the lists of soldiers- "from Queensbury: John Conrad Weiser, Captain; Christian Haber, Andreas Bergman, Johannis Feeg*, Mattheus Kuntz, Mattheus Reinbolt, Joh. Peter Dopff, John Jacob Reisch*, Carl Nehr, Heinrich Jung, Hen. Hoffman, Werner Deichert, George Mueller, Fred. Bellenger, Hen. Widerwachs, George Mathias, Christo. Hagedorn, Frantz Finck, Andreas Schurtz, Peter Hagedorn, Niclaus Weber, Wm. George, Lieut., Fred. Schaffer, Anth. Icard, John Peter Sein, John Jacob Munsinger, Johan Leyer, Jacob Kuhn, Hen. Mathous, Nicklaus Eckard, Martin Dilleback, Niclaus Feller, Jacob Schnell, Jacob Webber, William Nelles, Johannis Kisler, Geo. Breigel, Joh. Schaffer, Geo. Dachstader, Johannes Zaysdorf. >From Haybury: John Christopher Fucks, John Wm. Daies, John Wm. Schaff, Christian Bauch, Peter Hayd, Henr. Hammer, Mich. Ittich, Johan. Kyser, Jacob Cup, Paulus Dientzer, Melch. Foltz, John Segendorf, Philip Laux, Abraham Langen, Jno. Jacob Schultz, Joh. Wm. Hambuch, Niclaus Laux, Niclaus Gottel Paulus Reitchoff. >From Annesburg: Hartmann Weindecker, Captain. Joh. Wm. Dill, Peter Speis, Herman Bitzer, Johannes Schue, John Wm. Schneider, Jacob Bast, Johannes Blass, Johann Wm. Kammer, Joh. Bonroth, Johannes Benhard, Sebastian Fischer, Niclaus Hayd, Heinrich Klein, Ben. Balt. Stuper, Casper Rauch, Hans Hen. Zeller, Johannes Zeller, Samuel Kuhn, Gerhard Schaffer, Ulrich Bruckhart, Jacob Ess, Frederick Winter, Joh. George Reiffenberg, John Wm. Linck, Jno. Martin Netzbach, Johannes Weis, Jno. Adam Walborn*, Jno Henry Arendorf, Danl. Busch, Jno. Henry Conradt, Hen. Bellinger, Johan Schneider, Marcus Bellinger, Phil. Schaffer, Johan. Kradt, Christ. Sittenich, Jno. Henry Schmidt, Jno. Philip Zerbe, Niclaus Ruhl, Adam Mic. Schmidt, Conrad Maisinger, Thos. Ruffener, Jacob Dings, Henrick Fehling, Joh. Jost Petry, Lud. W. Schmidt. >From Hunterstown: Jno. Peter Kneskern, Captain. David Huppert, Conrad Schawerman, Heinrick Sex, Frederick Bell, Jacob Kobell, Jacob Warno, Johannes Schulteis, Reinhard Schaffer, Johannes Roschman, Garl Uhl, Baltz Anspach*, Conrad Keller, Jno. George Schmidt, Conrad Goldman, Geo. Bender, Jno. Henry Uhl, Tho. Schumacher, Peter Schmidt, Johan. Schwall, Geo. Ludwig Koch, Veil Musig, Geo. Keschner, Chris. Hills, Rudol. Stahl. These lists are composed entirely of residents of the villages on the East side of the Hudson. There must have been troops also from the three villages on the west side. "But the confidence of the Governor was not won by this service, and when the campaign was over they were disarmed, under the apprehension that they might turn their arms against the province, 'They have since used some artifices' writes the Governor, 'and made some false alarms in order yo induce me to restore arms; but to no purpose. They are planted where they are covered in every way.' A regiment of troops is asked for to garrison the country in the neighborhood of the Palatines, to keep them to their duty. With nothing to encourage them in their labor, we can readily appreciate Hunter's complaint that, except by resorting to force, it was hard to keep them at work. When, however, he adopted a more conciliatory method, and offered them one-half of the proceeds, the expedient proved successful. But the Governor was impoverished, and was at last compelled to inform them that, during the winter of 1712-13, they must rely upon their own resources for support. 'I had no remedy left,' he writes, 'but to intimate to that people, that they should take measures to subsist themselves during this winter upon the land where they were planted, and such as could not, might find it by working with the inhabitants, leaving with the commissaries their names and the names of the places or landlords where they are employed during that time, that they may be in readiness upon the first public notice, given, to return to work.' Thus the contract was broken on the side of the Governor. The tidings struck consternation into the Palatines. Winter was just at hand. Starvation was imminent. Something had to be done at once, or they were lost. Thrown upon their own resources, the more enterprising among them proceeded to provide for themselves in a way Hunter had not anticipated. True to the German instinct to go to the first sources, they determined, without the intervention of a third party, like Livingstone, to deal directly with the first proprietors of the soil, the Indians. They recalled the fact that several Indian chiefs, who had visited England, while they were encamped in London, had presented Queen Anne with a tract of ground, near Schoharie for their use. A delegation headed by the elder Weiser was sent accordingly to the Indians to state their extremity, and to ask permission for them to settle on the lands that had been donated. the Indians acted in good faith. In less than two weeks after the return of the delegation, fifty families moved to the Schoharie, by way of Schenectedy, constructing over a portion of the way fifteen miles of roadway through the forests. reaching their destination they found a prohibition from the Governor awaiting them, accompanied with the threat that, unless they would return they would be treated as rebels. No alternative was in their power but to remain and take the consequences. Note: This info can be found reprinted in "German Immigration-The First Wave" edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. The information of this second serial that is contained in the Tolzmann book is a reprint of a presentation made to the Pennsylvania German Society in 1897 by Henry Eyster Jacobs. ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== Forgot how to SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE? Send the appropriate one word message to PENNA-DUTCH-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM