See quotations.
1818. The Indians fled to Philadelphia from the pursuit of the Paxton boys (as they called themselves).—Mass. Spy, Feb. 25.
1833. They [The Indians] were afterwards assailed and massacred—men, women, and children—at mid-day, by an armed band of lawless ruffians, calling themselves the “Paxtang boys!” [This was in 1764.]—Watson, ‘Historic Tales of Philadelphia,’ p. 66. See also pp. 205–8.
