Page 219: Chapter VIII "Invasion of the Coves and Conolloways" The following day (November 3rd), Adam Hoops wrote Governor Morris, from Conococheague, regarding the incursion, as follows: "I am sorry I have to trouble you with this melancholy and disagreeable news, for on Saturday I received an express from Peters Township that the inhabitants of the Great Cove were all murdered or taken captive and their houses and barns all in flames. Some few fled, upon notice brought them by a certain Patrick Burns, a captive, that made his escape that very morning before this sad tragedy was done." Your Burns? Jean