A List of Killed & Missing at John Cisney's Field, 1757

A List of Killed & Missing at John Cisney's Field, 1757 from Pennsylvania Archives, First Series, III, (1853) 219 A List of those killed SE missing at John Cisney's Field, about 7 miles from Shippensburg [Cumberland County), on July 18th, 1757. Killed. John Kirkpatrick, Dennis O'Neidon. Missing. John Cisney & three small Boys, two Sons of Cisney, & one a Son of John Kirkpatrick. These People refused to Join with their neighbours who had a Guard appointed them, because they couldn't have their Fields reaped the first. A List of those killed & captivated at Joseph Steenson's Field, about 10 miles from Shippensburg, on July 20th, 1757. Killed. Joseph Mitchel, James Mitchel, William Mitchel, John Finley, Robert Steenson, Andrew Enslow, Allen Henderson, William Gibson. Captivated. Jane McCammon, Mary Minor, jannet Harper, & a son of John Finley's. One Indian killed, said to be a Captain over 20. The Reason of these People being without a Guard we have not yet heard, but 'tis probable that being about 20 armed men they thot themselves strong enough to reap separate from the Company, who had a Guard appointed them in that neighbourhood, & after having done reaping & resting themselves in the Field, at about 40 Perches Distance from their Arms, & without any proper Watch, were taken in surprise &fired on from different Quarters. Joseph Mitchel called on them to betake themselves to their Arms & fight, but the chief Part immediately fled. As two Indians were howling away a young woman, one Mitchel, a brave young Man, fired upon them & killed one, the young woman escaped, but he himself was killed by a Shot as he was loading his Gun a second Time. The number of the Indians is said by some to have been above 20, but not more than 5 or 6 were seen at the Field. They carried off with them about 20 good Horses, which the Reapers had enclosed at a small distance. The Soldiers being dispersed in small parties along the Frontier could not be collected to follow them. 264