Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . g of the door, wasnot perhaps more than three minutes in acting. In the year 1779 the Indians began to make in-roads into the settlements of Northumberland county,and coming to the house of Andrew Armstrong, madehim prisoner. His wife escaped by concealing herselfunder a bed until after they were gone. About this time two families, flying from the In-dians, were attacked at a place called Wa
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . g of the door, wasnot perhaps more than three minutes in acting. In the year 1779 the Indians began to make in-roads into the settlements of Northumberland county,and coming to the house of Andrew Armstrong, madehim prisoner. His wife escaped by concealing herselfunder a bed until after they were gone. About this time two families, flying from the In-dians, were attacked at a place called Warriors men, Durham and Macknight, were behind, driv-ing their cattle; their wives, riding before, were firedupon by the Indians. Mrs. Durhams child was shotdead in her arms, at sight of which she fainted, andfell from her horse; the other, being unhurt, rode onand escaped; the men, being alarmed, fled precipi-tately, and escaped. While Mrs. Durham remainedinsensible, she was scalped, but reviving, escaped to aplace of safety, and recovered. A party of Indians having made two girls prisonersin Buffalo valley, passed on to Penns valley, wherethey discovered, from the top of a mountain, a com-. BORDER WARFARE IN PENNSYLVANIA. SI pany of reapers in a valley. Leaving the girls withone Indian, they proceeded to attack the they were gone, the Indian lay down to rest;soon afterwards it began to rain, and one of the girls,on pretence of sheltering him, covered him withleaves; then seizing an axe, she sunk it into his girls then fled towards the reapers, but being dis-covered by the Indians, they were fired at, and oneof them killed; the other escaped and gave the reap-ers information of the enemy. A company was col-lected and went in pursuit of them; but theyretreated, carrying the dead Indian with them. The inhabitants of Northumberland county, inorder to defend themselves from the Indians, builtFreelans, Boslys, Breadys, Wallaces, and Broomesforts. Capta
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