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U. J. Jones. History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley
History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE ABORIGINES OF THE VALLEY—THEIR HABITS AND THEIR CUSTOMS
CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS
CHAPTER III. JUNIATA ISLAND—AN INDIAN PARADISE—REV. DAVID BRAINERD AMONG THE SAVAGES—THE EARLY SETTLERS, HULINGS, WATTS, AND BASKINS—INDIAN BATTLES—REMARKABLE ESCAPE OF MRS. HULINGS, ETC
CHAPTER IV. INDIAN TOWNS ALONG THE JUNIATA—LOST CREEK VALLEY DISCOVERED—MEXICO FIRST SETTLED BY CAPTAIN JAMES PATTERSON IN 1751—INDIAN ATTACK UPON SETTLERS AT THE HOUSE OF WILLIAM WHITE—MASSACRE OF WHITE—CAPTURE OF A LAD NAMED JOHN RIDDLE—HIS RELEASE FROM CAPTIVITY, ETC
CHAPTER V. EARLY SETTLERS AT LICKING CREEK—RELICS OF AN INDIAN BATTLE—HOUSE OF ROBERT CAMPBELL ATTACKED—JAMES CAMPBELL WOUNDED AND TAKEN PRISONER—SCOUT SENT FROM SHERMAN'S CREEK—ENCOUNTERED INDIANS AT BUFFALO CREEK—FIVE OF THE SCOUT KILLED, ETC
CHAPTER VI. TUSCARORA VALLEY—ITS EARLY SETTLERS—ITS MOUNDS AND ITS FORTS—MASSACRES, ETC
CHAPTER VII. FORT GRANVILLE—OLD INDIAN TOWN—THE EARLY SETTLERS—CAPTAIN JACOBS—ASSAULT ON AND CAPTURE OF THE FORT
CHAPTER VIII. ORGANIZATION OF MIFFLIN COUNTY—DISPUTE WITH HUNTINGDON COUNTY ABOUT THE BOUNDARY LINE—RIOT IN LEWISTOWN, ETC
CHAPTER IX. KISHICOQUILLAS VALLEY—THE SHAWNEE CHIEF KISHICOKELAS—THE MINGO CHIEF LOGAN
CHAPTER X. COL. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S EXPEDITION AGAINST KITTANING—LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED—DELAWARE CHIEFS, CAPTAIN JACOBS AND SHINGAS
CHAPTER XI. OLD INDIAN TOWN—INDIAN PATHS—AUGHWICK—MURDER OF JOHN ARMSTRONG AND PARTY—CAPTAIN JACK, THE WILD HUNTER OF THE JUNIATA—GEORGE CROGAN, ETC
CHAPTER XII. RAYSTOWN BRANCH—EARLY SETTLEMENT OF RAYSTOWN—GENERAL FORBES'S EXPEDITION—COLONELS WASHINGTON AND BOQUET—COLONEL ARMSTRONG'S LETTER—SMITH AND HIS BLACK BOYS—BLOODY RUN—ROBBERY—INDIAN MASSACRES—REVOLUTIONARY LIEUTENANTS OF BEDFORD COUNTY, ETC
CHAPTER XIII. RAYSTOWN BRANCH, CONTINUED—MURDER OF SANDERS AND HIS FAMILY—ENGLISHMAN AND WIFE TAKEN PRISONERS—FELIX SKELLY AND MRS. ELDER TAKEN CAPTIVES—THEIR RETURN, ETC
CHAPTER XIV. STANDING STONE, ANCIENT AND MODERN—MURDER OF FELIX DONNELLY AND HIS SON FRANCIS, ETC
CHAPTER XV. TRIALS OF THE EARLY SETTLERS—THEIR FORTS, AND OTHER MEANS OF DEFENCE
CHAPTER XVI. THE EARLY SETTLERS—OLD HART, THE INDIAN TRADER, ETC
CHAPTER XVII. THE CONTINENTAL MILLS OF THE VALLEY
CHAPTER XVIII. THE COVE—EARLY SETTLEMENT BY DUNKARDS—INDIAN MASSACRES AND CAPTIVES—MASSACRE OF ULLERY—A RESISTANT DUNKARD, ETC
CHAPTER XIX. TOMMY COLEMAN, THE INDIAN FIGHTER—SURPRISE OF THE DUNKARD MURDERERS, ETC
CHAPTER XX. SINKING VALLEY—THE LEAD MINES—FORT ROBERDEAU—INDIAN MURDER, AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF A WOMAN—ENCOUNTER WITH A SAVAGE—MURDER OF ROLLER AND BEBAULT, ETC
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
CHAPTER XXII. THE TORY HARE—MURDER OF LOUDENSLAGER—ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF MRS. EATON AND CHILDREN—TREATMENT OF HARE BY THE SETTLERS, ETC
CHAPTER XXIII. MOSES DONALDSON—CAPTURE AND MURDER OF HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN
CHAPTER XXIV. DEPREDATIONS AT THE MOUTH OF SPRUCE CREEK—MURDER OF LEVI HICKS—SCALPING OF HIS CHILD
CHAPTER XXV. STONE VALLEY—McCORMICK'S FORT—MURDER OF MRS. HOUSTON AND JAMES McCLEES—A DEALER IN GRAIN OF THE OLDEN TIME
CHAPTER XXVI. TUCKAHOE—MURDER OF JOHN GUILLIFORD
CHAPTER XXVII. EARLY SETTLEMENT OF SCOTCH VALLEY—THE MOORE FAMILY—MASSACRE OF WILLIAM MOORE—INDIAN SHOT BY A BOY, ETC
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
CHAPTER XXIX. WATER STREET—THE BEATTY FAMILY—CAPTAIN SIMONTON—MASSACRE OF THE DEAN FAMILY—CAPTIVITY OF JOHN SIMONTON, ETC
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
CHAPTER XXXI. OLD INDIAN TOWN OF FRANKSTOWN—INDIAN BURIAL-PLACES—MASSACRE OF THE BEDFORD SCOUT, ETC
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
CHAPTER XXXIII. WARRIOR RIDGE—WARRIOR'S MARK—JOB CHILLAWAY, SHANEY JOHN, AND CAPTAIN LOGAN, THE LAST RED MEN IN THE JUNIATA VALLEY
CHAPTER XXXIV. CONCLUSION
APPENDIX. THE VALLEY AS IT IS
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U. J. Jones
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Then the company went to the house possessed by David Hiddleston, who had entered into bond as aforesaid; and he having voluntarily taken out all the things which were in the cabin, and left me in possession, that empty and unfurnished cabin was likewise set on fire by the under-sheriff, by my order.
The next day, being the twenty-fourth of May, Mr. Weiser and Mr. Galbreath, with the under-sheriff and myself, on our way to the mouth of the Juniata called at Andrew Lycon's, with intent only to inform him that his neighbors were bound for his appearance and immediate removal, and to caution him not to bring him or them into trouble by a refusal; but he presented a loaded gun to the magistrates and sheriff; said he would shoot the first man that dared to come nigher. On this he was disarmed, convicted, and committed to the custody of the sheriff. This whole transaction happened in the sight of a tribe of Indians who had by accident in the night time fixed their tent on that plantation; and Lycon's behavior giving them great offence, the Shickcalamies insisted on our burning the cabin, or they would do it themselves. Whereupon every thing was taken out of it, (Andrew Lycon all the while assisting,) and, possession being delivered to me, the empty cabin was set on fire by the under-sheriff, and Lycon was carried to jail.
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