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French and Indian cruelty exemplified in the life and various vicissitudes of fortune of Peter Williamson : containing a particular account of the manners, customs and dress of the savages : of their scalping, burning and other barbarities committed on the English in North America during his residence among them : being at eight years of age stolen from his parents and sent to Pennsylvania, where he was sold as a slave : afterwards married and settled as a planter till the Indians destroyed his house and every thing he had and carried him off a captive : from whom after several months captivity he made his escape and serv'd as a volunteer and soldier in many expeditions against them : comprehending in the whole, a summary of the transactions of the several provinces of Pennsylvania, New-York, New-England, New-Jersey, &c., &c., from the commencement of the war in these parts, particularly those relative to the intended attack on Crown Point and Niagara : and, an accurate and succinct detail of the operations of the French and English forces at the siege of Oswego, where the author was wounded and taken prisoner : and being afterwards sent to England, was on his arrival at Plymouth discharg'd as incapable of further service : also, a curious discourse on kidnapping, with proper directions for tradesmen and others to avoid slavery, when transported from their native country

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Williamson, Peter, 1730-1799

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Glasgow : Printed by J. Bryce and D. Paterson for the benefit of the unfortunate author, 1758.

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An account of the remarkable occurrences in the life and travels of Col. James Smith, (now a citizen of Bourbon County, Kentucky) during his captivity with the Indians, in the years 1755, '56, '57, '58, & '59 in which the customs, manners, traditions, theological sentiments, mode of warfare, military tactics, discipline and encampments, treatment of prisoners, &c. are better explained, and more minutely related, than has been heretofore done, by any author on that subject ; together with a description of the soil, timber and waters, where he travelled with the Indians, during his captivity : to which is added, a brief account of some very uncommon occurrences, which transpired after his return from captivity, as well as of the different campaigns carried on against the Indians to the westward of Fort Pitt, since the year 1755, to the present date

Author

Smith, James, 1737-1812

Published

Lexington [Ky.] : Printed by John Bradford, 1799.

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