History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . -] that knew them onceknew them no more forever! Captain Blair, whom we have frequently mentioned,soon after or about the close of the war moved to whatis known as the mouth of Blairs Gap, west of Hollidays-burg, where John AValker now lives. He was an ener-getic man, and, by his untiring ex
History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . -] that knew them onceknew them no more forever! Captain Blair, whom we have frequently mentioned,soon after or about the close of the war moved to whatis known as the mouth of Blairs Gap, west of Hollidays-burg, where John AValker now lives. He was an ener-getic man, and, by his untiring exertions, succeeded ingetting a pack-horse road cut through his gap at an earlyday. His son. Captain John Blair, a prominent and useful 17 258 HISTORY OF THE JUNIATA YALLET. citizen, flourished for many years at the same usefulness and standing in the community made himprobably the most conspicuous man of his day in thissection; and, when Huntingdon county was divided, hisold friends paid a tribute to his memory in giving the newcounty his XHiUIKO i niSTORY OF THE JUNIATA 2)0 CHAPTER XXir. THE TORY HARE MURDER OF —AnDLCTION AND MURDER OF MRS. EATON AND CHILDREN—TREATMENT OF HARE IIYTHE SETTLERS, ETC. During the troubles which followed immediately afterthe declaration of war, a great many depredations werecommitted hy tlie tories, that were invariably cliarged U)the Indians. As we have stated in the preceding chap-ter, tlie patriots and the tories, in point of nnnibors. woreabout equally divided in many of the settlements of whatnow constitutes Huntingdon county; yet the victims oflory wrongs could not for a long time bring themselvesto believe that they were inllicted by their and their valuable contents were laid in aslies,cattle were shot or poisoned, and all charged to theIndians, although scouts were constantly out, but seldom,if ever, got upon their trull. In a small isolated valley, about a mile south of JacksNarro
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