The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties [Pennsylvania]: Containing a Brief History of the First Settlers, Notices of the Leading Events, Incidents and Interesting Facts, Both General and Local, in the History of These Counties, General & Statistical Descriptions of All the Principal Boroughs, Towns, Villages, &c., with an Appendix ... Comp. from Numerous Authentic SourcesG. Hills, 1846 - 606 頁 |
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第 73 頁
... scalped by the Indians - Forts and Block - houses erected along the Frontiers -- A fort commenced at Shippensburg --- Brad- dock's defeat encourages the French and their Indian allies -- Fron- tier settlers again petition government for ...
... scalped by the Indians - Forts and Block - houses erected along the Frontiers -- A fort commenced at Shippensburg --- Brad- dock's defeat encourages the French and their Indian allies -- Fron- tier settlers again petition government for ...
第 74 頁
... scalped , and afterwards coming to himself and ran into the Po- tomack , and in a short time called aloud for assistance . The boy saw the Indian scalping his mother as he was coming to . [ These were killed four miles from Wills ...
... scalped , and afterwards coming to himself and ran into the Po- tomack , and in a short time called aloud for assistance . The boy saw the Indian scalping his mother as he was coming to . [ These were killed four miles from Wills ...
第 75 頁
... scalped last week , and likely to live . In short , there seems to be nothing but desolation on the Poto- mac . There was scarce an hour since the army marched , but news of alarm comes down the road , that it will probably be stopped ...
... scalped last week , and likely to live . In short , there seems to be nothing but desolation on the Poto- mac . There was scarce an hour since the army marched , but news of alarm comes down the road , that it will probably be stopped ...
第 76 頁
... scalped my comrade : they then set off and ran at a smart rate , through the woods , for about fifteen miles , and that night we slept on the Allegheny mountain , without fire . " To protect themselves against the incursions of the ...
... scalped my comrade : they then set off and ran at a smart rate , through the woods , for about fifteen miles , and that night we slept on the Allegheny mountain , without fire . " To protect themselves against the incursions of the ...
第 79 頁
... scalped and carried away all the men , women and children , amounting to twenty - five in number : and wounded 1 man , who fortunate- ly made his escape , and brought us the news , whereupon the subscri- bers went out and buried the ...
... scalped and carried away all the men , women and children , amounting to twenty - five in number : and wounded 1 man , who fortunate- ly made his escape , and brought us the news , whereupon the subscri- bers went out and buried the ...
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第 537 頁 - ... to be determined by a meridian line to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said forty-third degree.
第 416 頁 - By that instrument it was determined — "that in memory of the great and important services rendered to his country, by his Excellency, John Dickinson, Esquire, President of the Supreme Executive Council, and in commemoration of his very liberal donation to the institution, the said college, shall be forever hereafter called and known by the name of Dickinson College.
第 93 頁 - sa very sorrowful spectacle to see those that escaped with their lives with not a mouthful to eat, or bed to lie on, or clothes to cover their nakedness, or keep them warm, but all they had consumed into ashes. These deplorable circumstances cry aloud for your...
第 26 頁 - It is a clear and just thing, and my God that has given it me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation. I shall have a tender care to the government, that it be well laid at first.
第 26 頁 - Sylvania, and they added Penn to it; and though I much opposed it, and went to the King to have it struck out and altered, he said it was past, and would take it upon him; nor could twenty guineas move the...
第 166 頁 - Burgess, and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did depose and say, that in...
第 338 頁 - He seemed to be sincere, honest, and conscientious in his own way, and according to his own religious notions ; which was more than I ever saw in any other Pagan. I perceived that he was looked upon and derided among most of the Indians, as a precise zealot, who made a needless noise about religious matters ; but I must say...
第 338 頁 - Now that I like : so God has taught me," &c. And some of his sentiments seemed very just. Yet he utterly denied the being of a devil, and declared there was no such \\ creature known among the Indians of old times, whose religion he supposed he was attempting to revive. He likewise told me, that departed souls all went southward, and that the difference between the good and...
第 335 頁 - ... sometimes raised the flame to a prodigious height, at the same time yelling and shouting in such a manner that they might easily have been heard two miles or more. They continued their sacred dance all night, or near the matter; after which they ate the flesh of the sacrifice, and so retired each one to his lodging.