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 whole family, who immediately fled to their arms and I was soon accosted by the master with his gun in his hand. But on my making myself known (for he before took me to be an Indian) he immediately caressed me as did also his family with a deal of friendship, at finding me alive; they having all been informed of my being murdered by the savages some months ago. They for two or three nights very affectionately supplied me with all nesesaries and carefully attended me until my spirits and limbs were pretty well recruited when I borrowed of these good people (whose kindness merits my most grateful return) a horse and some clothes and set forward for my father-in-law's house in Chester county, about 140 miles from thence where I arrived on the 4th day of January 1755 but scarce one of the family could credit their eyes believing with the people I had lately left that I had fallen a prey to the Indians.

Great was the joy and satisfaction wherewith I was received and embraced by the whole family; but oh! what was my anguish and trouble, when, on enquiring for my dear wife, I found she had been dead near two months! This fatal news, as every humane reader must imagine, greatly lessened the joy and rapture I otherwise should have felt at my deliverance from such a dreadful state and captivity.

A short time after this exploit, I returned to Philadelphia, where finding a Ship bound for Scotland, I embarked; and after an easy passage, found myself in my native land. I went to Aberdeen and published there this account of my Life and Sufferings; but