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. . ^when the sheriff of Huntingdon came into the disputedterritory to serve a process upon a man, a party congre-. HISTORY OF THE JINIATA VATJ-KY. 09 gated at an Irish tavern, ami, lying in wait for tlio sliorifl,arrested and carried lnni to Lcwistown and coinniittedhim to jaiL He sued ont a /i
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. . ^when the sheriff of Huntingdon came into the disputedterritory to serve a process upon a man, a party congre-. HISTORY OF THE JINIATA VATJ-KY. 09 gated at an Irish tavern, ami, lying in wait for tlio sliorifl,arrested and carried lnni to Lcwistown and coinniittedhim to jaiL He sued ont a /i(if>r((.9 rririni.^, and the judgedischarged hiui. Filled -with wrath, the slierifT wonthome swearing vengeance. He soon sninnioned a possein Huntingdon, for the avowed purpose of taking his manat all hazards, and proceeded to the disputed people, aware of his coming, fired signal guns, andsoon met in great numbers. The sherifl and his possefortunately took a different route, which alone preventedriot and bloodshed. The boundary question Avas soon iiftersettled amicably. The riot of 1701, however, was a more serious will be remembered that in those dnys the militaryspirit in the Juniata Yalley ran very high, though we arefree to acknowledge that it has sadly degenerated sincethen. A gentleman nimied Bryson had been appointedan Associate Judge by the governor. Previous to hisappoin
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