Otzinachson: Or, a History of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna ; Embracing a Full Account of Its Settlement--trials and Privations Endured by the Early Pioneers--full Accounts of the Indian Wars, Predatory Incursions, Abductions, and Massacres, &c., Together with an Account of the Fair Play System, and the Trying Scenes of the Big Runaway, Interspersed with Biographical Sketches of Some of the Leading Settlers, Families, Etc., Together with Pertinent Anecdotes, Statistics, Much Valuable Matter Entirely NewH.B. Ashmead, 1857 - 518 pages |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Otzinachson: Or, a History of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna ... John Franklin Meginness Affichage du livre entier - 1857 |
Otzinachson: Or, a History of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna ... John Franklin Meginness Affichage du livre entier - 1857 |
Otzinachson: Or, a History of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna ... John Franklin Meginness Affichage du livre entier - 1857 |
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Page 68 - ... he concluded that they must be encamped at no great distance. This proved to be the exact truth, for, after gaining the eminence on the other side of the valley, the Indians were seen encamped, some having...
Page 71 - Enemies; / do hereby declare and promise, that there shall be paid out of the said Sixty Thousand Pounds to all and every Person and Persons, as well Indians as Christians not in the Pay of the Province, the several and respective Premiums and Bounties following, that is to say: For every Male Indian Enemy above Twelve Years Old who shall be taken Prisoner and...
Page 51 - I was so feeble and faint, that I feared it would kill me to lie out in the open air ; and some of our company being parted from us, so that we had now no axe with us, I had no way but to climb into a young pine tree, and with my knife to lop the branches, and so made a shelter from the dew.