Adventures With Indians edited by W. H. Harrison

I am offering this very rare book for sale through Abebooks .com about true American Indian stories. The setting is from the 1600s through 1800s. I was unable to find another book like it mentioned anywhere on the internet. I have it listed at $250.00.

 It is NOT: Allen, William A. (Co-Author with Mrs. Gwendolyn, 1903.)  Adventures with Indians and Game, or Twenty Years in the Rockies (1913)

It is NOT: Adventures With Indians by Mighels, Philip V.
 

This is a collection of over 100 true stories in early American history, many with dates and actual locations. Illustrated with many detailed b/w drawings. Title and author were taken from cover. It is missing front flyleaf/title pages. Starts at preface page so stories are complete (except for missing pages 15-18).

Condition: It is a hardcover book decorated brown cloth cover and spine., 551 pages. No design on back. There is no dustjacket. Title originally had gilt box but box has faded to brown. Overall soiling and spills/moisture-marks on back. Occasional small brown smudge on pages. Front and back hinge have loosened exposing netted cloth. Missing 1/4 corner of picture on page 287/288 (no loss of text).



Partial Contents:

  1. Captivity and Escape of Mrs. Frances Scott, of Washington County, Virginia (1785);
  2. Singular Narrative of the Adventures of Captain Isaac Steward (who probably saw the gold mines of California before 1782. Published at Carlisle by Archibald Loudon in 1808. Starts with being taken prisoner by Indians about fifty miles west of Fort Pitt, then carried to the Wabash with other white men who were mostly executed. Were traded two years later to a Spaniard);
  3. Singular Prowess of a Woman (In a Combat with Indians on Dunkard creed in the south-west corner of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania in the middle of March, 1779);
  4. Thrilling Incidents of Border Warfare (in Pennsylbania, 1779 where Indians were making inroads into the settlements of Northumberland county);
  5. The Ranger's Adventure (during the old French war. 1755);
  6. Sufferings of Butler, the American Mazeppa, among the Indians (in the uncultivated wilds of Kentucky);
  7. Heroism of a Woman (in Nelson county, Virginia in 1791);
  8. Escape of Mrs. Davis from the Indians (1761 at the James River settlement);
  9. Singular Execution for Murder (1823, a Choctaw, names Sibley, atabbed another Indian in a drunken fit. Relative seeks atonement for the death.);
  10. An Extrardinary Duel (1806 near Natchez);
  11. The Maiden's Rock (just below the Falls of At. Anthony where the channel of the Mississippi is wider than ordinary, which the French named Lake Pepin. Father Hennepin calls it the Lake of Tears after being taken prisoners by the Indians near a large rock);
  12. Shenandoah (Story of Utica in the State of New York, formerly called Whitesborough. An early settler named Mr. White tried to be friendly to the Indians. An kind Indian named Shen-an-do-ah asked to take the White's young daughter home and promised to bring her back the next night. They were testing the white settlers. Story also tells of Shen-an-do-ah's resolve to abstain from drinking in 1775, and the reason for his decision);
  13. Indian Gratitude (in English settlement in Connecticut, a man befriends Indian who requested food in a tavern. Later when the man was captured by an Indian scout and carried off into Canada, an Indian returns the favor);
  14. Daring feat of a Girl During an Assault by Indians (in the town of Wheeling, Pennsylvania, Colonel Zane lived outside the principal fort. During one assault by the Indians to take over his house, his daughter volunteered to run to the fort for more ammunition.);
  15. The Faithful Nurse (Molly Pritchard, wife of soldier who was employed in loading and firing a cannon, was nearby when he was shot at the battle of Monmouth in New Jersey June 28th, 1778. She immidiately too his place at the cannon.)
  16. Courage and Generosity of Pe-ta-la-sha-roo (Son of Pawnee chief Old Knife. At the age of twenty-one he attempted to stop the custom of their tribe to torture and burn their prisoners without success. Then when a woman from the Iteans was captured and scheduled to be put to death, he cut her loose and fled with her. This act influenced the Pawnee to discontinue the practice of human sacrifice. Later Pe-ta-la-sha-roo visited Washington as a young chief in 1821 where the young ladies of Miss White's boarding-school resolved to give him a demonstration of their esteem for his human conduct);
  17. Magnanimity of a Sioux (Considered the most warlike and independent nation of Indians. Cha-ta-wa-con-a-mee was chief of a small band of Sioux on the banks of the Mississippi, at the Falls of St. Mary where Lake Superior connects with Lake Huron. He witnessed a Sauteur trying to steal his beaver trap. The chief presented the man with the trap and noticing he was also unarmed, gave him his own rifle but warned him to stay away from their hunting grounds as his young men would not be so kind);
  18. Noble Action of Liutenant Beall (of the U.S. Navy, 1849. He distinquished himself as a bearer of important despatches to and from California through Mexico during the war, across the prairies and Rocky Mountains, through civilized and savage enemies. Once incident was in Gila country when he encounted a troop of mounted Apaches. He jumped on his horse and headed for camp followed by the Apaches. Halfway to safety he discovered one of his own men on foot, who was a father of six children. Beall jumped off his horse, told the man to mount and ride to camp - then send them out to give him a decent burial and he stayed to fight the Indians by himself on foot).
  19. Massacre at Taos, New Mexico, and Death of Governor Bent (1846);
  20. Adventures of Colonel Hays with the Indians (Known as 'Captain Jack' during the war between the U.S. and Mexico, had many feats amongthe Camanches in 1841);
  21. Poe's Adventure with two Indians (Two brothers encounter a couple of Indians between Wheeling and Fort Pitt);
  22. Captain Reid's Battle with the Lipan Indians (1847, El Paso);
  23. Fight of Colonel Kinney with the Comanche Indians (Corpus Christis 1838, established a trading post known as Kinney's Ranch, Fight with Indians, Santa Anna withdrew);
  24. Attack of Cherry Valley (1778 - 700 Tories and Indians attack settlement);
  25. Major McCulloch's Adventure with the Commanches;
  26. Attack upon American Train Companies (1847 thiry mule teams);
  27. Massacre of American Volunteers by Indians (1847, Arkansas);
  28. The Rose of Guadaluope (Story of the Texas Rangers);
  29. Indian Fishing in New Brunswick.
  30. Thrilling Adventure at an Indian Burial-place; A Striking Scene;
  31. A Striking Scene (Poor Indians pay tribute to the stature of Father Onas or Penn at the Pennsylvania Hospital yard);
  32. Treeing a Bear;
  33. Insurrection of the Pueblos in New Mexico (1680);
  34. Singular Freak of a Creek Indian (1831 Indian joins white men);
  35. Irruption of the Comanches into Chicuahua (1803 kidnapping of governor-general's daughter, 1832 young Mexican boy);
  36. Night Attack by the Pawnees (1840);
  37. Christopher 'Kit' Carson's Adventures with the Indians (1846 New Mexico);
  38. Battles of American Volunteers with Indians (1847 Red River,. Tawnee Fork, );
  39. Indian Cruelty to a Prisoner (1690 Berwick, Maine);
  40. Striking instance of Indian Patriotism (Indians bow down before Philadelphia statue of 'Father Penn').
  41. Indian Sense of Propriety (1641);
  42. Personal Encounter with two Indians (1779 Ricket's Fort, West Virginia);
  43. The Prophet of the Alleghany;
  44. Tecumseh (aka Shooting Star - Battle of Tippecanoe 1811);
  45. McDougal and the Indians (Indians help frightened couple find better place to farm);
  46. Paugus and Chamberlain (1725 New Hampshire);
  47. Indian Children (How they are raised and trained);
  48. Wanou and the English Officer; Burning of Hanna's Town (1782 Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania);
  49. Burning of Hanna's Town (July 13, 1782 in Westmoreland county, men were harvewting a field near Hanna's Town when they noticed a large band of Indians in war paint heading torward the town.);
  50. The Lost Sister of Wyoming (1778, Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania kidnapping, lived with Indians until her death in 1847).
  51. Disaster of a Party of Missouri Traders (1832 Santa Fe);
  52. Hunting the Moose (Rare to find south of Maine);
  53. The Rifleman of Chippewa (North of Lake Superior, episode led to French and Indian wars with the English.);
  54. The Indian and the Wild Turkey;
  55. The Indian and the Bear;
  56. Attack on Haverhill (1708 attack by French and Indians);
  57. Bobasheela (Exhibiting a party of Indians at his exhibition rooms in London);
  58. Remarkable Escape from the Indians (1693, boys aged 11 & 15 kidnapped from Haverhill, Massachusetts);
  59. Massacre at Mimm's Fort (1813);
  60. American Forces attacked by Camanches (1847 Arkansas river near Fort Leavenworth).
  61. Death of Captain Smith, A Santa Fe Trader (1831 New Mexico desert);
  62. Adventure with a Party of Yutas (1837);
  63. Hunting the Buffalo by Stratagem;
  64. Wonderful Escape of Tom Higgins (At a stockade between Greenville and Vandalia);
  65. March of the Sioux (How a large tribe prepares to move);
  66. The Murderer's Creek (Family befriended by Indian all lose lives when plot is exposed);
  67. The Scalp-Dance (Description of the ceremony);
  68. Adventure of an Indian Woman (What their life is like);
  69. An Indian Lodge (How they are constructed);
  70. Silouee (Cherokee wizard offers his own life to save captured Colonel Bird).
  71. A Buffalo Hunt (Method of surrounding herd);
  72. Sufferings of Captain Bard's Family (1758 Man escapes Indians and returns to rescue wife and children 2 1/2 years later);
  73. Black Bird (Chief of the Omaha Tribe of the Great Oregon Territory, known as friend of the white man, kills his beloved wife during a burst of rage);
  74. Indian Pipe-Dance (Description and meaning);
  75. Escape from Torture (Muscoghee warrior outwits Shawanoe warriors);
  76. Perilous Adventure of Captain Brady (Western Pennsylvania where the pursuer became the pursued);
  77. Story of Indian revenge (1823 Madison county, New York court);
  78. Mandan Bull Dance (Description of ceremony to pass young men to dignity of braves);
  79. Singular Scene in an Indian Council (1780 Westmoreland county, New York, duty of nearest relative of murdered man to punish murderer);
  80. Narrative of an Escape from the Indians (1779 Major Moses Van Campen, American army during the Revolution, officer against the Indian towns of the Genesee);
  81. Early Settlers of Bedford County (1777 Mr. Tull, his wife, and nine daughters were massacred).
  82. Indian Attack on Dover, New Hampshire (1689-1714);
  83. Indian Gratitude for Favours (Chief remember kindess from man facing death by hatchet);
  84. Escape from Indians (1703 Wells, Maine few family members survive);
  85. Murder of a Family in New Hampshire (1723 Samprey river, New Hampshire where families routinely retired to garrisoned houses at night and returned home during the daytime except this once);
  86. Dance of Ojibbeway Indians in London (Mr. Catlin was determined to study the Indian in his native habitat and wrote a book, then he exhibited Indian paintings in London where a party of Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians became part of his exhibition);
  87. Murder of a family in Tennessee (1812 Tennessee river);
  88. Depredations by the Sioux (Most dreaded Indians next to Camanches, 1846 battle at Council Bluffs);
  89. Indian Horsemanship (Catlin gives account of the skill of the Camanche Indians of northern Texas to manage their horses);
  90. Battle of Oriskany (1777 Beneral Borgoyne faces Indians and Tories);
  91. Fight between the Crow and the Blackfeet Indians (1845).
  92. Savage Patriotism (Michigan Territory - Greatly outnumbered Indians of Fond du Lac attack the Sioux who degraded their small village by calling them cowards);
  93. Farmer's Brother (During the second war with England, the Seneca Indians near Buffalo were employed by the American government whose aging chief was called 'Farmers Brother');
  94. Indian Bear Hunt; The Catastrophe (A boastful murder, a keg of whisky, at Fort Knox at Vincennes during the Indian war against the United States);
  95. Story of George Ash (1829 Cincinnati 1100 Americans were left dead, 35 Indians died. Ash, abducted as a young boy had lived with the Indians for 17 years. After the peace agreement Ash returns to the white man and renews acquaintence with father and brother);
  96. The Sioux, or Dacotas, and their Chief Sahktageli, or Big Soldier (The most numerous Indian tribes in North America, their territory, their dress, their life);
  97. Simon Kenton and Simon Girty (Kenton was a ranger in Kentucky, Girty was a childhood friend of Kenton but became known as a renegade until an incident in 1778);
  98. General Clarke and the Indians (Idol of early settlers of Kentucky, an Indian fighter, who made no concessions to the red man yet excited their respect and friendship);
  99. Attack upon Widow Scraggs' House (1787, Cooper's river in Bourbon county, cabin occupied by 8 people with only 3 escaping death);
  100. Defence of Fort Harrison (Zachary Taylor was promoted to the rank of captain and placed in command of Fort Knox on the Wabash, in the vicinity of Vincennes in 1811. In 1812 the crude stockade was at the mercy of an Indian attack yet while on fire, they were able to hold off the attack and lost only one man and two wounded)
  101.  Battle of Point Pleasant (Short contest known as Dunmore's War in Western Virginia. In 1774, Gen. Lewis with 1100 men headed out to meet Gov. Dunmore with another 1100 men who then fought with a large tribe of Indians. They were able to defeat the Indians but due to their number, the Indians were allowed to retreat);
  102. McCulloch's Leap (1777 Escape by leaping down a precipice in Western Virginia);
  103. Adventure of Two Scouts (Set in 1790 near where Lancaster now stands, One of the scouts is surprised by two squaws who he must kill before they alert the warriors - yet one almost escapes and addresses him in his own language explaining she had been abducted ten years before and who now was willing to go with him to escape the pursuing Indians);
  104. Joe Logston (Joe leaves the safety of his parents cabin in Virginia to choose his residence a little outside the bounds of law and civil liberty in Kentucky around 1787-1791. He successfully defends himself against an attack by two Indians with his bare hands.)

At the end of the book is this story:
               The Indian Wars and Massacres in 1862-63

  • Chapter 1 - The causes; Interference of Rebels and Canadians to stimulate the Indians to rise; the first Murders; Consultation with Little Crow; Attack on the traders at the Lower Agency; Other Day secures the escape of his friends the Missourians; Capt. Marsh's expedition; Its disatrous result.

  • Chapter II - Siege of Fort Ridgely; Adventures of Messrs. Riggs and Williamson and their party; The attack on Necohlen; Extent of the Indian depradations and outrages.

  • Chapter III - The troops for the defence of Minnesota; The battle of Birch Coolie; Col. Sibley's correspondence with Little Crow; Disensions among the Indians; the battle of Wood Lake; Release of the Captives; Trial of the murderers; Execution of thirty-eight; The war in 1863; Death of Little Crow; Battles of Big Mound, Dead Buffalo Lake, and the banks of the Missouri.

FAIR CONDITION, no dustjacket. Missing front flyleaf/title pages so no publishing or copyright date available but probably printed in late 1800s. Front and back hinge have loosened exposing netted cloth Text starts on Preface page, missing pages 15-18, 1/4 corner of picture on page 288 is torn off.

Hardcover with highly-decorated brown cloth cover and spine. No design on back. Title originally had gilt box but box has faded to brown. Spine lettering readable with strong magnifying glass only. Corners, spine edges and lower board edges are frayed. Overall soiling and spills moisture-marks on back. Occasional small brown smudge on pages.


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