The Pictorial Sketch book of Pennsylvania Or Its Scenery Internal Improvemen
The Pictorial Sketch book of Pennsylvania Or Its Scenery Internal Improvemen
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The contention which so long subsisted between the citizens of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, says Mr. Trego, in his Geography of Pennsylvania, and which caused so much blood to be spilled at Wyo- ming, originated in an interference of the territorial claims of the respective parties. Strange as it may appear at the present day, this region was claimed by Connecticut as being within the limits of its charter as granted by the English government, and in 1753 a company was formed in that colony fo...r the purpose of making settlements at Wyoming. In 1762, about two hundred persons from Connecticut arrived, and established themselves on the east side of the river, about the mouth of Mill Creek, a little above the place where Wilkes- barre now stands. They lived in friendship with the Indians, and THE "'■ ■ -^ — n ^r■'. ■:r XdV. W I «■ aZ-iD sen .
C c WYOMING. 251 soon extended their settlements to the west side of the river. This state of peace was, however, of short duration, for the settlement was suddenly attacked by the savages ; about twenty persons were killed, others wounded, and the rest fled to the mountains, making their way, almost destitute of provisions, through a wilderness of sixty miles, to the settlements at Easton, on the Delaware.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The contention which so long subsisted between the citizens of Connecticut and Pennsylvania, says Mr. Trego, in his Geography of Pennsylvania, and which caused so much blood to be spilled at Wyo- ming, originated in an interference of the territorial claims of the respective parties. Strange as it may appear at the present day, this region was claimed by Connecticut as being within the limits of its charter as granted by the English government, and in 1753 a company was formed in that colony fo...r the purpose of making settlements at Wyoming. In 1762, about two hundred persons from Connecticut arrived, and established themselves on the east side of the river, about the mouth of Mill Creek, a little above the place where Wilkes- barre now stands. They lived in friendship with the Indians, and THE "'■ ■ -^ — n ^r■'. ■:r XdV. W I «■ aZ-iD sen .
C c WYOMING. 251 soon extended their settlements to the west side of the river. This state of peace was, however, of short duration, for the settlement was suddenly attacked by the savages ; about twenty persons were killed, others wounded, and the rest fled to the mountains, making their way, almost destitute of provisions, through a wilderness of sixty miles, to the settlements at Easton, on the Delaware.
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