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The Life and Curious Adventures of Peter Williamson, Who Was Carried Off from Aberdeen, in 1744, and Sold for a Slave; Containing the History of the Authors Surprising Adventures a Description of the British Settlements, & C: (English)

The Life and Curious Adventures of Peter Williamson, Who Was Carried Off from Aberdeen, in 1744, and Sold for a Slave; Containing the History of the Authors Surprising Adventures a Description of the British Settlements, & C: (English)

          
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... 'to march the next morning for the Same place, ttndef the command of General Franklin, not only to bury the dead and build a fort there, but to extirpate the savages who infested these parts, and were too powerful for our small number, under Captain Davis. The remainder of our little party were now building a fort at the place where ve lay for our defence, until more assistance should J arrive; for j we were under continual apprehensions of the Indians pursuing and attacking us again. On the 9th of January, 1756, we were reinforced by General Franklin and his body, and the next day set out again for Kennorton-head; where, when we arrived, to our great consternation, we found little occasion to bury our unhappy comrades, the swine (which in that country are vastly numerous in the woDds) having devoured their bodies, and nothing but bones strewed up and down were to be seen. We there built a fort in the place where the old church had stood, and gave it the name of Fort Allen. This was finished in six days, and in so good a manner, that 100 men would make great resistance against a much greater number of Indians. On the 18th 1400 of us were ordered about fifteen miles distant from thence, on the frontiers of the province, where we built another fort called Fort Norris. In our way thither, we found six men scalped and murdered in a most cruel manner. By what we could discern, they had made a vigorous defence, the barrels and stocks of their guns being broke to pieces and theniselvei cut and mangled in a terrible manner. From thence we were ordered to march towards ft place called the Minnisinks, but this journey provedlonger than we were aware of the Indians committing great outrages in these parts, having burnt and destroyed all the houses, &c. m our way. Th...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151717894
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 77 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1151717894
  • Publisher Date: 05 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm

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