SELECTION OF SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING NARRATIVES OF OUTRAGES COMMITTED BY THE INDIANS, IN Their Wars WITH THE WHITE PEOPLE. ALSO, An Account of their Manners, Customs, Traditions, Religious Senti- 5324-25 HARVARD COLLEGE JAN 7 1889 US 10358,08 (2) LIEPAE) LIBRARY Bright Fund District of Pennsylvania, SEAL. TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the ninth day of August, in the Thirty Third year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1808. Archibald Loudon, of the said District, hath deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the Right whereof he claims as Author, in the Words following, to wit: "A Selection of some of the most Interesting Narratives of Outrages "Committed by the Indians, in their Wars with the White People. "Also, an account of their Manners, Customs, Traditions, Religious "Sentiments, Mode of Warfare, Military Tactics, Discipline and En"campments, Treatment of Prisoners, &c. which are better Explained, " and more Minutely Related, than has been heretofore done, by any "other Author on that Subject. Many of the Articles have never "before appeared in print. The whole compiled from the best Authori66 ties,-By Archibald Loudon." In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the Times therein mentioned." And also to the Act entitled "An Act supplementary to Act, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the Times therein mentioned," and extending the Benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other Prints." D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania. Contents. Capt. White Eyes attempts to kill R. Bard, Murder of James Watson and W. M‘Mullin, Col. J. Armstrong's attack on the Kittaning, Capt. Mercer's surprising escape from do., David Owen murders his wife and 3 children, Murder of three Indian prisoners, Extracts from the history of the American Indians, Marriage of the Dark lanthorn, 1 A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING NARRATIVES, &c. INDIAN BATTLE OF WYOMING, WYOMING, (besides being a frontier settlement during the course of the revolutionary war; constantly exposed to the inroads of the savages ;) had furnished two full companies, and about 60 recruits more for the main army. All which were annexed to the Connecticut line, and armed themselves; amounting in the whole to 230 men. While thus weakened and unguarded, they were invaded by an army from Niagara, in the British service, composed of regulars, tories and Indians; of which the Indians composed the greater part. The Indians, in the spring, began to be troublesome. Their numbers were frequently augmented by the accession of new parties. It was with the cattle, hogs, and other plunder, taken from the inhabitants, they furnished themselves with provisions. Some of the inhabitants they killed and captivated others, and destroyed much property. At length they became formidable. The inhabitants had erected several small forts, but their principal fortress was Forty fort, in Kingston, on the west side of the river, a small distance above Wy |