der that all the baptized Indians from Nain and Wechquetank should be bronght to Philadelphia, and be protected in that city, having irst delivered np their arms."

Two days later both these congregations set out on their sad jonrney, weeping at Bethlehen, on the banks of the Lecha, and "entered upon their pilgrimage in the name of the Lord, the congregation of Betlehem standing speetators, and, as they passed, eommend- ing them to tho grace and protection of God, with supplica they left their homes. They joined forees as tion and tears."

Four of the Mforavian missionaries were with them, and some of the brethren from Bethlchem accompanicd them all the way, "the sheriff, Mr. Jennings, caring for them as a father."

The aged, the sick, and the little children were carried in wagons. All the others, women aud men, went on foot. The November rains had made the roads very heavy. As the wea ry and heart-broken people toiled słowly along throngh tlhe mud, they were saluted with curses and abuse on all sides. As they passed through the strects of Germantown a mob gather- ed and followed them, taunting them with violent threats of burning, hanging, and other tortures. It was said that a party had been organized to make a serious attack on them, but was deterred by te darkness and the storm. Four days sumed in this tedious march, and on the 11th of November they reached Philadelphia. Iere, spite of the governor's pos- itive order, the officers in command at the barracks rcfused were con- to allow them to enter. Frem ten in the forenoon till three in the afternoon there the helpless creatures stood before the slut gate messengers going back and forth between the defiant garrison and the bewildered and impotent governor; the mob, thickening and growing by hour, pressing the Indians on evcry side, jeering them, re- viling then, charging them with all manner of outrages, and threatening to kill tliein on the spot. The missionarics, brave more and more riotous hour