Pennsylvania, but only in 1725 (3 C. R., p. 323), and settle on Tulpehocken Creek. About 650 were sent to North Carolina, where they arrived unaer Christopher De Graffenreid, in De- cember, 1709 (do., p. 62), and were killed by the Indians about a year later. But no others of them came to America; and

. Shawanah Town, as it is named above, was an abiding place on the banks of the Susquehanna of the Shawanese Indians, who, if in num- bers, must have removed as a body be- fore the coming of the Whites. A num- ber remained, however, in the imme- diate neighborhood, and it was, a story told to me of the old

were clad in immense for- ests of oak,chestnut and hickory; and no doubt the valleys of the Octoraro, the Conowingos and the smaller streams, Peters' Creek and their hun- dreds of tributaries, made this a great natural hunting ground of the Indians of that day. These same natural at- tractions soon

interest and a picture of many tones. "Without a severance or breach the great central body of limestone spreads and stretches from Schoe- neck to Safe Harbor, from Bainbridge to the Gap. All along our northern border, from Churchtown to Fal- �mouth, the old red sandstone proudly raises its defiant head

, whose use had another meaning. Given the men and arms to fight the big cause of a country's freedom, necessity compelled the fur- ther requirements of munition, food, clothing, horses and wagons. Why was it that when orders were issued for these needs Lancaster county was, in most every case, required

Early Items of Lancaster County History A great deal of interest naturally attaches to the primitive affairs in our county and that is at present very rare—that is, because items have al- ready been written up. It is only by gathering up certain items that we can eventually expect to put together