Presented by all I Marsin Jan 710 1847

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, CUS,

TOMS, 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.

ト

As flies the sun over Larmon's grassy hill, so pass the tales of old-it is the voice of years
that are gone-they roll before me with all their deeds-I seize the tales as they pass and pour
them forth.-OSSIAN.

COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES,

Checked
1918

LANCASTER, PA.
PUBLISHED BY G. HILLS
1841.

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