Carolyn, These are fascinating reading, particularly the first link about the establishment of the forts. 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. But I don't think I've actually read real-life accounts before. My family were in Sherman's Valley during this time. They were a lot tougher than I am, that's for sure. Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net > > From: "Carolyn K Shearer" <cks@pa.net> > Date: June 8, 2004 6:26:50 PM PDT > > > For more on the early history of Sherman's Valley, try these sites > about the early history. Sure does not sound like a very safe place! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ > pa+index+674335390+F > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/ > pa+index+10395247248911+F >

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". Tom Tom Robison tcr40554@adamswells.com \\ // (@ @) -----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----- Milroy was here!