To get revenge for this act, several men went to Pickering's home in Wilkes- Barre and with faces blacken- in the dead of night, entered his bedroom tied his arms and led him up the river. His friends pursued and there were several skirmished, one near Meshopen in which two men were wounded. Failing to accomplish their purpose after three weeks, Thep put Colonel Pickering on a raft and let him drift down the river. This contest {the Pennamite Wars} lasted about 50 years. All were allowed to remain for there was room for all who wished to settled here. By 1812 the Fassett family had 8 living children, Jasper, Sarah, John, Josiah Jr, Fanny, Hannah, Lucy, and James. Josiah Fassett was a very prosperous man in his new home, and a leading businessman of section at the time he lived. he kept the first tavern there and conducted the first ferry across the river at Scottsville. Very early in 1800 he was elected Justice of the Peace and the held the office until his death. he was a prominent Mason on of the members of the first Masonic Lodge in this area.He was a Presbyterian of the old type and active in all public affairs. He died August 20, age 62, Abigail his wife who was born in 1771 died March 22, 1845 They are bured in a family plot on their homestead.