The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam. Frost John
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John Frost
The Indian: On the Battle-Field and in the Wigwam
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066138981
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE FORCE OF EARLY HABIT.
ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOONE,
WEATHERFORD.
HAROLD DEAN; OR, THE INDIAN’S REVENGE.
BIENVILLE’S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CHICKASAWS.
PREFACE.
These sketches are drawn from a great variety of sources, and are intended, not only to exhibit the Indian character in all its phases, but to comprise in a small compass a valuable collection of narratives of Indian warfare, embracing views of their peculiar methods of strategy, ambuscades, and surprises—their treatment of prisoners, and their other characteristic manners and customs.
By the aid of Mr. Croome, and other eminent artists, I have been able to illustrate the volume quite profusely with engravings. I trust that the work will be found a useful as well as interesting contribution to historical literature.
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STORIES OF THE INDIANS.
INDIAN GRATITUDE.
OT long after Connecticut began to be settled by the English, a stranger Indian came one day to a tavern in one of its towns in the dusk of the evening, and requested the hostess to supply him with something to eat and drink; at the same time he honestly told her that he could not pay for either, as he had had no success in hunting for several days; but that he would return payment as soon as he should meet with better fortune.