. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library . rthrough that country in the summer of 1832 . .Greenfield [Massachusetts], Fogg, 1833. 108 p. L 243 This is not in the form of a narrative of the tour and the noteson Illinois are brief and scattered. 1832 Narrative of the capture and providential escape ofMisses Frances and Almira Hall, two respectableyoung women (sisters) of the ages of 16 and 18 —who were taken prisoners by the savages, at a frontiersettlement, near Indian Creek, in May last, whenfifteen of the inhabitants fell victims to the bloodytomahawk and scalping knife; among w
. Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library . rthrough that country in the summer of 1832 . .Greenfield [Massachusetts], Fogg, 1833. 108 p. L 243 This is not in the form of a narrative of the tour and the noteson Illinois are brief and scattered. 1832 Narrative of the capture and providential escape ofMisses Frances and Almira Hall, two respectableyoung women (sisters) of the ages of 16 and 18 —who were taken prisoners by the savages, at a frontiersettlement, near Indian Creek, in May last, whenfifteen of the inhabitants fell victims to the bloodytomahawk and scalping knife; among whom were theparents of the unfortunate females; likewise is addedthe interesting narrative of the captivity and suffer-ings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, who fell intothe hands of the merciless savages on their return to .ittss&oii^^swmmmiy^^tm&m^se^f^mm^ WAR AND PE&TILENCE! . CAPJLKi: OF TWO YOUNG LAD1LS JiY THE bAV AGES. jl •ViJf»E PRESENT YEAR (1832) WILL BE LONG REM IN || rBERED IN AMERICA, AS A SEAR OF MUCH HUAiAN |jiMSTRE**,. 3--, Wlnlo mnny of our most populous cities row tarn v>«-j4 itcd by Mint drcnitul disnipr, tho from, a, on«l l«w wt»i^h Thousands luv. fallen viclrtis, tlio m+rcifrpig>. {SAyAOiB hnvc-lam In fyijilly cngngrd n h *rrk2| of death, on the frontiers,; yrcre prcat nrnle;s (in-Kj cludi^; woman and rnildim) hnv*» fallen, victims to thof«#v :$&?$ Moody Tomahawk I :-*SttNI I v ?.•. •,..• COVER OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF MISSES FRANCES AND ALMIRA HALL mo. 244) TRA VEL A ND DESCRIPTION 117 their settlement, three days after the bloody massa-cre; communicated by persons of respectability liv-ing in the neighborhood of the captives, , p. UINL 244 Also, , 1833. 24 p. W — Also, with add., [1833?].26 p. N A curious pamphlet, issued, probably, to stir up animositytoward the Indians. It illustrates, to some extent, conditionsin northern Illinois during the Black Hawk War. There isanoth
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