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Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks

Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks

Moore, John L.

Paperback

Series: Frontier Pennsylvania, Book 3

Colonial Period (1600-1775)Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 1620065134
ISBN13: 9781620065136
Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.
Published: Dec 3 2014
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

As the officer in charge at Hyndshaw's Fort in the Pocono Mountains, Captain John Van Etten knew that few Indian war parties raided the settlements during the snowy winter months, but that warm spring weather often signaled the sudden onslaught of Indian attacks.

The captain himself was wary, and he made it a point to keep his troops on their guard. He had good reason for this. The morning of May 7, 1757, for instance, he learned that while on sentry duty during the night, some of his men had observed that the dogs kept an unusual barking and running to a particular place ... With daylight, the soldiers ventured out to investigate and found that an Indian had stood behind a tree about 25 yards from the fort. Being told, I went to see and found it true, his tracks being visible enough to be seen.

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