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67. one of their number (unclear) an harmless Indian, and Son of aged and venerable Parents, was unexpectedly seized, as the one sworn to have been of the murdering party, and forthwith taken to Philadelphia, and imprisoned. The Government of Pennsylvania, however, insensible of the innocence of these Indians, and the falacity of the reports, purposely propagated to enrage the People against them; ordered, all the baptised Indians from both places, to be brought to Philadelphia for protection, of which the Indian Congregation being informed, they could not refrain from weeping, considering that they were now to part, from their devoted friends, and Brethren of Bethlehem; yet resigned to the will of the Lord, and in the hope, that they would be permitted the benefit of their Teachers, their mind became easy. The Sherriff of the County, John Jennings, Esq. a Gentleman of affability and high in the esteem of those Indians, arriving by appointment, to take charge of, and safely conduct them to Philadelphia; they delivered to him, their Arms with great composure, and on the 8th of November - after attending a farewell Sermon, preached in the Church at Bethlehem by the Bishop Peter Bochler, from Psalm