The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 13.

Extract of a Letter from Bethlehem, October 9.

"Early this Morning came Nicholas Mark, of Whitehall Township, and brought the following Account, viz: That Yesterday just after Dinner, as he opened his Door, he saw an Indian standing about two poles from his House who endeavoured to shoot at him : but Marks shutting the Door immediately, the Fellow slipped into a Cellar, close by the House. After this, said Marks went out of the House, with his Wife, and an Apprentice Boy, in order to make their Escape, and saw another Indian standing behind a Tree, who also tried to shoot at them, but his Gun missed Fire.---They then saw a third Indian running through the Orchard ; upon which they made the best of their way, about two Miles off, to one Adam Tasher's, where about 20 Men in Arms were assembled, who went first to the House of Jacob Meckly, where they found a Boy and Girl lying dead, and the Girl scalped. From thence they went to Hance Snider's, and said Mark's plantations, and found both the Houses on Fire ; and a Horse tied to the Bushes. They also found said Snider, his Wife, and three Children, dead in the Field, the Man and Woman scalped, but not the Children. On going further, they found three Girls, one dead, the other two wounded, one of which was scalped. After this they returned, with the wounded Girls, to Adam Tasher's, and saw a Woman, Jacob Allmong's Wife, with a Child, lying dead in the Road, and scalped. The Number of the Indians, they think was between Fifteen and Twenty."

"I cannot describe the deplorable Condition this poor Country is in ; most of the Inhabitants of Allen's Town, and other Places, are fled from their Habitations. Many are in Bethlehem, and other Places of the Brethren, and others farther down the Country. I cannot ascertain the Number killed, but think it exceeds Twenty--The People at Nazareth and the other Places belonging to the Brethren, have put themselves into the best Posture of Defence they can ; they keep a strong Watch every Night, and hope, by the Blessing of GOD, if they are attacked, to make a Stand."

In a Letter from the same Country, of the Tenth Instant, the Number killed is said to be Twenty-three, besides a great many dangerously wounded ; that the Inhabitants are in the utmost Distres and Confusion, flying from their Places : some of them hardly sufficient to cover them ; and that it was to be feared there were many Houses, &c. burnt, and Lives lost, that were not then known.---And by a Gentleman from the same Quarter we are informed, that it was reported, when he came away, that Yohe's Mill, about eleven Miles from Bethlehem, was destroyed, and all the People that belonged to it, excepting one young Man, cut off.