solved to send the Indians northward, and put them under the protection of the English army, and especially of Sir William Johnson, agent for the Crown atnong the Northern Indians. out this plan, for at any m0- ment the mob might attack Province Island. Accordingly, at midnight of January 4th, the fugitives set ont once more, pass- ed through Philadelplhia, undiscorered, to the meeting-house of the Moravian Brethren, where a brcakfast had been pro- by the comnissary, Mr. Fox, who had been detailed by the governor to take charge of their journey. Mr. Fox, heart-stricken at thcir suffering ap- pearance, immediately sent ont and bought blankets to be dis- protection against the cold. brought for the aged, sick, blind, little children, and the heavy baggage; and again the pitiful procession took up its march. Again an angry mob gathered fast on its steps, cursing and reviling in a terrible manner, only restrained by fear from laying violent hands on them. Except for the pro No time was to be lost in carrying Here they vided for them. were met tiibuted among them, as some Wagons were teetion of a military escort they would searcely have cseaped murderous assault.

At Amboy two sloops lay ready to transport them to New York; bnt just as they rcached this place, and were preparing to go on shore, a messenger arrived from the Governor of Now York with angry orders that not an Indian should set foot in that territory. Even the ferry-men werc forbidden, under heavy penalties, to ferry one across the river

The commissioncr in charge of them, in great perplexity, sent to the Governor of Pennsylvania for fnrther orders, plac- ing the Indians, meantime, in the Amboy barracks. Here they held their daily meetings, singing and praying with great unc- tion, until finally many of their encmies were won to a hearty respect and sympathy for them; oveu soldiers being heard to say, "Would to God all the white pcople were as good Christians as these Indians."