made to receive them, they did not venturo to enter. night of the 5th, however, they drew near again. The whole city was ronsed, chreh-bells rung, bonfires lighted, cannon fired, the inhabitants waked fron their sleep and ordered to the town-house, where arms were given to all. Fonr more can non were mounted at the barracks, and all that day in hourly expectation of the rebels. were not followed up by action. Sceing that the eity was in arms against them, they halted. The governor then sent a dcle- gation of citizens to ask them what they wanted

They asserted, insolently, that there were among the Indians some who had committed murders, and that they must be giren up. Some of the ringlcaders and asked to point out the murderers. sion, they were obliged to admit they could not accuse one In dian there. They then eharged the Qnakers with having taken away six and concealcd them. This also was finally the cxcitement subsided.

All throngh the spring and summer tho Indians romained prisonors in the barracks. Thoir situation became almost in- supportable from confinement, nnwholesome diet, and the men- tal depression inevitable in their state. ery small-pox broke ont among them, and fifty-six died in the course of the summer from this loathsome disease

On the was spent But their brave boasts were then talken into the barracks Covered with confu- disproved, and To add to their mis-

"We cannot describe," said the missionarics, "the joy and fervent desire which most of them showed in the prospect of seeing their Saviour face to face. We saw with amazement the power of the blood of Jesus in the hearts of poor sinners. This was, no doubt, true; but there might well have entered into the poor, dying creatures' thoughts an cestasy at the mere prospect of freedom, after a year of such imprisonment and suffering.

At last, on December 4th, the news of peace reached Philadelphia. On the 6th a proclamation was published in all the