Note 76 — Chapter III · INDIAN RELATIONS OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EUROPEANS TOWARDS THEM.
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The fire was entirely extinguished by the blood of the murdered running into it; not a spark was left to kindle a new fire. This alludes to the last fire that was kindled by the Pennsylvania government and themselves at Lancaster, where the last treaty was held with them in 1762, the year preceding this murder, which put an end to all business of the kind in the province of Pennsylvania.