. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. Indians, but there beingtow in the pan it did not go off; at this, the Indians seeing the pistol, ran out ofthe house. By this time one of the Indians at the door, shot at Potter, but the ball tookhim only in his little finger. The door was now shut, and secured as well as pos-sible; but finding the Indians to be very numerous, and having no powder andball
. The annals of the families of Caspar, Henry, Baltzer and George Spengler, who settled in York County, respectively, in 1729, 1732, 1732, and 1751 : with biographical and historical sketches, and memorabilia of contemporaneous local events. Indians, but there beingtow in the pan it did not go off; at this, the Indians seeing the pistol, ran out ofthe house. By this time one of the Indians at the door, shot at Potter, but the ball tookhim only in his little finger. The door was now shut, and secured as well as pos-sible; but finding the Indians to be very numerous, and having no powder andball, and as the savages might easily burn down the house, by reason of thetliatched roof, and the quantity of mill wood piled at the back of the building,added to ttie declarations of the Indians, that they would not be put to death, de-termined to surrender; on which a party of the Indians went to a field, and madeprisoners of Samuel Hunter and Daniel McManimy. A lad of the name of WilliamWhite, coming to the mill, was also made a prisoner. At the distance of about seventy rods from the house, contrary to all theirpromises, they put Thomas Potter to death; and having proceeded to the moun- Loudons Narrative. INDIAN ABDUCTIONS IN THE RBWEF ATTACK BY THE SETTLERS. (OIJ print.) tain about three or four miles, one of the Indians struck the spear of his tomahawkinto the breast of the small child, and after repeated blows scalped it. After cross-ing the mountain, they passed the house of Mr. Halbert T—and seeing him out,shot at him, but without eflFect. Thence passing late in the evening MCords oldfort, they encamped about a mile in the gap—the second day having passed intothe Path Valley, they discovered a party of white men in pursuit of them; onwhich they ordered the prisoners to hasten, for should the whites come up withthem, they should be all tomahawked. Having thus hurried, they reached thetop of the Tuscarora mountain, and all had set down to rest, when an Indian,wit
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