I am also indebted to a number of persons for information that has been of value to me, whose names will be mentioned in another place in the work.
If this volume fails to meet the expectations of those kind friends who have interested themselves in my behalf, it will not be for lack of zeal or perseverance on my part. I am free to confess that the language of the book is not clothed in that attractive garb which makes books popular in the age we live in; but then it must be remembered that I am not, worthy reader, submitting to your judgment a romance, but a History, based upon immutable and undying Truths.
U. J. Jones.
Hollidaysburg, Nov. 1855.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Aborigines of the Valley — Their Habits and Customs | [17] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| History of the Early Settlers | [39] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Juniata Island — An Indian Paradise — Rev. David Brainerd — The EarlySettlers, Hulings, Watts, and Baskins — Indian Battles — RemarkableEscape of Mrs. Hulings | [56] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Indian Towns along the Juniata — Lost Creek Valley discovered — Mexicofirst settled by Capt. James Patterson, in 1751 — Indian Attack uponSettlers at the House of William White — Massacre of White — Captureof John Riddle — His Release from Captivity, etc. | [68] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Early Settlers at Licking Creek — Relics of an Indian Battle — Houseof Robert Campbell attacked — James Campbell wounded and takenprisoner — Scout sent from Sherman's Creek — Encounter with Indiansat Buffalo Creek — Five of the Scout killed, etc. | [76] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Tuscarora Valley — Its Early Settlement — Its Mounds and its Forts,Massacres, etc. | [83] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Fort Granville — Old Indian Town — Early Settlers — Captain Jacobs — Assault and Capture of the Fort, etc. | [91] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Organization of Mifflin County — Dispute with Huntingdon Countyabout the Boundary Line — Riot at Lewistown, etc. | [98] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Kishicoquillas Valley — The Shawnee Chief Kishicokelas — The MingoChief Logan | [110] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Colonel John Armstrong's Expedition against Kittaning — List of theKilled and Wounded — Delaware Chiefs, Captain Jacobs and Shingas,etc. | [121] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Old Indian Town — Indian Paths — Aughwick — Murder of John Armstrongand Party — Captain Jack, the Wild Hunter of the Juniata — GeorgeCrogan, etc. | [133] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Raystown Branch — Early Settlement of Raystown — General Forbes'sExpedition — Colonels Washington and Boquet — Colonel Armstrong'sLetter — Smith and his "Black Boys" — Bloody Run — Robbery — IndianMassacres — Revolutionary Lieutenants of Bedford County, etc. | [161] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Raystown Branch, continued — Murder of Sanders and his Family — Englishman and his Wife taken Prisoners — Felix Skelly and Mrs.Elder taken Captives — Their Return, etc. | [175] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Standing Stone, ancient and modern — Murder of Felix Donnelly andhis son Francis, etc. | [183] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Trials of the Early Settlers — Their Forts and other Means ofDefence, etc. | [193] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| The Early Settlers — Old Hart, the Indian Trader | [198] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| The Continental Mills of the Valley | [203] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| The Cove — Early Settlement by Dunkards — Indian Massacres andCaptivities — Massacre of Ullery and Hammond — A Resistant Dunkard,etc. | [207] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Tommy Coleman, the Indian-Fighter — Surprise of the DunkardMurderers, etc. | [218] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Sinking Valley — The Lead Mines — Fort Roberdeau — Indian Murder andHeroic Conduct of a Woman — Encounter with a Savage — Massacre ofRoller and Bebault, etc. | [227] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Tories of the Valley — Their unfortunate Expedition to join theIndians at Kittaning — Captain John Weston, the Tory Leader — CaptainThomas Blair — Capture of the Brothers Hicks — Hanging a Tory — NarrowEscape of two of Weston's men, etc. | [248] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| The Tory Hare — Murder of Loudenslager — Abduction and Murder of Mrs.Eaton and Children — Treatment of Hare by the Settlers, etc. | [259] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| Moses Donaldson — Capture and Murder of his Wife and two Children | [266] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| Depredations at the Mouth of Spruce Creek — Murder of Levi Hicks — Scalping of his Child | [270] |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| Stone Valley — McCormick's Fort — Murder of Mrs. Houston and JamesMcClees — A Dealer in Grain of the Olden Time | [275] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| Tuckahoe — Murder of John Guilliford | [280] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| Early Settlement of Scotch Valley — The Moore Family — Massacre ofWilliam Moore — Indian shot by a Boy, etc. | [283] |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| Woodcock Valley — Massacre of Elder — The Breckenridge Family — Fightwith, and Destruction of, Captain Phillips's Scout by the Indians — Cruel Massacre of ten Men | [289] |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| Water Street — The Beatty Family — Captain Simonton — Massacre of theDean Family — Captivity of John Simonton, etc. | [301] |
| CHAPTER XXX. | |
| Hollidaysburg — The Holliday Family — Death of Lieutenant Hollidayat the Battle of Brandywine — Massacre of a portion of WilliamHolliday's Family — John Holliday, etc. | [310] |
| CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| Old Indian Town of Frankstown — Indian Burial-Places — Massacre ofthe Bedford Scout, etc. | [324] |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | |
| Shaver's Creek — Mysterious Death of old Shaver — Heroic Conduct oftwo Children — Abduction of Miss Ewing and Miss McCormick — PeterCrum, the last Victim of the Savages, etc. | [337] |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. | |
| Warrior Ridge — Warrior's Mark — Job Chillaway, Shaney John, andCaptain Logan, the last Red Men in the Juniata Valley | [347] |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. | |
| Conclusion | [355] |
| APPENDIX. | |
| The Valley as it is | [359] |
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY.