Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.I, p.13

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History of Cambria County, V.1

HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 13

(1755-63) the French took advantage of the discontent among the Indians, and most of them joined issue against the provincial authorities. The territory west of the Allegheny mountains was now defenseless and made desolate by the Indian war.
     On July 9, 1755, the army sent out by George II, under General Braddock, was defeated at Braddock's field, and the commander, mortally wounded, died four days later. This regiment had been considered of sufficient strength to overcome the French, but it remained for General Forbes in 1758 to capture Fort Duquesne and name it Fort Pitt.
     Notwithstanding the treaty and the delivery of the deed of 1754 for the land west of the Susquehanna river, the Indians of the Six Nations continued to complain that they had not been treated properly, and barbaric acts of cruelty were being committed by them throughout Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere. The Penns desired to have peace, and therefore invited the Indians to Easton to consider the contentions. As a result of that conference (October 23, 1758) Thomas and Richard Penn appointed Richard Peters and Conrad Weiser their attorneys-in-fact, and directed them to release all their claim to the land "lying to the northward and westward of the Allegheny hill," providing that the Six Nations or their deputies would affirm the sale of all the other land mentioned in the deed of 1754, which included territory east of the Allegheny mountains.
     But the situation in Western Pennsylvania remained intolerable, notwithstanding the effort of the Penns to conciliate the several tribes of Indians. It was in 1771 that Samuel Adams was killed by them at Sandy Bun, a few miles from Johnstown, and other depredations being committed on the pioneers and their families, many of them took their departure for the eastern part of the province.
     A general conference with the Indians of the Six Nations was called to meet at Fort Stanwix, New York, and there another treaty was made, of which the deed bears the date of November 5, 1768. The Indians who represented the Six Nations were: Tyanbasare, alias Abraham, sachem or chief of the Mohawks; Senughsis, for the Oneidas; Chenungbiata, for the Onondagas; Gaustarax, for the Senecas; Sequarisera, for the Tuscaroras; and Tagaaia, for the Cayugas. In consideration of ten thousand dollars they sold all their interest in the

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	13
(1755-63) the French took advantage of the discontent among the Indians, and most of them joined issue against the provincial authorities. The territory west of the Allegheny mountains was now defenseless and made desolate by the Indian war. On July 9, 1755, the army sent out by George II, under General Braddock, was defeated at Braddock's field, and the commander, mortally wounded, died four days later. This regiment had been considered of sufficient strength to overcome the French, but it remained for General Forbes in 1758 to capture Fort Duquesne and name it Fort Pitt. Notwithstanding the treaty and the delivery of the deed of 1754 for the land west of the Susquehanna river, the Indians of the Six Nations continued to complain that they had not been treated properly, and barbaric acts of cruelty were being committed by them throughout Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere. The Penns desired to have peace, and therefore invited the Indians to Easton to consider the contentions. As a result of that conference (October 23, 1758) Thomas and Richard Penn appointed Richard Peters and Conrad Weiser their attorneys-in-fact, and directed them to release all their claim to the land "lying to the northward and westward of the Allegheny hill," providing that the Six Nations or their deputies would affirm the sale of all the other land mentioned in the deed of 1754, which included territory east of the Allegheny mountains. But the situation in Western Pennsylvania remained intolerable, notwithstanding the effort of the Penns to conciliate the several tribes of Indians. It was in 1771 that Samuel Adams was killed by them at Sandy Bun, a few miles from Johnstown, and other depredations being committed on the pioneers and their families, many of them took their departure for the eastern part of the province. A general conference with the Indians of the Six Nations was called to meet at Fort Stanwix, New York, and there another treaty was made, of which the deed bears the date of November 5, 1768. The Indians who represented the Six Nations were: Tyanbasare, alias Abraham, sachem or chief of the Mohawks; Senughsis, for the Oneidas; Chenungbiata, for the Onondagas; Gaustarax, for the Senecas; Sequarisera, for the Tuscaroras; and Tagaaia, for the Cayugas. In consideration of ten thousand dollars they sold all their interest in the