. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . ozen nations. He had acted in this matter under the instructions of sir 1778.] DESTRUCTION OP WTOMINa 396 Guy Carleton in 1776; and when be came to England in that year ne foundthe system of restraining the impetuous passions of these people unpopularwith those official persons who had adopted the reasoning, in their zealagainst the colonists, that partial severity was general mercy. He returnedto Canada, determined to be the soldier, not the executioner, of the State
. The popular history of England : an illustrated history of society and government from the earliest period to our own times . ozen nations. He had acted in this matter under the instructions of sir 1778.] DESTRUCTION OP WTOMINa 396 Guy Carleton in 1776; and when be came to England in that year ne foundthe system of restraining the impetuous passions of these people unpopularwith those official persons who had adopted the reasoning, in their zealagainst the colonists, that partial severity was general mercy. He returnedto Canada, determined to be the soldier, not the executioner, of the eloquent invective of Chatham, we thus see, had in view the ministerialdirectors of the war rather than the commander who succumbed to unavoidablediificulties. Connected with the subject of the barbarities of the Indians, there is anevent of the year 1778, which has been rescued from the possible oblivion ofHistory by the more enduring associations of Poetry.* Wyoming, on theSusquehanna, consisting of eight townships, was a new settlement. The soilwas fertile; the climate genial; the inhabitants unusually Vale of Wyoming. Happy they were not, for a minority amongst them was bitterly opposed tothose who resisted the British government. The people were removed fromthe scene of hostilities ; yet the greater number took a deep interest in thecontest for independence, and had sent a large proportion of their adult malepopulation to the .nrmy of the Congress. The infant settlement was com-paratively defenceless ; although four forts had been constructed to resist theinroads of the savages. The right to the soil was a disputed point betweenthe States of Connecticut and Pennsylvania; and in the absence of a centralcontrol those who were loyalists, or Tories, were exposed to rigorous treat- * CRmpbells Gertrude of Wyoming. 396 SPAIN DECLARES WAR AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN. [1778. ment. The mutual hatred between the two parties of Americans was toooften marked by persecution
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