Whiletheseveralcompaniesinthecityandcountrywereforming, andlearningtheirexercise, thegovernorprevail'dwithmetotakechargeofourNorth-westernfrontier, whichwasinfestedbytheenemy, , tho' , andaparcelofblankcommissionsforofficers, , , whohadintheprecedingwarbeenanofficerinthearmyrais'dagainstCanada, wasmyaid-de-camp, ,[103] avillagesettledbytheMoravians, andmassacredtheinhabitants; , IassembledthecompaniesatBethlehem, ; ; theyhadpurchasedaquantityofarmsandammunitionfromNewYork, andhadevenplac'dquantitiesofsmallpavingstonesbetweenthewindowsoftheirhighstonehouses, , too, keptwatch, andreliev', Spangenberg, Imention'dthismysurprise; for, knowingtheyhadobtainedanactofParliamentexemptingthemfrommilitarydutiesinthecolonies, Ihadsuppos''dmethatitwasnotoneoftheirestablishedprinciples, butthat, atthetimeoftheirobtainingthatact, , however, they, totheirsurprise, 'dinthemselves, ordeceiv'dtheParliament; butcommonsense, aidedbypresentdanger, willsometimesbetoostrongforwhimsicalopinions.
, withinstructionstoerectoneforthesecurityofthatupperpartofthecountry, andanothertothelowerpart, withsimilarinstructions; andIconcludedtogomyselfwiththerestofmyforcetoGnadenhut, whereafortwastho''dmefivewaggonsforourtools, stores, baggage, etc.
