. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. —. CHAPTER XXX. Peter Dolls Blockhouse. N his tour of inspection toTeads Blockhouse, MarchI, 1758, Major Burd makes men-tion of a station at Peter DollsBlockhouse, which was close to thesouthern base of the Blue Range,between Little Gap and SmithsGap. Moore Township, of Northampton County, in whichthis defense stood, was equally unfortunate with otherparts of the frontier, even if history, so far, has failed tomake prominent its sufferings. In January, 1756, theIndians entered the township and committed a series ofmurders and depredations, fi

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. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. —. CHAPTER XXX. Peter Dolls Blockhouse. N his tour of inspection toTeads Blockhouse, MarchI, 1758, Major Burd makes men-tion of a station at Peter DollsBlockhouse, which was close to thesouthern base of the Blue Range,between Little Gap and SmithsGap. Moore Township, of Northampton County, in whichthis defense stood, was equally unfortunate with otherparts of the frontier, even if history, so far, has failed tomake prominent its sufferings. In January, 1756, theIndians entered the township and committed a series ofmurders and depredations, firing the houses and barns ofChristian Miller, Henry Diehl, Henry Shopp, NicholasHeil, Nicholas Sholl and Peter Doll, killing one of Heilschildren and John Bauman. The body of the latter wasfound two weeks after the maraud and interred in theMoravian burying ground at Nazareth. This, however, was but one of the many like occurrenceswhich kept the settlers in a constant state of alarm for (423) 424 The Pennsylvania-German Society. more than a year and

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