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WP1001 - $39.95 LATEST 2009 RELEASE-------HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of BOUQUET’S EXPEDITION AGAINST THE OHIO INDIANS In 1764 by William Smith After England's victory in the French and Indian war, the British government acquired all of France's colonies in North America. This created fear among the Ohio Indians, due to the large and increasing number of English colonists in North America. While the French were in North America, the Indians could count on them for military assistance against the English as well as a steady supply of guns and ammunition. With the French gone from North America, the Indians' situation had become precarious at best. In 1763, Ottawa Indian war leader Pontiac, successfully united many of the tribes in the Ohio Country. His goal was to drive all English settlers, traders, and soldiers from the Ohio Country. Colonel Henry Bouquet was chosen to lead an expedition into the Ohio country to put down this Indian uprising, later to be called Pontiac's Rebellion, and this is the story of Bouquet’s Expedition..(Click on book image to read more)$39.95 Quantity
WP601 - $39.95 SIMON GIRTY The Outlaw Born Simon Girty Jr. in 1741 near present-day Harrisburg, PA, his life would become something of a romantic tragedy and like many other legendary figure, his life elevated itself quickly to mythical status. At age 10, his natural father was murdered by Indians and during his 15th year, his stepfather was burned at the stake before his very eyes. His next decade was spent living among the Senecas of northwestern PA, by whom he was adopted, introducing Girty to the language and culture of the natives. In 1771, Girty resurfaced near Ft Pitt, where he began to make a name for himself as a capable frontier scout, interpreter and eventual spy for the Americans. His life along the Ohio River helped him make permanent ties with both natives and whites, while continuing to practice his native mode of dress and lifestyle. His official military career began as a frontier scout during Lord Dunmore's 1774 War between Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Shawnee. But two defining episodes would abruptly change the course of Girty’s life...Click on Image for more info. $39.95 Quantity
WP777 - $29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS OF GENERAL JOHN S. CLARK RELATING TO THE ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA edited by Louise Welles Murray SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS OF GENERAL JOHN S. CLARK RELATING TO THE ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE SUSQUEHANNA edited by Louise Welles MurrayThe 17th and 18th Century of the Native Tribes that inhabited the land in and around the Susquehanna River region is a subject hard to find. Even harder to find is accurate information about those places in time. Luckily, a lifetime of research by noted 19th Century archaeologist and student of Susquehanna River Indian history General John S. Clark is the perfect resource for students of Pennsylvania Indian history searching for this information. Fortunately, the intrinsic value of Clark’s work on the aboriginal history of the Susquehanna is further enhanced by renowned Indian scholar Louise Welles Murray as she carefully edited and annotated hundreds of pages of Clark’s notes, letters and maps from his 19th Century research. Click on picture for more info. $29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 Quantity
WP714 - $39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 COUNT ZINZINDORF AND THE INDIANS 1742 edited by William Reichel In December of 1741, Count Zinzendorf came to Philadelphia via NewYork to begin one of the most remarkable journeys any man ever traveledthrough the wilderness of America searching for the original peoples, theIndians of the Eastern Frontier. As the newly recognized head of the Moravian Movement among the Indians of the New World, this amazing manwasted little time venturing into the Wilderness. With God as his leader,Zinzendorf labored far into the Frontier traveling extensively to meet withtribal leaders as no man before him had done, and it was through the eyesof this man of the cloth and his amazing grace, that would allow him torecord the narratives that speak to us today, giving us glimpses in thatmoment in time of what life was really like on the frontier of 1742. Click on picture for more info.$39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Quantity
WP499 - $34.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 NORTH MOUNTAIN MEMENTOS by Henry W. Shoemaker RELEASED APRIL 2007 Our early Pennsylvania history is a collection of both oral traditions, passed down through the generations, and the written word recorded by early settlers, as they became literate and capable writers. Like it or not, most of what historians call factual history had its basis in some form of oral traditions that was passed down through family histories. Thus it behooves us as readers of early history to take the time to read and examine the personal accounts of legends and tales from the many oral traditions recorded by the best in the annals of Pennsylvania history, Henry S. Shoemaker. As both a writer and historian, it has always amazed me that many historians go out of their way to praise famous and important authors who write celebrated narratives of times gone by using some misstated facts often with nary a footnote, only to look down their noses at many Pennsylvania oral traditions recorded before they passed into oblivion. I choose to believe differently. I believe oral traditions have a purpose and are a part of our history. Recording that history by listening can be just as effective as recording history by witnessing. But don’t be so smug to believe that the only good history is written history. 27th volume in the Great Pennsylvania Frontier Series is a 400pp Hardback, originally published in 1920, limited to 1,000 copies. CLICK ON BOOK FOR MORE INFO> REDUCED TO $34.95$34.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 Quantity
History of the Backwoods; or, the Region of the Ohio by A.W. Patterson The Allegheny-Ohio River cuts a fertile history through Western Pennsylvania into the Ohio country, setting the stage for a host of colorful characters to come to life to help shape the course of early American history. From the earliest accounts, this region of the Western Pennsylvania/Ohio Valley area and the history of the Westward movement into it, were home to many eventful, exciting yet bloody incidents.Now REDUCED TO $34.95 Click on picture for more info about book!$34.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 Quantity
WP507 - $24.95 REDUCED FROM $34.95 Chief Logan: An Anthology Chief Logan was one of the most enigmatic Indians of his time. The son of a great Iroquoian chief, Jefferson would call him the greatest orator of the 18th century. And yet this once great, kind and gentle friend of whites and spiritual leader of his people would see his life spiral downward; committing him to wander his remaining years on the frontier a tortured and broken man. 3 Books in 1 Chief Logan: An Anthology includes Logan the Mingo by Franklin B. Sawvel; Tah-Gah-Jute: Or Logan and Captain Michael Cresap by Brantz: and Chief Logan: Friend, Foe or Fiction by Ron Wenning. Click on image for more information.$24.95 REDUCED FROM $34.95 Quantity
WP446 - $34.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 Historical Map of Pennsylvania: with a History of Indian Treaties and Land Titles (Book and Folded Map) Edited by P.W. Sheafer & R.R. Wenning 1000 Limited Edition, Gold Embossed Hardback and Fullcolor Map The “purchasing” of Indian land was done through a series of land treaties and eventually resulted in one of the bloodiest periods in Pennsylvania history. This “owning” of PA was a complicated, confusing and time-consuming process in PA history that usually took years to complete. You cannot understand Pennsylvania history completely without understanding this bloody progression from Indian land to settler’s land and its effect on Indian-white relations. As we put together this interesting and colorful history on the “taking or purchasing” of Pennsylvania land from the Indians, we have attempted to shed some light on this process through the pre-revolutionary war history of PA. Click on image for more info.$34.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 Quantity
WP005 - $39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Early Western Journals Ed. Reuben Gold Thwaites Hardcover: 328pp FOUR MOST IMPORTANT EARLY JOURNALS PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST RECORDED TRAVEL WEST OF THE ALLEGHENIESCONRAD WEISER 1748* GEORGE CROGHAN (1750-1765)* CHRISTIAN FREDERICK POST 1758* THOMAS MORRIS 1764Four Journals epitomize the history of Pennsylvania relations with the French & Indians on their Western borders during the F&I & Pontiac’s War. Of the authors, two (Weiser and Croghan) were government Indian agents; one (Post) was a Moravian missionary; and the other (Morris) was a British army officer. Their experiences are as varied as their avocations and recorded travel into Indian country during the early settlement period. Weiser’s journal records the first official journey into the Indian country west of the Alleghenies in the summer of 1748. The 15 years of journals of George Croghan are an epitome of the Indian history of the time. Journals of Post cover the months of July- Sept, 1758, and Oct. 1758- Jan., 1759 Captain Morris accompanied Bradstreet(1764) on his expedition to Detroit and was arrested and tortured at the Ottawa village at Maumee Rapids 328pp HB Originally Published in 1904 Vol I in EARLY WESTERN TRAVEL SERIES …2nd Printing Reduced to $39.95$39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Quantity
WP006 - $44.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Loudon's Indian Narratives Archibald Loudon Perhaps no book in the annals of early American history has thrilled, informed and held captive, the reader’s imagination than this book. Originally printed in 2 volumes in 1808 and 1811, Indian Narratives has all but disappeared from the libraries of modern day historians. Because of this book’s scarcity it is among the highest priced, hardest to find books printed during the 19th century. Without a doubt, this is the most famous book on Indian warfare. It is a work of extreme rarity, contains some narratives, and is one of the most desirable works of its class.” This collection of Indian captivity stories, many in the “first person”, contain some of the most fascinating frontier stories ever told and found nowhere else. Of particular interest is the 114 page saga of Col. James Smith’s 5 year captivity among the Ohio Indians. Over 25 stories describe many Indian customs and manners including their games, meals, clothes, fishing methods, dances, songs, dwellings, marriages and funerals, titles, and medicines may, however, be the most valuable. Methods of crossing deep rivers, Indian musical instruments, details how to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together, as well as the explanation of why Indians mount a horse on the off side and instances of Indian fortitude at death, are but a few of revealed interesting facets of everyday Indian life. This book would not be complete without the chapters describing the infamous Indian tortures. With his race and culture at stake, the Indian became the scourge of the frontier. Prolonged pain, expressed rage, indignant intimidation, was all a part of his torture; and prodded along by the insufferable white arrogance on the frontier, made his gruesome terror all so very easy to do! Loudon’s Indian Narratives, 658 pp Paperback Originally published in 1808 and 1811, two volumes bound as one, in Paperback, WAS $49.95 NOW $44.95$44.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Quantity
WP007 - $49.95 Conrad Weiser, 1696-1760, Friend of Colonist & Mohawk Paul A. Wallace Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s Indian ambassador, was one of the world’s great Jack-of-all trades. Born in Germany, he grew up in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys of New York and as a youth lived several years in a Mohawk village where he learned the language. By the 1720’s he had moved with his family to Pennsylvania where James Logan regularly began to employ him as an agent and interpreter. Trader, colonel in the F&I War, first President judge of Berks county and founder of Reading PA, a monk at the Ephrata Cloisters, pillar of the Lutheran Church, statesman, linguist, diplomat, woodsman were just a part of a long, distinguished career,but it was his work as an Indian agent that made his fame eternal.His career introduces us to the whole colonial scene. Everyone knew him. Governors, churchman, and Indian chiefs all relied on his advise. CLICK ON PICTURE FOR MORE INFO $49.95 Quantity
WP008 - $49.95 Thirty Thousand Miles with John Heckewelder Ed. Paul A. Wallace This collection of Heckewelder materials, gathered by one of America’s great writer/historians, Paul Wallace, follows America’s most observant early traveler, John Heckewelder through the Eastern woods as he recorded the most significant knowledge we have today on the Indian life and pioneer history of our Eastern frontier. He writes: “The sure way to obtain ideas, and a true knowledge of the characters, customs, manners, etc., of the Indians, and to learn their history, is to dwell among them for some time, and having acquired their language, the information wished for will be obtained in the common way; that is, by paying attention to their discourses with each other on different subjects, and occasionally asking them questions; always watching for the proper opportunity, when they do not suspect your motives, and are disposed to be free and open with you.”From 1754 to 1813, Heckewelder crossed the Allegheny Mountains 30 times and his travels and adventures along the Indian trails of Western PA into the “Ohio Country” are interwoven with the movements of the Moravian Indian missions. He lived among the Indians for almost 60 years, learning their language, sharing their activities, recording clearly and vividly what he saw and heard. In these pages we meet many legendary characters like Daniel Boone, Simon Girty and travel to the early settlements of Albany, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and west to Vincennes and Louisville. The scenes and the people come alive. He knew how to select detail and fix a scene sharply in the mind. We shall not soon forget the “dismal music” of his horse’s hooves striking bones and skulls on Braddock’s lost field of battle, the howling of wolves at night at Edmund’s swamp, the man who was careless with a candle in the gunpowder shed, and the sheer joy of Indian captives being returned to the Wabash once more “in their own country and on their own soil. Wallace gathered together all journals from various repositories and translated those among them that were still in German (as a writer Heckewelder was bilingual). Taking many incidents described in Heckewelder’s two books--his History and his Narratives of the Missions of the United Brethren-- he weaves them together to help explain this mystery he called the “Ohio country and our Western border.” 510pp HB Limited Edition. w/ 15”x23” foldout map (front & back) of his travels across Eastern Frontier……Limited Edition, Numbered Hardcover: 512pp INCLUDES TWO SIDED 15" X 23" MAP$49.95 $49.95 Quantity
WP009 - $39.95 The Lenape and Their Legends Daniel G. Brinton One can not begin to understand the Indian history of the Eastern Frontier during the 17th and 18th century without first knowing the history of the dominant tribe of Pennsylvania during this time period, the Lenape or Delaware Indians. The story of this tribe is so indelibly intertwined with the major events of the day that to understand the complexities of Indian-Indian and Indian-White relationships is to know the Lenape. From William Penn and The Walking Purchase to 18th century Indian wars that set the Pennsylvania frontier ablaze, the Lenape dominated their days in Penn’s Woods. And so significant is the lasting memory of these people on Pennsylvania that many of our mountains, valleys and streams still carry their Indian given names and will until the end of time. It was this love for the land of their fathers that caused the Lenape to fight to the death for their home and hunting grounds. It is about a people and their will to stay free. This is their story. Brinton was one of the 19th century’s foremost students of American Indian history and his work on the Lenape and their ancient tribal migration story, The Walum Olum, is considered a classical piece of study. This very scarce and hard to find book was published in 1885, and because of its historical significance, is now republished for the serious students of Eastern Frontier Indian history. It begins by discussing the history of the other Algonkin and Iroquois tribes of the East, then gets into the meat of the book with major chapters on Lenape history, their literature and language, myths and traditions, and the Walum Olum, the ancient migration story of the Delaware; Brinton’s most valuable contribution to our understanding of Lenape history. The Walum Olum portion of the book consists of over 70 pages of the pictographic story in bright red on one side of the page with the detailed translation on the right. He finishes with a 20 page vocabulary of Delaware to English word translations and copious notesComplete Text & Symbols of The Walum Olum Dark Brown Hardback w/Gold Embossing.1,000 copies…Limited Edition, Numbered Hardcover: 261pp $39.95 $39.95 Quantity
WP010 - $19.95 David Zeisberger's History of the Northern American Indians in 18th Century Ohio, New York & Pennsylvania Eds. Archer B. Hulbert & William Nathaniel Schwarze Rarely does a book come along that has the power to expand one’s knowledge of the culture and history of the Indians of America’s Eastern Frontier as does this book. Zeisberger’s story begins on a warm July night in 1726 when a man his wife and son fled from their home in Austrian Moravia toward the mountain of Saxony. They took nothing except a dream of a new life in a free land far across the Atlantic. Fast-forward ten years. Young David is now in Bethlehem, PA studying with the Moravian missionaries and scholars. It is here that David first became interested in studying the Indian languages of the New World and showed proficiency to learn these dialects. Thus began his more than 60-year venture into the wilderness. Many interesting stories of Indian history, manners and customs of everyday life in the Indian villages come to light through the pages of this book. This exceptional and intimate knowledge of the inner life of these first Americans is credited to Zeisberger and found nowhere else in the early literature. His stories of Indian medicinal remedies- firsthand details of their ceremonies, food, culture and beliefs-speak volumes to us and for this we are eternally grateful. Lastly, the scientific knowledge gained from these writings is second to none and comes from the fact that he ably depicts conditions before the white settlers moved westward. And because he knew the Indian intimately, his precious glimpses, both backwards and forward, are both rare and accurate. Time surely has changed the flora and fauna since Zeisberger’s writings but its intrinsic value is because his accounts are among the only reliable record of this region before such marked changes occurred. These pages will attest to his skill as he witnessed the 18th century world of the Indians of America’s Eastern Frontier. The best book we have on how the Indians lived their everyday life. 190pp PB with Original Artwork Cover $19.95$19.95 Quantity
WP011 - $8.95 Luke Swetland's Captivity Edward Merrifield This is not just another Indian captivity story, but a collection of stories about the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania during the 1760’s and 1770’s. In addition to detailed chapters on Swetland’s capture, captivity and escape and documentation on Indian culture during his captivity, are extremely valuable chapters on the Pennamite Wars fought between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. (Click on picture for more info) $8.95 Quantity
WP012 - $8.95 A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt Henry W. Shoemaker “I hear the tramp of the bison herds, the shouts of the victorious hunters, or maybe the blood-curdling cry of the panther. Then my mind goes back still further, and I hear my father tell how his father took part in the hunting of the last herds of bison in old Pennsylvania, of Indian massacres, of pioneer hardships and I feel proud to be a scion of such sturdy stock. (Click on picture for more info) $8.95 Quantity
WP013 - $8.95 Te-A-O-Ga: Annals of a Valley Elsie Murray A strategic spot since the first human foot trod its trails, the Tioga (Te-a-o-ga) Valley has served as campsite and highway for centuries, moving Indians, traders, adventurers, and soldiers toward the Empire State to the north or the vast Pennsylvania frontier to the south. Like a gigantic arrow of a compass pointing north and south, the Valley has seen history in the making as no other place on the Eastern Frontier. (click on picture for more info) $8.95 Quantity
WP015 - $39.95 The Indian Chiefs of Pennsylvania PB C. Hale Sipe Indian Chiefs of Pennsylvania, is a factual account of the Indian history of the America’s Eastern Frontier and the contributions made by many outstanding chiefs in shaping our history. Originally published in 1927, this 569 page book is one of the classics on Eastern Frontier Indian history. From the formation of the Iroquois confederation in 1570 through Cornplanter’s death in 1836, Sipe discusses the tribes that inhabited Pennsylvania and how their forced migration westward (particularly the Delaware and Shawnee)across the Allegheny mountains of Pennsylvania into the Ohio country lit the fires that would keep the western frontier ablaze for the next forty years. As you read Indian Chiefs, you begin to know and understand the motivation the Indians had in trying to hold onto their native land and the conflicts that would result. Pennsylvania was the gateway to the west through which all the major players of the 40 years of Indian wars would pass: Indian traders, frontiersmen, and pioneer families. The final 100 pages detail Indian events of Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War complete with a chronological table of leading events in the Indian history of Pennsylvania from 1570-1836. 569pp Paperback. $39.95 ***Also a FEW HARDBACKS LEFT at-$39.95*** See WP001$39.95 Quantity
WP016 - $44.95 The Indian Wars of Pennsylvania PB C. Hale Sipe Indian Wars of Pennsylvania, the second book in the “Great Pennsylvania Frontier Series”, is the most complete and documented book on the history of the 40 years of Indian wars on America’s Eastern Frontier. Originally published in 1929 and revised in 1931, Indian Wars is based primarily on the Pennsylvania Archives and Colonial Records. With background chapters on Indian religion, character and the Indian tribes of Pennsylvania, Sipe discusses chapter by chapter the 40 years of “Indian Wars” from 1755 to 1794. Beginning with the French &Indian War and the causes that led up to it, Sipe discusses all Indian uprisings and tragedies on the Eastern Frontier, Pontiac’s War, Lord Dunmore’s War, and concludes with 7 chapters on the Indian influence on the Revolutionary War. With Pennsylvania as keystone of the colonies and gateway to the west, it is indeed appropriate that Sipe called the “Indian Wars” of the Eastern Frontier the Indian Wars of Pennsylvania. All of the major wars of this time period (1755-1794) had their roots in Pennsylvania history and most military leaders involved in those Indian Wars and a majority of their fighting men were from Pennsylvania. As the Pennsylvania Indians were pushed westward, Indian traders from Pennsylvania filled the necessary void to connect the frontier with civilization and with it vital information on trade and Indian activity. And physically, the meeting of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers to form the Ohio at Fort Pitt, became the great highway westward that would extend a nation and with it the Pennsylvania influence on the frontier. The real key to this work is the 156 page supplement that includes: A chronological listing of all major Indian events on the Eastern Frontier with the corresponding pages to turn to in the book for further reading about that event; details of Sullivan’s campaign against the Indians; and the most detailed set of footnotes and references ever seen in a book on the 40 years of Indian wars on the Eastern Frontier. The book used to reproduce this book was Mr. Sipe’s personal copy, complete with his handwritten corrections in the margins of several pages. While Indian Chiefs, deals more with biographical data about many important chiefs and their contribution in the wars, Indian Wars deals mainly with the 40 years of conflict between the early settlers and the Indians . Indian Wars has been out of print for over 60years but it’s 908 pages will live on in the hearts and minds of every reader until the end of time. Considered the bible on the 40 years of Eastern Indian wars!Indian Wars of Pennsylvania by C. Hale Sipe..908pgs.PAPERBACK ONLY..$44.95 Originally published in 1927, book is printed on acid free paper, Smythe sewn, red cloth cover and gold embossing. No library on Eastern Frontier Indian History can be complete without the best book ever written on this subject!Paperback: --#1 book for Eastern Indian info with 908pp.$44.95 $44.95 Quantity
WP017 - $19.95 A History of the Indian Villages & Place Names in Pennsylvania PB George Donehoo No state in the entire nation is richer in Indian names or in fact Indian history than Pennsylvania. Indian Villages is the only major book that traces back Indian names and places for their correct form, origin and history. These 290 pages are filled with the most incredible collection of information ever assembled on the Indian place names of Pennsylvania. In researching his book, Mr. Donehoo, not only went over every available source of printed material about place names in Pennsylvania, but also walked over nearly every Indian trail, from the Delaware to the Ohio, using every trader’s journal and maps as his guide. Each Indian name comes complete with historical notes by the author, and as you read, you get a sense about each place; a feeling of walking with the author through each early village, along every river and stream and across the mountains of Pennsylvania back into time. A list of the authorities used is given with each name and a general bibliography follows at the conclusion of the work. Certainly, Heckwelder, Zeisberger, Post, Gist, Croghan, Weiser and other early explorers would be very proud. 290pp Paperback. $19.95 OUR #1 selling books!!$19.95 Quantity
A History of the Indian Villages & Place Names in Pennsylvania by C. Hale Sipe & George Donehoo 3 Paperbacks: Over 1,700 pages of the best information on the Indian history of our Eastern Frontier. With all major Indian wars of this time period and most of the major players (Indians tribes, Indian agents, and military leaders and their fighting men) having their roots in Pennsylvania, it is therefore most appropriate, if you want to study the Indian history of the Eastern Frontier, that we look to these books. With Pennsylvania having more Indian named places that any state in the U.S., and with it, all its 18th century Indian roots, “Chiefs, Wars, and Villages” will help you unravel the mysteries of 18th century Eastern Frontier Indian history. Enjoy your reading!! Wennawoods Publishing, 1767pp PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING IN THE CONTINENTAL USA
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WP202 - $39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier 1753-1758 William A. Hunter Limited Edition Hardcover: Seldom does a book come along with the appeal and interest a Forts of the Pennsylvania Frontier 1753-1758. With Pennsylvania’s Provincial Quaker controlled pacifist government slow to react to the mounting tension from Indian attacks and the on going French and Indian War on its wilderness borders, pressure was growing from frontier settler’s for protection on Pennsylvania’s western borders. Unwillingly, Pennsylvania began an extensive program of military action culminating in the building of forts on its frontier. By 1756 more than a dozen forts garrisoned by paid PA troops marked for the first time a boundary between white frontier settlements and a hostile wilderness. It was the beginning of a sense of independence. But this book is about more than the frontier forts built by Pennsylvania! It is about all the frontier forts occupying Pennsylvania’s soil. It’s about the French invasion, their forts and claims to Pennsylvania. It’s about Virginia and the Ohio Company and the three forts erected on Pennsylvania soil in Virginia’s unsuccessful opposition to this French invasion into the Ohio Valley. And certainly, it’s about the British takeover of fort building and frontier protection in the southern and western parts of the Province in the later half of the 1750’s. For the period covered by this volume, each fort is allotted a separate section, and where necessary the account is carried beyond the year 1758 in order to round out the story. Additionally, the histories of some forts as previously known must be corrected and amplified in the light of new information. Although much of the interest in the frontier forts, and especially those built by Pennsylvania, has been regional or local; these forts were in fact essential parts of organized and inclusive military undertakings and cannot be dealt with either adequately or accurately without some knowledge of over-all military systems and the current political atmosphere of the time. Similarly, this book includes background accounts of the Indians and their place in the regional history of the 1750’s. Even during the F&I War, when opposing Europeans built forts and fought battles, it was the Indian raids and in subsequent years Indian warfare that became a familiar and characteristic aspect of frontier life. Together, these erected monuments to our early history have long held a strong historical and romantic appeal to our shared sense of history. On the historical scene, these frontier forts stand as relics marking the close of the day of unarmed colonists and friendly Indians and the beginning of an era of frontier conflicts and troubled Indian relations. It is to these strong-willed adventurers who presided over this era of frontier conflict, troubled Indian relations, and our eventual independence that this book is dedicated. We admire your courage, we honor your determination and we appreciate your not giving up. May you rest in peace. Hunter is considered by many historians, both past and present, to be the greatest Pennsylvania writer/historian of the 20th century. His attention to detail, his unique writing style, and his love of history is reflected in this book. There is no more asked for book by our customers than Mr. Hunter’s book and it certainly must be one of the top 10 all-time books about early PA history. Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier 1753-1758 By William A. Hunter, 596 pages with 12 blank pages in the back of the book for notes. Navy blue hardcover with gold embossing on front and spine. Edition limited to 2,000 copies. WAS $49.95 NOW $39.95$39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Quantity
WP240 - $9.95 Handbook of the Delaware Indian Language Scott Hayes Wenning Did you ever wonder how to pronounce those historic Delaware Indian words recorded by the 18th century Moravian Missionaries? Much has been written about the Delaware or Lenape’ Indians history, but little has been done to give readers of history a basic understanding about keys to pronouncing the oldest of Algonquin languages. So significant is the lasting memory of the early Delaware language on Pennsylvania that many of our mountains, valleys, streams, and towns still carry their Indian given names and hopefully will until the end of time.(Click on picture for more info) $9.95 Quantity
WP241 - $29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 George Croghan and the Westward Movement 1741-1782 Albert T. Volwiler Students of 18th century Indian history are certainly familiar with Braddock, Pontiac, Weiser, and Sir William Johnson, but in George Croghan, we have perhaps the most fascinating and influential of the great American frontiersmen on the early westward movement across the Alleghenies into the Ohio country. Coming to Pennsylvania in 1741 during the Irish potato famine, Croghan entered the Indian trade and soon became the colony’s most prominent trader. No man led a more adventurous life in colonial America. His name soon became legendary on the western frontier and to advance his Indian business, Croghan promoted an Indian uprising against the French. But at the same time he became a superlative peacemaker, and in the period of the French and Indian War, Croghan’s ability to understand and influence the Indians was unsurpassed. Failing in Indian trade, Croghan acted as George Washington’s Indian agent on his Fort Necessity campaign of 1754 and later served with and survived Braddock’s fateful battle in 1755 . 1756 saw Croghan organize the defenses of Pennsylvania’s western border, but left the colony’s service to become deputy under Sir William Johnson, superintendent of the Six nations. He witnessed the desperate charge of the Black Watch at Ticonderoga and marched with Forbes to capture Fort duQuesne. He soothed the French leaning Indians at Detroit so Roger’s Rangers could take over the fort and negotiated treaties with Teedyuscung and hundreds of Indian chiefs and pacified Chief Pontiac. Yet this tobacco chewing, heavy drinking, unschooled, high living trader at times was much despised. But all it took was the sound of his heavy Irish brogue and hardy laugh that could put even the most suspicious at ease and along with his charm, wit and humor help make him an idol on the frontier. But Croghan’s mind was constantly stirred by visions of westward colonization and he disastrously promoted this idea of western land speculation to prominent men of the day. Unfortunately, the men who trusted Croghan generally lost money and most came to distrust him. During the American Revolution both America and the British treated him as a traitor and in 1782 he died in Philadelphia a tired and penniless man. This book, however, does not try to dwell on Croghan’s private life but rather concentrates on giving the reader a better understanding of the power and influence he had on the events of the mid 18th century’s early westward movement. Not since Charles Hanna’s The Wilderness Trail are we treated to such an outstanding peak into the world of the early Pennsylvania trader’s westward movement. Anyone interested in this time will surely enjoy accompanying him on the many roads he traveled. 368pp Hardback in Forest Green with gold embossing. Edition size limited to 1,000 WAS $39.95 NOW $29.95 $29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 Quantity
Frank Eshleman Originally published in 1908 and titled Annals of the Susquehannocks and Other Lancaster County, PA Indians 1500-1763, this book is a treasure house on the Indian history of Pennsylvania. From a personal letter we have in our possession, written by the author to a friend in 1911, Mr. Eshleman states that he gathered his facts about the 250 years of Indian history of Central and Eastern Pennsylvania from nearly 300 different books and sources. This scholarly collection about the Indian history of Pennsylvania in general and the Susquehannocks in particular, is unparalleled in the books written before the founding of the United States and the Revolutionary War. The Susquehannocks lived mainly on the Susquehanna River and its tributaries from the north end of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland up the river into southern New York. The number of Susquehannocks is uncertain, but the best guess is that they numbered somewhere between 5,000 and 7,500 at their peak in the 1600’s and their rapid decline into the 1700’s culminated with the massacre of the last 20 members by the Paxtang Boys at the jail in Lancaster, PA. Although almost completely forgotten today, the Susquehannock were once one of the most formidable tribes in the mid-Atlantic region. At the time of first European contact, they dominated the Susquehanna and Potomac River valley areas but little was known about them as they lived inland far from the coast. And by the late 1600’s, these once noble and heroic Indians had their number so decimated by disease from the white man and wars with their bitter enemies the Iroquois, that their numbers were probably no more than 300-400. They must have been impressive physical specimens as both John Smith in 1608 and the Swedes thirty years later commented on their size and physical attributes. Their constant warfare with the Iroquoian speaking tribes in the region made these people superior warriors. Using the rivers of the mid-Atlantic region as their highway, they routinely attacked the Delaware, Nanticoke, Conoy and Powhatans living on their borders. Their large stockaded forts (villages) afforded them great protection as they dominated the Pennsylvania area in the 1500 and 1600’s and evidence of their presence in the Susquehanna River Valley will remain on the rocks and in caves until the end of time. This exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers describing the Pennsylvania Indians prior to and during the early days of the white man populating Pennsylvania gives the reader a thorough and complete year by year analysis of Indian activity in the Commonwealth prior to the forming of the United States. You will find the details fascinating and lengthy as Eshleman puts much effort into uncovering the real and true details of this early time period. This one-of-a-kind source of documentary evidence about the state’s native people and their relations with the encroaching European colonists is being preserved by Wennawoods Publishing because this information is not easily available elsewhere. 416pp paperback with full color cover and complete index. $29.95 $29.95 Quantity
Kenneth P. Bailey No study of the French and Indian War can be complete without the study of the principal land companies competing for land during the great land rush of the mid-eighteenth century of which the Ohio company was by far the largest. Organized in 1748 by a group of influential men, most of whom were Virginians. The Ohio Company was founded primarily with the purpose of securing a share of the Indian trade west of the Alleghenies, a trade that primarily up to that point, had been mainly in the hands of Pennsylvanians and the French. (Click on book to read more) Edition size limited to 1,000 copies By Kenneth P. Bailey. Limited Edition Hardcover WAS $39.95 NOW $29.95$29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 Quantity
Sewell Elias Slick Pennsylvania born William Trent was a lusty figure in the days of early westward movement in the mid18th century when anything beyond Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River was considered the frontier. He was an Indian trader and diplomat, land speculator and in his earliest days was a soldier of fortune, enrolling in the militia to fight the French and Indians. His life covered a wide range of early developments on the frontier. He was in an official capacity at the important councils at Logstown in 1752 and Easton in 1757. He was with General John Forbes, Colonel Bouquet, and Major Washington as they blazed their way through the Western Pennsylvania wilderness enroute to chasing the French from the Forks of the Ohio. He was in on the founding of Pittsburgh as “The Gateway to the West.” He partnered with George Croghan and the journals of his trips with Andrew Montour into the Ohio Country are some of the most important documents we have on the early history of the westward movement. Statesman, entrepreneur, adventurer, and just plain nomad are but just a few of the ways to sum up the life and times of this 18th century figure. All in all, William Trent was one of the major figures in early colonial history. His career was full of pulsing romances, forest diplomacy, and colonial politics. Yet Sewell Slick’s clear and readable style of Trent’s biography, while painted against his graphic presentation of this exciting Eastern Frontier History, will only pique your interest to read further about this most thrilling period of early American history. You will read this book again and again, wishing that you too could go on just one more adventure with Trent westward across the wide Alleghenies to the Forks of the Ohio and into the Ohio country. Chapters in this Trent biography include his Ancestry and Early Activities, In Service to Virginia, Financial Troubles, Pennsylvania and Royal Service, Assistant Deputy Indian Agent and Trader at Fort Pitt 1759-161, Life Around Fort Pitt 1762-63, The Seige of Fort Pitt 1763, and Trader’s Losses and Land Speculation. William Trent, indeed, was greatly involved in the expansion of the Pennsylvania Frontier westward into the Ohio Country. Reading about his presence at many of the key events of the day, along with his fondness for travel west into the hinterland, will help to give you just one more piece of the puzzle in trying to understand the time period we’ve grown to know and love, the 18th century on the Eastern Frontier. William Trent and The West by Sewell Slick 200 page Burgundy Hardback Edition is limited to 1,000 Hardback copies WAS $29.95 NOW $19.95$19.95 REDUCED FROM $29.95 Quantity
WP267 - $39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 The Early History of Western Pennsylvania I. D. Rupp Early History of Western Pennsylvania, of the West, and Western Expeditions embraces the early history of the first visits of Europeans to Western Pennsylvania and the Ohio River Valley. He continues by detailing the causes that led to the French and Indian War , the formation of the Ohio Land Companies, and Conrad Weiser’s mission to Logstown in 1748 and George Croghan’s mission as Indian agent in 1750-51. Rupp follows George Washington’s mission against the French, the erection of Fort DuQuesne and his capitulation at Fort Necessity. From Braddocks campaign, to Forbe’s expedition and Bouquet’s defeat of the Indians at Bushy Run, Rupp marches you through Lord Dunmore’s War, Mad Anthony Wayne’s defeat and treaty with the Indians to culminate with Harrison’s march to Prophetstown and his decisive defeat of the Indian allies at the Battle of Tippecanoe. The second half of the book, the 406 page+appendix, may be the most valuable part of Rupp’s Work. Herein lies exact journals kept by Washington, Croghan, Braddock, Bouquet, Weiser and others as they frequent The Ohio Valley area. They explain in first person, details of the many journeys, conferences, treaties, and correspondence that help to put in motion events that would help to shape a nation. These journals are available in many different books, but this is the only book that you will find them all in one place. The best collection of source material on Western Pennsylvania/Ohio Valley early history. Back by popular demand!Early History of Western Pennsylvania by I.D.Rupp. (2nd Printing)..$49.95Hardback, 776 pp with gold embossing, Originally Published in 1846, Important book on Western PA history. Hardcover. WAS $49.95 NOW $39.95$39.95 REDUCED FROM $49.95 Quantity
WP300 - $5.95 The Handbook of Freedom “MUST READ” THE HANDBOOK OF FREEDOM Edited by Ron WenningThe Declaration of Independence = The Articles of Confederation =The Constitution of the United States and Bill of Rights “These are the times that try men’s souls”………Thomas Paine 1776One of the basic challenges to our freedoms in the United States of America is the general lack of knowledge about the early history of the United States by the general public. By republishing The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States and Bill of Rights and The Articles of Confederation in one small booklet will give people a chance to keep them handy and carry with them, this precious history of the founding of our country. I believe part of the reason we have gotten off course in our country is the fact that we have gotten away from knowing our history and reading our important documents. This relatively small, concise booklet contains some of the most important information you’ll ever need to know. Also include commentary on the current state of our lack of basic knowledge of U S history by the editor. We must teach it to our children and not become complacent. Buy 2 copies, give 1 to a friend, and help us as a nation get back on track. Be proud of our history! READ YOUR HISTORY! KNOW YOUR HISTORY! PASS IT ON! EVERYONE NEEDS THIS REFERENCE!48page paperback with Colorful United States flag on the Cover…………….$5.95 each / $5.95 Quantity
Wilbur R. Jacobs It seems only once in a lifetime that a book comes along that really unlocks many of the mysteries of a subject you have been studying for as long as you can remember. Diplomacy and Indian Gifts is just such a book! (Click on pic for more info) $19.95 REDUCED FROM $29.95 Quantity
WP309 - $24.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 $AVE $20.00 Wilderness Chronicles of Northwestern Pennsylvania Save $20.00 Sylvester K. Stevens & Donald H. Kent The Northwestern Pennsylvania wilderness was once the scene of many events that had great significance on the history of Pennsylvania and the nation. Here it was that the legions of France buried their leaden plates, erected their forts and staked out a claim to the continent of North America. It was also here that the red-coated agents of England resisted the French bid for empire.$44.95 Now $24.95. (Click on pic for more info) $24.95 REDUCED FROM $44.95 $AVE $20.00 Quantity
Henry W. Shoemaker New, Expanded Edition w/ Part II edited & written by Ron Wenning “The killing of 1,000 wild stags in Pennsylvania in 1912 established a high water mark for the noble sport in this State in recent years. Probably fifty thousand hunters, more or less skilled, participated in the chase, a veritable army of annihilation.” So wrote Henry W. Shoemaker, at the beginning of his classic, Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns. Originally published in 1915, Mr. Shoemaker’s unforgettable book witnessed the turning point of events in Pennsylvania’s long deer management history. $9.95 Quantity
WP352 - $49.95 - NOW Save $50.00 While Supply Lasts The Olden Time Volumes 1&2 ORIGINALLY $99.95 PER SET, The Olden Time Volumes 1&2 Neville B. Craig 1188pp 2 Hardbacks A Monthly Publication Devoted to the Preservation of Documents and Other Authentic Information in Relation to The Early Explorations and The Settlement and The Improvements of the Country Around The Head of The Ohio Edited by Neville Craig Esq.Originally published in 1846, these 2 volumes contain one of the most significant collections of documents that pertain to the expansion, settlement and Indian wars on the frontier land that would become Pennsylvania and Ohio. $49.95 - NOW Save $50.00 While Supply Lasts Quantity
WP353 - $19.95 - REDUCED from $29.95 History of Brule's Discoveries & Explorations History of Brule's Discoveries & Explorations 1610-1626 Consul Willshire Butterfield Narrative of the First White Man’s Explorations of the Interior Regions of Pennsylvania, Western New York and the Great LakesNever before has a book captured my imagination as has this book about the first “civilized man” to explore the interior regions of Pennsylvania and Western New York. Published in 1898, the book traces the course of Etienne (Stephen) Brule’s 17th century travels, from his arrival in North America with Champlain in 1608, to his untimely death in 1626 when he was killed and eaten by the Indians. We know what 18th century life was like on the Eastern Frontier, this book now gives us rare glimpses into the fascinating early pre-contact Indian history of the East, 150 years before the start of the F & I War. Do you know about the Erie Indian tribe (or the Cat nations), formidable adversaries of the Iroquois who suddenly disappeared from history? It was Brule’s restless spirit and ardent love of adventure that prompted him to request permission from Champlain to explore interior New York and Pennsylvania. No white man had preceded him into that region and the date of that particular journey was 1615—a little over eight years after the settlement of Jamestown and six years after the first white man ascended the Hudson. Read about the tobacco farmers to the west of the Iroquois called the Neutral Nation. Learn the basis for the Iroquois hatred of the French. Sail down the Susquehanna River past the “palisaded forts” of the Susqhehannocks into the Chesapeake Bay through Brule’s journal in the early 1600’s and record his time here in North America until his untimely death at the hands of the Huron who killed and ate him. This is a book unlike any other you will ever read about this early 17th century time period because there are no others. We need to have a sense about the pre-contact period in order to understand the roots of the F & I War in North America and this is the only real book to give us this understanding. The principal reason why Brule’s visits, to various unexplored regions of the East have found so few historians referring to him are simply because of the lack of early information available. Butterfield simply spent the time collecting the available data and published it. Come back in time and rediscover the early 17th century Beautiful hardback 216pp limited edition book (1,000 copies) with illustrations and 50+ page note appendix and index.Originally $29.95 NOW $19.95 $19.95 - REDUCED from $29.95 Quantity
WP407 - 19.95 CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS Horation Jones and Benjamin Gilbert Family CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS: Seldom Told Captivity Story of Horatio Jones & the Benjamin Gilbert Family Edited by Ron Wenning When the Oneidas and Tuscaroras sided with the Americans, our Revolution would split the Iroquois Confederacy down the middle once and for all and would become their civil war. The Battle of Oriskany in 1777, as Oneidas clashed with their brothers the Senecas, shattered nearly 300 years of Iroquois unity. Their fateful decision to join the British would become a catastrophe and lead to their eventual demise. The die however was cast. The mental images of the “"merciless Indian Savages” terrorizing the frontier offered in the Declaration of Independence would prevail and a nation conceived in liberty would show little remorse in driving the Indians from their homeland. Mohawk leader Joseph Brant would command his Iroquois warriors raiding the American colonies of New York and Pennsylvania. Along with many British Loyalists, they launched guerilla type raids that would terrorize the frontier lands of PA and NY. Their goal was simple, the destruction of large agricultural areas in order to deny food stocks to Washington's army and deprive the Americans of much needed resources. In the summer of 1779, General John Sullivan was sent by Washington to destroy Iroquois villages as reprisal for the Indian and Loyalist raids on the frontier. General John Sullivan led an American army through their country and succeeded in burning more than forty Iroquoian towns and villages and destroying their crops. Joseph Brant and his Indian war parties, together with Butler's Rangers from Ft. Niagara, attempted to stop the Sullivan campaign. But as a result of the actions of the war and the success of General Sullivan’s campaign of 1779 in particular, many of the Indians were forced to retreat to Ft. Niagara. The fort would become an Indian refugee camp and their fateful decision to join the British would lead to their eventual.IF THIS LINK DOESN'T WORK TO ORDER THE BOOK USE WP406 AT BOTTOM OF PAGE TO ORDER THIS BOOK. demise. Click on image for more information. 19.95 Quantity
WP408 - $29.95 - REDUCED FROM $49.95 Mirror of Olden Time Border Life J. Pritts Mirror of Olden Time Border Life is truly a rare and extremely hard-to-find book documenting principally the history and early settlement of Pennsylvania and northwestern Virginia and includes many unusual and hard-to-find accounts of these happenings to which are added, personal narratives of captivities, escapes; with numerous sketches of frontier men all compiled from authentic sources.(Click on pic for more info) $29.95 - REDUCED FROM $49.95 Quantity
WP447 - $29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 Along the Braddock Road; From Cai-uc-tu-cuc in 1723 to Braddock's Expedition in 1755 by Will H. Lowdermilk; ed. by Ronald R. Wenning The inhabitants of this region were a part of the Shawnee tribe, a warlike sub-division of the Algonquin group. While the men of the tribe engaged in the pursuit of fish and game, taking time now and then to go on the warpath; their families were left at home to till the soil and grow maize and grass in the rich river bottom land. The earliest white man’s activity begins with the surveying by Colonel Thomas Cresap and the founding of Will’s Town. Later to become Will’s Creek, in honor of Indian Will, the town’s namesake, first appearing on the official 1751 map as Caiuctucuc Creek. The first official government venture into the region and westward into the Pennsylvania frontier came at the request of Governor Dinwiddie to reconnoiter French intentions and activity. Originally printed in 1878, 1,000 copies. 23rd Book in THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA FRONTIER SERIES. Contains Washington’s journal, Braddock’s ORDERLY BOOK FROM FEB. 28 TO JUNE 17, 1755 FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY. Many hard-to-find facts on the Expedition. Was $39.95 Now $29.95 250th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (Click on book for more information)$29.95 REDUCED FROM $39.95 Quantity
WP448 - 59.95 - REDUCED FROM $74.95 The History of an Expedition against Fort DuQuesne in 1755: 250th Anniversary Commemorative Edition by Winthrop Sargent It was a sunny afternoon that July 9, 1755, as Gen. Braddock watched his nearly 1,400 troops cross the Monongahela River for a second time on route to Fort Duquesne to do battle with the French and Indians: there, to once and for all, chase them from the Forks of The Ohio. Little was Gen. Braddock to know that by days end, he would lay mortally wounded, almost 1,000 of his men would either be dead or wounded, and the remnants of his once proud army would be in full retreat to Dunbar’s Camp some 40 miles to the rear. 400 French and Indians, hiding in wait, had laid waste to the once mighty British fighting machine and set into motion the events that would set a continent on fire for the next 8 years. The Braddock expedition and eventual disaster is one of the great mysteries of Colonial America. Was it caused by the poor performance of the British enlisted soldier? Was it caused by British infantry tactics, particularly platoon volley firing, firing at French and Indians hidden behind dense foliage? Was it because of Braddock’s advance position being nearly forty miles ahead of his backup, Colonel Dunbar and 1,000 more men and all the heavy guns? Or was it caused by an arrogant, overbearing, and stubborn General Braddock who refused to listen to practical advise from lowly woodsmen and Indians. The answer to these questions and many more are in this exciting and fact-filled book. No book on the Braddock campaign is equal to this one. Historical references call this book the best account of the Braddock disaster. But not only is this book, by far and away the most factual account, Sargent includes many additional sources of facts about the Braddock campaign that are not found in any other book.So rich in detail is this book that you will read the complete journal of Captain Robert Orme of the Coldstream guard, a right hand man to General Braddock, as well as the journal of Captain Roger Morris, aide de camp with Washington to Gen. Braddock’s campaign. Among the information included in the 6-part appendix is George Croghan’s statement about the Indians with him in the campaign, and his opinion about Braddock’s attitude toward these men and their fate and what might have been in “that day of our unhappy defeat.” Appendix include Braddock’s instructions for his North American campaign by order of the Duke of Cumberland, the French report of the battle and details of Braddock’s last night in London. Beautiful 432pp SPECIAL 250TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION Hardback in “Union Jack” red with gold embossing, 6-part appendix and index. Also includes are 4 double-sided full color foldout maps, 2 B&W double sided foldouts (one of the foldouts is a copy of the original letter from our personal collection dated 1853 from Horatio Gates Jones to the Honorable Joseph Ingersoll, Ambassador to England, requesting documents for Winthrop Sargents’ book.) Originally printed in 1855, this BRADDOCK EXPEDITION COLLECTORS EDITION IS LIMITED TO 500 copies. Order your copy today! Absolutely beautiful. Originally $74.95 now $ALE priced at $59.95 $AVE $20.0059.95 - REDUCED FROM $74.95 Quantity
WP500 - $39.95 - SAVE $10 On the Frontier With Colonel Antes By Edwin McMinn 514pp Hardback, Limited Edition of 1,000 copies On the point of a high bluff, just below the mouth af Antes Creek, Col. Antes built a stockade in 1776 that was frequently occupied by settlers for their safety on the frontier. McMinn enlightens the reader with a valuable history of American Colonial frontier settlements in this true story of a Revolutionary War Pennsylvania militia commander and his pioneer family on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Click on image for more information.$39.95 - SAVE $10 Quantity
WP501 - $8.95 Journal of Samuel Maclay THE JOURNAL OF SAMUEL MACLAY IN 1790 by John MeginnessOn April 9, 1790, Samuel Maclay, Timothy Matlock and John Adlum were commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania to examine the headwaters of the Susquehanna River and explore the streams of the new purchase of Indian land, the Northwestern section of Pennsylvania, lately purchased from the Indians. They were charged with the responsibility of discovering a possible route for a road to connect the waters of the Allegheny River in that part of the state with the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. This book is the story of that incredible journey in the spring and summer of 1790. $8.95 Quantity
by B. Drake Tecumseh lives! The product of one of the most critical periods in the history of the American Indians, Tecumseh never had an oppotunity to demonstrate his leadership of Indians in peacetime. From birth to death, Tecumseh was involved in conflict and war. A brillant orator, warrior and leader, he was a distinguished patriot of his people. Learned and wise, he was noted, even among his white enemies, for his integrity and humanity. 236 pp Paperback with beautiful original artwork color painting of "Tecumseh" on the cover NOW ONLY $9.95 plus shipping For more information click on image9.95 Quantity
WP1002 - $19.95 EARLY HISTORY OF LYCOMING COUNTY by John Meginness205pp paperback with color artwork cover"That portion of Lycoming County lying north of the Muncy Hills, and westward along the river to the Indian lands above Lycoming Creek, was the theater of many sanguinary conflicts during the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, and in that territory there is scarcely a square mile that was not baptized in fire and blood.$19.95. Hostile bands of savages frequently descended from the north, killed and scalped scores of settlers, carried many into captivity who were unable to escape, destroyed their improvements, and burned their cabins. It was here that the great panic, or 'Big Runaway' occurred in 1778, which stands without parallel in the annals of the pioneer settlements." So wrote John Meginness in 1892 as he set to work in writing the 'History of Lycoming County.' From her earliest Indian history dating back over 10,000 years ago, Lycoming County has seen many early explorers, Indian leaders, missionaries to the Indians, Indian agents, pioneers and Indian fighters come and go across her land. We hear our mountains still calling out their names: Brule, Montour, Weiser, Heckewelder, Brady, Pence, Antes...this early history is one of the keystones of what life was like on the early Pennsylvania frontier.$19.95 Quantity
W427 - $10.00 Colonial American Troops 1610-1774 Beautifully done 48 page paperback with many historically correct full color and black & white pictures and paintings of 150+ years of American Colonalial troops. Reduced to $10.00 than out of print. $10.00 Quantity
