NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTURE AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE of Misses Frances and Almira Hall, Two respectable young women (sisters) of the ages of 16 and 18, who were taken prisoners by the Savages, at a Frontier settlement, near Indian Creek, in May last, when fifteen of the inhabitants fell victims to the bloody Tomahawk and Scalping Knife; among whom were the parents of the unfortunate females. Likewise Is Added, the Interesting Narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, who fell into the hands of merciless Savages on their return to their settlement, three days after the Bloody Massacre. Communicated by persons of respectability living in the neighborhood of the captives. [Front cover title]: WAR AND PESTILENCE!
New York, NY: no publisher stated, 1832. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 24 pages of text. Bound in the original untrimmed illustrated wrappers, which are moderately creased, soiled and spotted. Moderate spotting, foxing and soiling affecting the text. The rear wrapper repeats the woodcut frontispiece. Protected in a custom cloth..... More