. Otzinachson : a history of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna: its first settlement, privations endured by the early pioneers, Indian wars, predatory incursions, abductions and massacres, together with an account of the fair play system; and the trying scenes of the big run-away ... biographical sketches of the leading settlers .... past hundred years, has so worn away the point that it isnow above where the fort stood on the main land. The island 330 HISTORY OF THE WEST liRANCH VALLEY. was a favorite place with the Indians, and they had two villageson it. One was near the upper end a
. Otzinachson : a history of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna: its first settlement, privations endured by the early pioneers, Indian wars, predatory incursions, abductions and massacres, together with an account of the fair play system; and the trying scenes of the big run-away ... biographical sketches of the leading settlers .... past hundred years, has so worn away the point that it isnow above where the fort stood on the main land. The island 330 HISTORY OF THE WEST liRANCH VALLEY. was a favorite place with the Indians, and they had two villageson it. One was near the upper end and the other about the mid-dle, and the remains of their wigwams were pointed out long afterthe white settlers came. Stone axes, and spear and arrow-headsof flint, were also picked up where their huts had stood. Amound is said to have existed on the island, where it is supposedmany bodies were buried. Only a few skeletons were unearthed,and they appeared to have been buried a long time. On- being informed of the value of the island, the Penns werenot slow to take steps to acquire it for themselves, and on the 29thof November, 1768, a warrant in favor of John Penn and JohnPenn, Jr., Proprietaries, was issued; and on the i6th of Decemberfollowing a survey was made, and the following draft is now onfile among the records at Harrisburg:. Shamokin Island. By virtue of a warrant dated the 29th Day of November, 1768, Surveyed the i6thday of December, 1768, unto the Honorable the Proprietaries the above describedIsland, situate opposite to Fort Augusta, in the North East Branch of Susquehannain the New Purchase, containing Two hundred Acres and allowance of six per cent. Pk. VVm. Mungo Reed appears to have been the first white man to settleon the island, erect a cabin and make improvements. The DukeDe La Rochcfoucault Liancourt,* a French traveler, who visitedNorthumberland in 1795, thus refers to him: Near to Northumberland, on the northern arm of the Susquehanna, and close t
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