Incidents of Border Life: Illustrative of the Times and Condition of the First Settlements in Parts of the Middle and Western States, Comprising Narratives of Strange and Thrilling Adventure--accounts of Battles--skirmishes and Personal Encounters with the Indians--descriptions of Their Manners, Customs, Modes of Warfare, Treatment of Prisoners, &c., &c.--also, the History of Several Remarkable Captivities and Escapes ; to which are Added Brief Historical Sketches of the War in the North-west, Embracing the Expeditions Under Generals Harmar, St. Clair and Wayne ; with an Appendix and a Review : Compiled from Authentic SourcesG. Hills, 1841 - 511 pages |
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Page 36
... instantly engaged in preparing to start , and had considerable difficulties in embarking . As soon as we got into our canoes we fell to paddling with all our might , making out from the shore . Though these sort of canoes ride waves ...
... instantly engaged in preparing to start , and had considerable difficulties in embarking . As soon as we got into our canoes we fell to paddling with all our might , making out from the shore . Though these sort of canoes ride waves ...
Page 88
... instantly ran up a little hill to where they had left their baggage ; there they tied a pair of moc- casons on my feet ; my brother at that instant broke off from them , running towards the house , screaming as he went ; they brought ...
... instantly ran up a little hill to where they had left their baggage ; there they tied a pair of moc- casons on my feet ; my brother at that instant broke off from them , running towards the house , screaming as he went ; they brought ...
Page 101
... instantly got off the horse , and held him by the bridle , -Ket - tooh - ha - lend sunk his pipe tomahawk into his skull ; Mus - souh - whese stabbed him under the arm - pit with his scalping knife ; he had shot him between the ...
... instantly got off the horse , and held him by the bridle , -Ket - tooh - ha - lend sunk his pipe tomahawk into his skull ; Mus - souh - whese stabbed him under the arm - pit with his scalping knife ; he had shot him between the ...
Page 109
... instantly on the spot , and pulled off his scalp . An old man , whom he supposed to be the father of the man he had killed , came running towards him , hallooing at him if he had killed the deer ; as Dickeson could speak the English ...
... instantly on the spot , and pulled off his scalp . An old man , whom he supposed to be the father of the man he had killed , came running towards him , hallooing at him if he had killed the deer ; as Dickeson could speak the English ...
Page 112
... of age , rose up instantly and clapped down on her knees behind his back , she clinched her hands , putting one on the part that was pained , the other on the top of that , then applied her 112 M'CULLOUGH'S NARRAVIVE .
... of age , rose up instantly and clapped down on her knees behind his back , she clinched her hands , putting one on the part that was pained , the other on the top of that , then applied her 112 M'CULLOUGH'S NARRAVIVE .
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Page 274 - At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they ply— And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear.
Page 367 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 16 - ... and also a great many scalps. Those that were coming in, and those that had arrived, kept a constant firing of small arms, and also the great guns in the fort, which were accompanied with the most hideous shouts and yells from all quarters ; so that it appeared to me as if the infernal regions had broken loose.
Page 16 - I retired to my lodgings both sore and sorry. When I came into my lodgings I saw Russel's Seven Sermons, which they had brought from the field of battle, which a Frenchman made a present of to me.
Page 331 - ... faithful service, that he was sincerely and zealously devoted to the cause of the Indians. "The speech was listened to in unbroken silence. As soon as he had finished, several chiefs expressed their approbation by a deep guttural interjection, while others were equally as forward in making known their objections to the proposal. They urged that his fate had already been determined in a large and solemn council, and that they would be acting like squaws to change their minds every hour. They insisted...
Page 299 - ... below. Boone, who had regained his usual sagacity, instantly cut a trench within the fort in such a manner as to intersect the line of their approach, and thus frustrated their design. The enemy exhausted all the ordinary artifices of Indian warfare, but were steadily repulsed in every effort. Finding their numbers daily thinned by the deliberate but fatal fire of the garrison, and seeing no prospect of final success, they broke up on the ninth day of the siege, and returned home. The loss of...
Page 16 - I observed they had a great many bloody scalps, grenadiers' caps, British canteens, bayonets, &c. with them. They brought the news that Braddock was defeated. After that another company came in, which appeared to be about one hundred, and chiefly Indians, and it seemed to me that almost every one of this company was carrying scalps ; after this came another company with a number of wagon horses, and also a great many scalps.
Page 393 - Just then the child uttered a loud scream, followed by a faint moan, and all was again silent. Presently the crackling of flames was heard, accompanied by a triumphant yell from the Indians, announcing that they had set fire to that division of the house which had been occupied by the daughters, and of which they held undisputed possession. The fire was quickly communicated to the rest of the building, and it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames.
Page 197 - ... him ; strongly pinioned, and his wrists tied as closely together as they could be pulled with a cord. After he had marched through no pleasant paths, in this painful manner, for many a tedious mile, the party (who were excessively fatigued) halted to breathe. His hands were now immoderately swelled from the tightness of the ligature, and the pain had become intolerable. His feet were so much scratched that the blood dropped fast from them. Exhausted with bearing a burden above...