Examinations of Daniel McMullen and Thomas Moffit two prisoners that made their escape from Connasatego and came to Shamokin.

[1756]

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Taken at Fort Augusta at Shamokin, McMullen, twenty years old, was captured in the woods near Minisink. He and a woman were taken to Wyoming and then to Diahogo. He was bought by a Mohawk who treated him well, but he was later sold again to French Margaret's Daughter in Conasedego. From there, he was able to escape with Moffit, traveling three days by land and ten days by canoe. The Indians had little food; many Mohawks wanted to come to Shamokin to live. Thomas Moffet, 26, was captured in March. He was kept in Wyoming, but eventually a large group of Indians divided themselves, half going to the Alleghenies and the rest to Connasettegoe, where he met McMullen. He also said the Indians had no food and were very disturbed by the fall of Oswego. He heard about Chief Teedyusung, who boasted he could make peace or break peace and who sold a female prisoner for a horse to take him to the Council at Easton. Taken before me 22 September 1756, William Clapham.

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