Conrad Weiser And the Indian Policy of Colonial Pennsylvania
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When, however, a handful of French and Indians sallied out and defeated the advanced portion of Braddock s army, the Indians were astonished. They became loud in their criti cisms of English inability. When General Dunbar began his inglorious retreat towards Philadelphia, destroying his magazine and his supplies, ignoring the protests of the governors of Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York and PENNSYLVANIA EFFORTS FOR DEFENSE. 303 Massachusetts, the friendly Indians lost all confidence and there w...as a general stampede to the French. Immediately upon the receipt of this disastrous news in Philadelphia, Governor Morris convened his Council, and the Assembly sent for *onracl Weiser. Unfortu nately the old interpreter was confined to his house with illness, and the Assembly was deprived of his counsels; though he sent his son "Sammie, " the Province experi enced a loss. The Assembly was, Jiowever, in no uncertain frame of mind. Benjamin Franklin had become a leading figure, one in whom the Friends and the Germans reposed a large measure of confidence.
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