Narrative of the capture and providential escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall : two respectable young women (sisters) of the ages 16 and 18, who were taken prisoners by the savages at a frontier settlement near Indian Creek, in May last, when fifteen of the inhabitants fell victims to the bloody tomahawk anf scalping knife, among whom were the parents of the unfortunate females : likewise is added the interesting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, who fell into the hands of the merciless savages on their return to their settlement, three days after the bloody massacre.
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
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Copyrighted by William P. Edwards. The names of the girls were Rachel Hall (afterwards Mrs. Munson) and Sylvia Hall (afterwards Mrs. Horn). Cf. Baldwin, Hist. of La Salle County, Ill. and Moses, Illinois, historical and statistical. "Capture of two young ladies by the savages. The present year (1832) will be long remembered in America, as a year of much human distress, while many of our most populous cities have been visited by that dreadful disease, the cholera, and to which thousands have fallen victims, the merciless savages have been as fatally engaged in the work of death, on the frontiers; where great numbers (including women and children) have fallen victims to the bloody tomahawk!"--Cover. Book.
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