. Dixon ran. In 176(3-67they continue! the west line beyond the Susquehanna, extendingthe same to the distance of 230 miles. 18 chains .and 21 links from the northeastcorner of Maryland near to an Indian war-path, on the borders of a streamcalled Dunkard Creek. The hostile attitude of the Indians prevented Masonand Dixon from continuing the line to the western boundary of remainder of the line, less than twenty miles, was subsequently run (17S2)by other surveyors. The portion run by Mason and Dixon was certified 1 &g
. Dixon ran. In 176(3-67they continue! the west line beyond the Susquehanna, extendingthe same to the distance of 230 miles. 18 chains .and 21 links from the northeastcorner of Maryland near to an Indian war-path, on the borders of a streamcalled Dunkard Creek. The hostile attitude of the Indians prevented Masonand Dixon from continuing the line to the western boundary of remainder of the line, less than twenty miles, was subsequently run (17S2)by other surveyors. The portion run by Mason and Dixon was certified 1 >ycommissioners November 9. 176S. as having been properly marked by stonesdistant one mile from each other, every fifth mile-stone having on the northface the arms of Thomas and Richard Penn. and on the south face the arms ofLord Baltimore. These stones were oolitic rock, imported for the pirrposefrom England. These surveyors were paid twenty-one shillings each per day for servicesand expenses, from the time they came to this country till they reached Eng-. _^^-^^/y ^jt^a^^^) HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 159 land. The amount paid by the Penns from 1700 to 1768 was £34,200, Penn-sylvania currency. CHAPTER WAR. Ihdjan Nations Described—War Between French and English—Colonies In-volved—Braddocks Defeat and its Effects—Forts Located and De-scribed—Massacres from 1754 to 1705—Conflict Between the Civiland Military at Fort Loudoun. AT the time the Cumberland Valley was opened up to the colonization of thewhite race, it was virtually in possession of the aggregation of tribes knownas the Six Nations. At the opening of the seventeenth century, it is declared,the lower valley of the Susquehanna appears to have been a vast uninhabitedhighway, through which hordes of hostile savages were constantly roaming be-tween the northern and southern waters, and where they often met in bloodyencounters. The Six Nations were acknowledged as the sovereigns of theSusquehanna, a
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