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The Massacre of Wyoming; The Acts of Congress for the Defense of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1776-1778: With the Petitions of the Sufferers by T - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...exposed situation of Sunbury, and the limited number of inhabitants, would have rendered aid from that quarter hopeless. The fact should also be distinctly impressed on the mind, that Easton, Bethlehem, and Sunbury, with the Government of Pennsylvania, regarded the Wyoming people with a jealous eye, as intruders and rival claimants of a desirable territory. In case of attack, aid from those points, it will be seen, was hardly to be expected. Then comes the third consideration. What was the situation of Westmoreland in regard to the enemy? Was there danger? What was the character, power, and nearness, of that enemy? This is a point of the utmost consequence to the right understanding of this matter. In answer, we state the well-known fact that the savages inhabited all the upper branches of the Susquehanna, and their settlements extended through the whole lake and Genesee country. Not a single wandering tribe, half broken by contact with white men, and their strength withered by indulgence in spirituous liquors--not the emasculated Delaware, conquered by a superior tribe, and obliged to wear the garb and name of women--but it was the most powerful and dreadful confederacy of Indians the white man had ever encountered on this continent. Their victorious arms reached to the Catawbas of Carolina, and dealt out bolts of vengeance upon the Mohicans of New England. The Six Nations, or the confederate tribes, were known in our history as the most powerful and the most warlike of the whole race of red men. Dr. Colden, in view of their strength, extended empire, and boundless ambition, gave them the name of the Roman Indians. They gave themselves the lofty name of "Ongzvehonuc" signifying "mensurpassing all others, superior to the...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230436650
- ISBN 13 9781230436654
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages34
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