newspapers that war was ended and hostilities must ecase, The joy with whiclh the prisoncd Indians reccived this news can hardly be couceived. It "execeded all descriptions," says tho record, and "was manifested in thanksgivings and praises the Lord,"

It was still unsafe, however, for them to return to their old homes, which were were no less hostile now at heart than they had been before the to thickly surrounded by white settlers, who proclamation of peace. It was decided, therefore, that they should make a new settlement in the Indian country on the Susquehanna River. friends of the Bethlchen congregation, and a grateful leave taking of the governor, who had protccted and supported them for sixtecn months, they set out on the 3d of April for their new home in the wilderness. For the third time their aged, After a touching farewell to their old sick, aud little children were long and dilfieult journey-a far harder one than any they had yet taken. The inhospitalities of the lonely wilderness were worse than the curses and revilings of riotous mobs. They were overtaken by in iey swamps, shivering all nigit around smouldering fires of wet wood. To avoid still hostile whites they had to take great circits through unbroken forests, where each foot of thcir path had to be cut tree by and made rafts for the women and childreu. Sometimes, when placed in overloaded wagons, for a severe snow-storms. They camped tree. The men waded streams the streams were deep, they had to go into camp, and wait till canoes could be built. They carried heavy loads of goods for which there was no room in the wagons. Going over high, steep hills, thcy often had to divide their loads into small par- cels, thus doubling and trebling the road. Their provisions gave ont. They ate the bitter wild potatoes. When the chil dren ericd with hunger, they pecled ehestnut-trees, and gave them the sweet-juiced inner bark to suck. Often they had no water except that from shallow, muddy puddles. Once they