A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . the war now at hand Englandsofficers offered a bounty for the scalp of every white man,woman or child taken by the Indians. It is difficult tobelieve that a Christian king and a civilized nation could9 130 History of Virginia and Virginians. countenance such barbarous cruelty, but it is neverthe-less true, and the monument in Canada to the memory ofBrandt, the perpetrator of the massacre of Wyoming,perpetuates the record. The Mettle of the Virginians.—But Governor Dunmorewas soon to learn what the mettle of these Virginianswas whom he th
A young people's history of Virginia and Virginians .. . the war now at hand Englandsofficers offered a bounty for the scalp of every white man,woman or child taken by the Indians. It is difficult tobelieve that a Christian king and a civilized nation could9 130 History of Virginia and Virginians. countenance such barbarous cruelty, but it is neverthe-less true, and the monument in Canada to the memory ofBrandt, the perpetrator of the massacre of Wyoming,perpetuates the record. The Mettle of the Virginians.—But Governor Dunmorewas soon to learn what the mettle of these Virginianswas whom he thought he could so easily crush. In everycounty in the colony they were arming and organizing forservice. There was a committee of safety in each county aswell, under whose orders the minute-men were to act. The Virginia Convention.—When the time came for theconvention to meet they assembled in Richmond instead of Williamsburg, whereDunmore held his courtand where his troops keptwatch over the town. Theassembly met (M arch,1775,) in old Saint Johns. OLD ST. JOHNS CHUKCH, RICHMOND. church, in Richmond, andEdmund Pendleton waschosen president. PatrickHenry made on this occa-sion the famous speechwith the closing words ofwhich every school boy isfamiliar : If we wish tobe free, he said, we must fight. The next gale whichsweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clashof resounding arms. I know not what course othersmay take; but as for me, give me liberty or give medeath ! Battle of Lexington.—The truth of Henrys words wassoon to be verified. In less than a month the collisionbetween the British troops and the Massachusetts minute-men near Lexington took place. There was no unduehaste or rashness in the action of the Virginia conven-tion. It expressed an earnest desire for peace, at thesame time that it resolved to prepare for war. History of Virginia and Virginians. 131 Seizure of the Powder.—The opening months of theyear 1775 passed; the people, meanwhile, hoping fo
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