Presented by cllr. 2 & Wars! Jan $10. 1847.

OF

BORDER LIFE,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE

TIMES AND CONDITION OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS

IN PARTS OF THE

MIDDLE AND WESTERN STATES,

COMPRISING

NARRATIVES OF STRANGE AND THRILLING ADVENTURE-ACCOUNTS
OF BATTLES-SKIRMISHES AND PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS WITH
THE INDIANS-DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR MANNERS, CUS
TOMS, MODES OF WARFARE, TREATMENT OF
PRISONERS, &c. &c.

ALSO THE HISTORY OF SEVERAL

REMARKABLE CAPTIVITIES AND ESCAPES.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCHES

OF THE WAR IN THE NORTH-WEST,

EMBRACING THE EXPEDITIONS UNDER

GENERALS HARMAR, ST. CLAIR, AND WAYNE.

WITH AN

APPENDIX AND A REVIEW.

As flies the sun over Larmon's grassy hill, so pass the tales of old-it is the voice of years
that are gone--they roll before me with all their deeds-I seize the tales as they pass and pour
them forth.-Ossian.

Checked
Many 1918

COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES,

LANCASTER, PA.
PUBLISHED BY G. HILLS.
1841.