New school history of the United States . lantic wave thy morn restore. 67. The Valley of Wyoming lies on both sides of theSusquehanna, below the junction of the Lackawanna. It is inclosed between two mountainranges. The soil is rich ; theclimate pleasant and is a charming intermixtureof hill and glade, of meadow andupland. It was claimed by bothPennsylvania and had been recently settled byemigrants from the latter prov-ince. The discords in regard toits ownership were succeeded atthe Revolution by other and worsediscords. The partisans of theroyal cause were num
New school history of the United States . lantic wave thy morn restore. 67. The Valley of Wyoming lies on both sides of theSusquehanna, below the junction of the Lackawanna. It is inclosed between two mountainranges. The soil is rich ; theclimate pleasant and is a charming intermixtureof hill and glade, of meadow andupland. It was claimed by bothPennsylvania and had been recently settled byemigrants from the latter prov-ince. The discords in regard toits ownership were succeeded atthe Revolution by other and worsediscords. The partisans of theroyal cause were numerous, andcomplained of severe treatmentfrom the more numerous advo-cates of independence. IMany fled to the Indians, whom theyinstigated to plunder the settlements from which they wereexiled. An assault on the valley was made in 1777. A morefurious attack w^as made the ensuing John Butler, one of the refugees, led alarge body of Indians, and a larger body of Toriesdisguised as Indians, against the dwellers in Wyoming, who. WYOMING MONUMENT. July. CONQUEST OF THE NORTH-WEST, 133 had been lulled into security by treacherous devices. ]\Iost ofthe men of military age were absent with the army. The smallforce left behind was induced to leave the principal fort, weredrawn into an ambush, surrounded, and cut to pieces. Thesavage host pushed on, took Fort Wyoming, and massacredthe captives. Men, women, and children were brutally mur-dered. The few that escaped fled beyond the Delaware andthe Hudson, and implored their kindred to avenge them. Ven-geance was not delayed. Unadilla, a village occupied by In-dians and Tories, was destroyed. Vengeance begets vengeance,and the settlement in the Cherry Valley, at the head of theEastern Susquehanna, was surprised and laid waste by a sav-age attack. THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH-WEST. 68. The Virginia adventure was the conquest ofthe North-west. The British Government did not only em-ploy Indian auxiliaries, but from the begin
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