Item 132459AN ACCOUNT OF THE REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF COLONEL JAMES SMITH, (Late a Citize 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 Acccount of Some Very Uncommon Occurences, 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, 1799. Written By Himself.
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1834. Third Edition. Hardcover. 162p. A small hardcover book measuring approximatel 3 3/4" by 5 1/2". The covers are soiled and dampstained, and the paper is beginning to peel away from the boards in places. Inside, the book lacks the front free endpaper. Interior dampstaining is.....