New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . discharged, small garrisons beingretained at Forts Edward and William Henry. In April, 1756, another armed force under Colo- Ct^d-^^ nel Schuyler was sent to Albany, the atrocities ofthe savages having drawn New Jersey, New York,and Pennsylvania into a close bond of union. In schuyler arms May the Indians again appeared in Sussex Coun-ty, at Paulius Kill, from which place sixty fam-ilies removed to Amwell. To protect the provinceand to aid its neighbors the Legislature, in June,passed an act raising £17,500 for supporting i
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . discharged, small garrisons beingretained at Forts Edward and William Henry. In April, 1756, another armed force under Colo- Ct^d-^^ nel Schuyler was sent to Albany, the atrocities ofthe savages having drawn New Jersey, New York,and Pennsylvania into a close bond of union. In schuyler arms May the Indians again appeared in Sussex Coun-ty, at Paulius Kill, from which place sixty fam-ilies removed to Amwell. To protect the provinceand to aid its neighbors the Legislature, in June,passed an act raising £17,500 for supporting itsseven hundred and fifty men then in pay, the col-ony already having contributed £57,500 to thewar. For the first and last time in the historyof New Jersey a proclamation was issued uponJune 2d, 1756, declaring that as the Lenni-Lenape had violated their treaties and become al-lies of other hostile Indians they were Enemies,Rebels, and Traitors to his most sacred every one not in the Province Pay a reward -? ? ??I !? 3 380 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. of one hundred and fifty Spanish dollars was of-fered for taking alive and delivering any maleIndian above fifteen years of age, one hundredand thirty Spanish dollars for killing or destroy-ing any male Indian above fifteen years of age,one hundred and thirty Spanish dollars for thebody of any male or female Indian under the ageof fifteen, and one hundred and fifty Spanish dol-lars for every inhabitant of the colony retakenfrom Indian captors. To friendly Indians, in ac-cordance with the terms of a treaty held in Cross-wicks in February, 1756, protection was offeredprovided the Indians remained within the boundsof the province. But owing to the treaty of peaceconcluded on July 11, between Sir William John-son and the Shawanese and Delawares, GovernorBelcher, upon July 23, withdrew his proclamationdeclaring the Delawares to be traitors. With the army in the north efforts were beingmade to carry out the elaborate plan of campa
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