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. . started in pursuit of the Albright was solicited to accompany this forcewith his command and march until they overtook theenemy; but he refused. The men went as far as HartsSleeping Place, but they might just as well have remainedat home; for the savages, with the scalps of t
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. . started in pursuit of the Albright was solicited to accompany this forcewith his command and march until they overtook theenemy; but he refused. The men went as far as HartsSleeping Place, but they might just as well have remainedat home; for the savages, with the scalps of the scoutdangling from their belts, were then far on their way toDetroit. When the firing took place, it was jDlainly heard at thefort; and some of the men, fully convinced that the scouthad been attacked, asked Colonel Albright to go out Avithhis command to their relief He merely answered by say-ing that he knew his own business. For his part in the matter, he gained the ill-Avill of thesettlers, and it was very fortunate that his time expiredwhen it did. The settlers were not much divided inopinion as to whether he A\;as a rigid discij)linarian or acoward. Men, arms, and ammunition, in abundance followed thislast outrage; but it was the last formidable and warlikeincursion into the Juniata HISTOKY OF TIIK JUMATA VALLEV. 337 CHAPTER XXXIT. shaveus creek—mysterious death of old shaver—heroic con-duct of two children abduction of miss ewinq and miss Mccormick—deter crum, the last victim of the savages, etc. The original settlement at Shavers Creek was made in1770, by an old gentleman named Shaver. lie was fol-lowed by Anderson, Maguire, the Donnelleys, and somefew others. Old Shaver met his death in a most singularmanner. One evening he left his home just at twilight,for the purpose of putting his horse into a did not return; but his absence created no specialalarm, as this was before the war, and before any savageshad appeared in the valley with m
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