The Pennsylvania governor had nothing left him to do but to order the Indians back again, aud, accordingly, says the record, "The Indian congregation set out with checrfulness on their return, in full confidence that the Lard in his good providence, for wise purposes best known to himself, had or- dained their travelling thus to and fro. This belief supported them under all the difficulties they met with in their jonrneys made in the severost part of winter."

They made the return journey under a large military escort, one party in advance and one cort was composed of soldiers, who, having just come from Ni- agara, where they had been engaged in many fights with the North-western savages, were at first disposed fenceless Indians with brutal cruelty; but they arned by the Indians' gentle patience, and became cordial and friendly.

The return journey was a hard one. The aged and infirm people had beeome much weakened by their repeated hardships, and the little ehildren suffered pitiably. In erOssing some of the frozcn rivers the fecble ones were obligcd to crawl on their This es- bringing up the rear. to treat these de- were soon dis- hands and fect on the ice.

On the 24th of January they reached Philadelplia, and were at once taken to the barracks, where almost immediately mobs began again to molest and threaten tlhem. The governor, thor oughly in earnest now, and determined to sustain his own honor and that of the province, had eight heavy pieces of cannon mounted and a rampart thrown up in front of the barracks. The citizens were called to arms, and so great was the cxcite ment that it is said even Quakers took guns and hurried to the barracks to defend the Indians; and the governor hirmsclf went at midnight to visit them, and reassure them by promises of proteetion

On Febrary 4th news was reeeived that the rioters in large force were approaching the city. Hearing of the preparations