There was a large uproar and killing here in this country. The savages had always been friendly towards the old inhabitants. However Hans König, the cloth dyer from Sonzibo left his wife and young children at a certain place. He, along with his son and daughter and the servant from Tramelan went near to the border of the savages, to a place called Shamokin, one hundred miles from Conestoga. They spent this summer living next to some families there. Then the savages complained that they have often come too close to them. They warned them that they should stay away or expect misfortune, but they did not heed the warning. Then the savages came and attacked them. They mercilessly murdered six families, and burned the houses. In all, thirteen persons were killed and the others were taken away. The dyer was killed, and the son, daughter, and servant and also a daughter taken away. There were still other killings along the border. Consequently, there is much alarm throughout the country. We are expecting war over this. God watch over us. It appears warlike here in this country.

It is all so unlike what we know. Everything is so different from Switzerland, for there are another kind of trees. There are large domestic animals and birds. The weather is quite different also. The clouds come down over the land, the rain and snow come quickly, in storms. However, they pass quickly, so there are only short periods of time that we can not see the sun.