Tom Robison wrote: >Diane wrote > > >>I had heard that the Scoth-Irish and the Germans ended up in central PA >>because all the good land was taken and those early people were happy >>to have new settlers between them and the Indians. >> >> > >I'm reminded of an article in Reader's Digest many years ago entitled "The >Irish Among Us" by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. > >Therein he said that initially the Quakers were glad to have the >Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania because they served as a buffer between them >and the Indians, but later the Quakers came to the conclusion that the >"Indians were more benign". > > Sounds like its a good thing the Quakers weren't the only white people in North America or the US wouldn't be any larger than New England. Regards, Bill

On Jun 9, 2004, at 8:52 PM, William Scott wrote: > Tom Robison wrote: > >> Diane wrote >> >>> I had heard that the Scoth-Irish and the Germans ended up in central >>> PA >>> because all the good land was taken and those early people were happy >>> to have new settlers between them and the Indians. >>> >> >> I'm reminded of an article in Reader's Digest many years ago entitled >> "The >> Irish Among Us" by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. >> >> Therein he said that initially the Quakers were glad to have the >> Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania because they served as a buffer between >> them >> and the Indians, but later the Quakers came to the conclusion that the >> "Indians were more benign". >> > Sounds like its a good thing the Quakers weren't the only white people > in North America or the US wouldn't be any larger than New England. > > Regards, > Bill > > Not so funny, but certainly pertinent to the discussion is this story > from the "...frontier forts of Pennsylvania" The following is an extract from the Narrative of Robert Robinson, as contained in Loudon's Narratives, pp. 171 and 2: "The next I remember of was in 1755, the Woolcomber's family on Shearman's creek; the whole of the inhabitants of the Valley was gathered at Robinson's, but Woolcomber would not leave home, he said it was the Irish [Scotch-Irish] who were killing one another, these peaceable people, the Indians, would not hurt any person. Being at home and at dinner, the Indians came in, and the Quaker asked them to come and eat dinner, an Indian announced that he did not come to eat, but for scalps; the son, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years of age when he heard the Indian say so, repaired to a back door, and as he went out he looked back, and saw the Indian strike the tomahawk into his father's head. http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ pa+index+674335390+F And Tom, there's a full account of Fort Robinson / Robison. Diane