Captives Among the Indians, Vol. 3: First-Hand Narratives of Indian Wars, Customs, Tortures, and Habits of Life in Colonial Times...
- ISBN-10
- 0260688126
- ISBN-13
- 9780260688125
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-11-09
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Author
- Horace Kephart
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Excerpt from Captives Among the Indians, Vol. 3: First-Hand Narratives of Indian Wars, Customs, Tortures, and Habits of Life in Colonial Times James Smith, pioneer, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1737. When he was eighteen years of age he was captured by the Indians, was adopted into one of their tribes, and lived with them as one of themselves until his escape in 1759. He became a lieutenant under General Bouquet dur ing the expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764, and was captain of a company of rangers in Lord Dun more's War. In 1775 he was promoted to major of militia. He served in the Pennsylvania convention in 1776, and in the assembly in 1776-77. In the latter year he was commissioned colonel in command on the frontiers, and performed distinguished services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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