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Description: Identifier: thrillingadventu00fros_0 (find matches) Title: Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian Wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas Year: 1854 (1850s) Authors: Frost, John, 1800-1859 Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America Publisher: Boston, L. P. Crown & Co. Philadelphia, J. W. Bradley Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: CAPTAIN ISAAC ERELET. ®l)t 2Satt5e of feint Pfagart. The short contest known as Dunmores War, in theannals of Western Virginia, was signalized by one ofthe bloodiest and hardest fought battles, in which theIndians ever engaged. This conflict is known as thebattle of Point Pleasant. After several skirmishesand numerous disasters upon the frontier of Virginiahad fully aroused the settlers, about 2500 men were Text Appearing After Image: BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT. 481 collected for active service. The troops were dividedinto two bodies—the first being under the commandof Gen. Andrew Lewis, q,nd the second under theorders of Gov. Dunmore himself. Gen. Lewis had hisrendezvous at Camp Union. There he received ordersto meet the Governor at the mouth of the Kanawha,on the 2d of October, 1774. On the 11th of September, Gen. Lewis, at the headof about 1100 men, commenced his march throughan unknown and trackless wilderness. On the 30th,he reached the mouth of the Kanawha, where he wasdisappointed in not meeting the Governor. On the9th of October, Gen. Lewis received information thatthe plan of the campaign had been changed, and alsoan order to march direct to the towns on the Sciota,where the other division would join him. Accord-ingly, preparations were made to move forward thenext day. Upon the morning of the 10th, the scoutsbrought information of the approach of a great body ofIndians, under the command of the famous Cor Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Thrilling adventures among the Indians- comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian Wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and (14763496504)
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Author: Frost, John, 1800-1859
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