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which so alarmed and terrified them, that they instantly fled, leaving behind them their spears, and about 20 bushels of Indian corn which they had stolen.
It was distressing to observe that every endeavour to civilize these people proved fruitless. Although they lived among the inhabitants of the different settlements, were treated, fed, and often cloathed, yet they were never found to profess the smallest degree of gratitude for such favours. Even was as destitute of this quality as the most ignorant of his coun-trymen. It is an extraordinary fact, that even their children, has been bred among the white people, and who, from being accustomed to follow their manner of living, might have been supposed to ill relish the life of their parents, when grown up, have quitted their comfortable abodes, females as well as males, and taken to the same savage mode of living, where the sup-ply of food was often perpetually in danger. As a proof of the little personal safety which they enjoyed, a young young woman, the wife of a man named ---, both of whom had been brought up in the settlement from their childhood, was cruelly murdered at the brickfields by her husband, by another native, , who first beat her dreadfully about the head (the common mode of chastising their women), and then put an end to her existence by driving a spear through her heart.
When spoken to or censured for robbing the maize grounds, these people, to be revenged, were accustomed to assemble in large bodies, burn the homes of the settlers if they stood in lonely situa-tions, and frequently attempted to take their lives; yet they were seldom refused a live corn when they were asked for it. It was imagined that they were stimulated to this destructive conduct by some run-away convicts who were known to be among them at the time of their committing these deprevations. In order to get posession of , a proclaimation was issued, calling on them by name to surrender themselves within 14 days, declaring them outlaws if they refused, and requiring the inhabitants, as they valued the peace and good order of the settlement, and their own security, to assist in apprehending and bringing them to justice. The governor also signified his determination, if any of the natives
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