. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. ftick, 60 linen shirts, 20 hats, 6 made coats,12 pair shoes, 30 pair stockings, 300 poundsgun powder, 600 pounds lead, 20 fine guns,12 gun locks, 50 tomahawks, 50 plantinghoes, 120 knives, 60 pair scissors, 100 to-bacco tongs, 24 looking glasses, 40 tobaccoboxes, 1000 flints, 5 pounds paint, 24 dozengarters, 6 dozen ribbons, 12 -dozen rings,200 awl blades, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gal-lons rum, and 50 pounds money. These land purchases suggest that whenthe Indians came i
. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. ftick, 60 linen shirts, 20 hats, 6 made coats,12 pair shoes, 30 pair stockings, 300 poundsgun powder, 600 pounds lead, 20 fine guns,12 gun locks, 50 tomahawks, 50 plantinghoes, 120 knives, 60 pair scissors, 100 to-bacco tongs, 24 looking glasses, 40 tobaccoboxes, 1000 flints, 5 pounds paint, 24 dozengarters, 6 dozen ribbons, 12 -dozen rings,200 awl blades, 400 tobacco pipes, 20 gal-lons rum, and 50 pounds money. These land purchases suggest that whenthe Indians came into possession of ironhoes, knives, awls, etc., they eagerly ac-cepted these substitutes and discarded stoneimplements, which, no doubt, accounts forthe many stone implements found on theircamp sites. When the French and Indian war brokeout in 175s, many murders were committedby Indians on the white settlers along theBlue Mountains. During this trying perioda letter was written by Valentine Probst inAlbany township, to Jacob Levan in Maxa-tawny, dated February 15, 1756, asking aidto defend themselves against these maraud-. ers. Mr. Levan was, no doubt, a largeland holder and operator of Levans Mill,near Eagle Point, built prior to 1740, nowoperated by a descendant of the same is a matter of record that, A road waslaid out from Levans Mill in Maxatawnyto the Kings Highway in Oley by JohnYoders fence. This road we may imaginefollowed an old Indian trail, and the writ-er remembers a number of remnants ofthis road from a point beyond the rail= 8 CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF KUTZTOWN road cut to Bowers Station, existing fortyyears ago. It crossed a number of campsites and beyond Bowers passed the famousJasper quarries, (where the Aborigines pro-cured the yellow, red and brown flint tomake their best implements,) thence thruForge Dale to Oley, which was also thick-ly settled by Indians. Our townsman, A. N. Levan, relates anincident, the story of which was handeddown in their family,
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