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Updated: June 12, 2025
"Omas," said the mother, "I understand you wish us to go to the Delaware." "Yes," he replied, "Iroquois won't hurt you there must go." "We haven't a particle of food with us; Ben has his gun and may have a chance to shoot some game on the way more than likely, he will have no chance at all; it will take us several days to reach Stroudsburg, which, I believe, is the nearest point.
On the third day after the meeting in the woods, the party arrived at the little town of Stroudsburg, on the Upper Delaware, none having suffered the least harm. The skill of Omas kept them supplied with food, and his familiarity with the route did much to lessen the hardships which otherwise they would have suffered.
They supposed he meant to conduct them all or a greater part of the way to Stroudsburg, though at times he appeared to be hesitating over it, or over some other scheme he had in mind.
They were intending to flee through the wilderness to the Delaware and Lehigh settlements, chiefly Fort Penn, built by Jacob Stroud, where Stroudsburg now is. When the five, darkened by weather and looking almost like Indians themselves, approached, Carpenter stepped forward and raised his rifle.
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