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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOK, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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At some solitary Post Office in the Cabin of a settler, he finds a letter from home, & he lays the reins upon his saddlebow, & reads the welcome pages, while his horse willing to rest, walks slowly through the forest

OF THE WILDERNESS;

OR,

TRUE AND AUTHENTIC NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVES,

WHO HAVE BEEN CARRIED AWAY BY THE INDIANS FROM THE VARI-
OUS FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME.

ILLUSTRATING

THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, BARBAROUS RITES AND CERE-
MONIES, OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, AND THEIR
VARIOUS METHODS OF TORTURE PRACTISED UPON
SUCH AS HAVE, FROM TIME TO TIME, FALLEN
INTO THEIR HANDS.

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