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354 them, immediately took an active part in the cauſe; and the Mingoes, (neareſt connected with the former,) became unbounded in their rage. A Mr. Jones, ſon to a reſpectable family of this neighhorhood (Bethlehem,) who was then on his paſſage up Muſkinghum, with two other men, was fortunately eſpied by a friendly Indian woman, at the falls of Muſkinghum, who through motives of humanity alone, informed Jones of the nature of the times, and that he was running right in the hands of the enraged; and put him on the way, where he might perhaps eſcape the vengeance of the ſtrolling parties. One of Jones's men, fatigued by travelling in the woods declared he would rather die than remain longer in this ſituation; and hitting accidentally on a path, he determined to follow the ſame. A few hundred yards decided his fate. He was met by a party of about fifteen Mingoes, (and as it happened almoſt within ſight of White Eyes town,) murdered, and cut to pieces; and his limbs and fleſh ſtuck upon the buſhes. White Eyes on hearing the Scalp halloo, ran immediately out with his men, to ſee what the matter was; and finding the mangled body in this condition, gathered the whole and buried it. But next day when ſome of the above party found on their return the body interred, they inſtantly tore up the ground, and endeavored to deſtroy, or ſcatter about, the parts at a greater diſtance. White Eyes, with the Delawares, watching their motions, gathered and interred the ſame a ſecond time. The war party finding this out, ran furiouſly into the Delaware village, exclaiming againſt the conduct of theſe people,