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قراءة كتاب 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

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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

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

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CHAPTER XIV. Standing Stone, ancient and modern — Murder of Felix Donnelly and his son Francis, etc. 183 CHAPTER XV. Trials of the Early Settlers — Their Forts and other Means of Defence, etc. 193 CHAPTER XVI. The Early Settlers — Old Hart, the Indian Trader 198 CHAPTER XVII. The Continental Mills of the Valley 203 CHAPTER XVIII. The Cove — Early Settlement by Dunkards — Indian Massacres and Captivities — Massacre of Ullery and Hammond — A Resistant Dunkard, etc. 207 CHAPTER XIX. Tommy Coleman, the Indian-Fighter — Surprise of the Dunkard Murderers, etc. 218 CHAPTER XX. Sinking Valley — The Lead Mines — Fort Roberdeau — Indian Murder and Heroic Conduct of a Woman — Encounter with a Savage — Massacre of Roller and Bebault, etc. 227 CHAPTER XXI. Tories of the Valley — Their unfortunate Expedition to join the Indians at Kittaning — Captain John Weston, the Tory Leader — Captain Thomas Blair — Capture of the Brothers Hicks — Hanging a Tory — Narrow Escape of two of Weston's men, etc. 248 CHAPTER XXII. The Tory Hare — Murder of Loudenslager — Abduction and Murder of Mrs. Eaton and Children — Treatment of Hare by the Settlers, etc. 259 CHAPTER XXIII. Moses Donaldson — Capture and Murder of his Wife and two Children 266 CHAPTER XXIV. Depredations at the Mouth of Spruce Creek — Murder of Levi Hicks —  Scalping of his Child 270 CHAPTER XXV. Stone Valley — McCormick's Fort — Murder of Mrs. Houston and James McClees — A Dealer in Grain of the Olden Time 275 CHAPTER XXVI. Tuckahoe — Murder of John Guilliford 280 CHAPTER XXVII. Early Settlement of Scotch Valley — The Moore Family — Massacre of William Moore — Indian shot by a Boy, etc. 283 CHAPTER XXVIII. Woodcock Valley — Massacre of Elder — The Breckenridge Family — Fight with, and Destruction of, Captain Phillips's Scout by the Indians —  Cruel Massacre of ten Men 289 CHAPTER XXIX. Water Street — The Beatty Family — Captain Simonton — Massacre of the Dean Family — Captivity of John Simonton, etc. 301 CHAPTER XXX. Hollidaysburg — The Holliday Family — Death of Lieutenant Holliday at the Battle of Brandywine — Massacre of a portion of William Holliday's Family — John Holliday, etc. 310 CHAPTER XXXI. Old Indian Town of Frankstown — Indian Burial-Places — Massacre of the Bedford Scout, etc. 324 CHAPTER XXXII. Shaver's Creek — Mysterious Death of old Shaver — Heroic Conduct of two Children — Abduction of Miss Ewing and Miss McCormick — Peter Crum, the last Victim of the Savages, etc. 337 CHAPTER XXXIII. Warrior Ridge — Warrior's Mark — Job Chillaway, Shaney John, and Captain Logan, the last Red Men in the Juniata Valley 347 CHAPTER XXXIV. Conclusion 355 APPENDIX. The Valley as it is public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@41392@[email protected]#appendix" class="pginternal"

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