1. And no acknowledgement or Quit Rent shall be paid by the Purchasers till five years after a settlement be

made upon their Lands, and that only according to the quantity of acres so taken up and seated, and not otherwise; and only then to pay but one shilling for every hundred acres for ever. And further I do promise to agree with every Purchaser that shall be willing to treat with me between this and next spring, upon all such reasonable conditions as shall be thought necessary for their accommodation, intending, if God please, to return with what speed I can, and my Family with me, in order to our future Residence.

To conclude, that which particularly recommends this Settlement, is the known goodness of the soyll and scituation of the Land, which is high and not mountainous; also the Pleasantness, and Largeness of the River being clear and not rapid, and broader than the Thames at London bridge, many miles above the Place intended for this Settlement; and runs (as we are told by the Indians) quite through the Province, into which many fair rivers empty themselves. The sorts of Timber that grow there are chiefly oak, ash, chesnut, walnut, cedar, and poplar. The native Fruits are pawpaws, grapes, mulbery's, chesnuts, and several sorts of walnuts. There are likewise great quantities of Deer, and especially Elks, which are much bigger than our Red Deer, and use that River in Herds. And Fish there is of divers sorts, and very large and good, and in great plenty.

But that which recommends both this Settlement in particular, and the Province in general, is a late Pattent obtained by divers Eminent Lords and Gentlemen for that Land that lies north of Pennsylvania up to the 46th Degree and an half, because their Traffick and Intercourse will be chiefly through Pennsylvania, which lies between that Province and the Sea. We have also the comfort of being the Center of all the English colonies upon the Continent of America, as they lie from the North East parts of New England to the most Southerly parts of Carolina, being above 1000 miles upon the Coast.

If any Persons please to apply themselves to me by letter in relation to this affair, they may direct them to Robert Ness, Scrivener in Lumber street in London for Philip Ford, and suitable answers will be returned by the first opportunity. There are also Instructions printed for information of such as intend to go, or send servants, or families thither, which way they may proceed with most ease and advantage, both here and there, in reference to Passage, Goods, Utensels, Building, Husbandry, Stock, Subsistence, Traffick, &c. being the effect of their expence and experiance that have seen the Fruit of their Labours. WM. PENN."

"Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, at the crooked Billet in Halloway Lane, Shore Ditch 1690.”

REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD AT HARRIS' FERRY.

A granddaughter of John Harris, Sr., related that when the celebrated preacher, George Whitefield, was passing through Pennsylvania, about the year 1740, he remained some time in and about Harris' Ferry, and preached repeatedly to the people, who flocked from all quarters to hear him. So great was the fascination of his eloquence, that many of the people neglected the cultivation of their farms, and their fields were left unsown. Mr. Harris remonstrated with them, but ineffectually; and the consequences of their improvidence were likely to prove serious, since not a few, at the end of the season, found themselves in want. Seeing their destitute condition, Mr. Harris sent a considerable quantity of grain to the nearest mill, and gave directions that meal should be furnished to any of his poor neighbors who might apply for it. Thus were the families of those who had not listened to the prudent counsels of Harris saved from distress by his liberal kindness.

INDIAN VISITORS.

In Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, mention is made of a party of Indians, consisting of twenty-one Onondagoes and seven Oneidas, under the command of a Captain of the former nation, who arrived at Harris' Ferry in 1742, on an excursion against the Tallapoosas, resident in Virginia. They left their canoes here, and, procuring a pass or letter of protection from a magistrate of Lancaster county, travelled through the Province, obtaining provisions from the inhabitants.

Harris' Ferry, or Paxton, was often visited by the Indians, Agents, &c., for consultation with the Provincial authorities. Conrad Weiser, a distinguished Indian Agent, upon one occasion wrote to the Secretary of the Provincial Council, as follows:

"To Richard Peters, Esq.:.

SIR: Last night I arrived here with the Indians, all in good health but Canachquasey, the speaker, who took sick by the way to my house, and one of the women, but I hope not dangerously.

This day I delivered the goods to them, and they are well pleased for my adding two half-barrels of powder to the four which they were to have. George Croghan was present, and he undertook to find men and horses to carry the powder and lead, with two casks of liquor with them, to the Ohio. I was obliged to allow them the liquor, because they all followed my advice, and did not get drunk neither in town (Philadelphia) nor by the way.

Scaiohady, after they had received the goods, spoke to me in the following manner:

'BROTHER: I am very glad that our brethren in Philadelphia took into their serious consideration what we have said to them. The French party is very strong among us, and if we