Recollections of Lewis Bonnett, Jr. (1778-1850) and the Bonnett and Wetzel Families

By: Jared C. Lobdell

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1991)

Seller ID: L0517

ISBN: 1556135173

Condition: 140 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1991), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, 140 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

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Lewis Bonnett, Jr. was the young cousin of Lewis Wetzel and lived with him in his youth. "Since Wetzel was entirely illiterate, and to the best of our knowledge never dictated any record of his career, the recollections of Lewis Bonnett, Jr., are the closest thing we will ever have to the memoirs of Lewis Wetzel." 140 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1991), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, 140 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc View more info

Action at the Galudoghson, December 14, 1742. Colonel James Patton, Captain John McDowell and the First Battle with the Indians in the Valley of Virginia with an Appendix Containing Early Accounts of the Battle

By: Jared C. Lobdell

Price: $15.50

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1995)

Seller ID: L0192

ISBN: 0788401920

Condition: 64 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1995), 2005, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 64 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

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This book was assembled unpublished papers of Lyman Draper (1815-1891) former secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. This book combines Draper's even-handed account of this important first engagement with transcripts of the original sources from which he drew upon to create his account. We learn the settlers' version from the letters of Colonel James Patton and Samuel McDowell, and articles in the Pennsylvania Gazette. The Indians' case is well expressed by the Conrad Weiser report to the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania.64 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1995), 2005, 5.5x8.5, paper, i... View more info

Indian Warfare in Western Pennsylvania and North West Virginia at the Time of the American Revolution, Including the Narrative of Indian and Tory Depredations by John Crawford, the Military Reminiscences of Captain Henry Jolly, and the Narrative of Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger

By: Jared C. Lobdell

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1992)

Seller ID: L0653

ISBN: 1556136536

Condition: 162 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1992), 2006, 5.5x8.5, paper, 162 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

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Indian Warfare is one of the volumes in Mr. Lobdell's series covering the "Heroic Age" (1770 to 1794) on the early frontier. The three narratives often read like adventure stories. The Indians and the British engaged in guerrilla warfare against the settlers: raiding cabins, slaughtering livestock, killing children and the elderly and taking captive those in their teens or early twenties, who were usually taken to Quebec. Some were adopted into the tribes, like Arthur Crawford, who hunted for almost seven years for his adopted father White Eyes before returning home; or Miss Hawkins, w... View more info

Further Materials on Lewis Wetzel and the Upper Ohio Frontier: The Historical Narrative of George Edgington, Peter Henry's Account, The Narrative of Spencer Records, The Reminiscences of Stephen Burkham

By: Jared C. Lobdell

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (1994)

Seller ID: L0073

ISBN: 0788400738

Condition: 126 pages, 5.5x8.5, (1994), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 126 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

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This is the third volume in a series of materials relating to warfare on the Upper Ohio between the end of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and Anthony Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers (1794). Previously unpublished, these papers are part of the priceless Draper Manuscript Collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Historical Narrative of George Edgington (1845) is important for its equal treatment of Lewis Wetzel and Samuel Brady, two of the greatest scouts at that time. Peter Henry's Account (1850) contains a dramatic description of his capture by Indians in 1779. Spencer Re... View more info