The Life of Joseph Bishop: The Celebrated Old Pioneer in the First Settlements of Middle Tennessee, Embracing His Wonderful Adventures and Narrow Escapes with the Indians, His Animating and Remarkable Hunting Excursions. Interspersed with Racy Anecdotes of Those Early TimesThe author, 1868 - 236 стор. |
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The Life of Joseph Bishop: The Celebrated Old Pioneer in the First ... John W. Gray Повний перегляд - 1858 |
The Life of Joseph Bishop: The Celebrated Old Pioneer in the First ... John W. Gray Повний перегляд - 1858 |
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Сторінка 226 - Siglar, the owner of it, and also Archie Wilson, a fine young man, who had volunteered his services to help protect the people that night. He had fought bravely, but wounded, and finally retreating from the fort, he was brought to bay at about one hundred yards distant. I was there the next day, and the ground was beaten all round in token of the desperate defence he had made.
Сторінка 225 - Thinking, towards night, that they had left, the men in the fort went out and brought in the body. The fort was poorly manned, and about bed-time the Indians came and made another attack on the fort, set fire to it, and succeeded in taking it. They killed Mr. Sigler, the owner of it, and also Archie Wilson, a fine young man, who had volunteered his services to help protect the people that night. He had fought bravely, but wounded and finally retreating from the fort, he was brought to bay at about...
Сторінка 207 - ... darkness and light is not over; time must disclose it. May God have mercy on the human family, prosper Zion, and help the Pilgrims through this thorny maze to the peaceful shores, where the wicked shall cease from troubling, and the weary shall be at rest!
Сторінка 226 - ... wounded Joseph Wilson the same night. Himself and son, twelve years old, were all that escaped of his family. The others, his wife and six children, were taken prisoners, and led by the Indians into captivity, to the Cherokee and Creek nations. One of the girls only went to the Creek nation. Mrs. Sigler made her escape with one child, thrusting her handkerchief into its mouth to prevent its crying whilst she fled. Two of Sigler's children were taken. A party gathered under General Winchester...
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Сторінка 225 - In June, 1792, the Indians killed Michael Shaffer, near Sigler's Station, whilst he was working in the field. The locality is within sight of my present residence, on Sigler's branch, a tributary of Bledsoe's creek. He was killed in the first part of the day, and the neighbors having collected together to bring the body from the field into the fort, the Indians lying in ambush made an attack upon the party, and wounded Gabriel Black, a brother-in-law of General Winchester, and Joe Eccles; both, however,...
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