Early western travels, 1748-1846, v. 18

Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824-1830; Willard's Inland Trade with New Mexico, 1825, and Downfall of the Fredonian Republic; and Malte-Brun's Account of Mexico

The grandfather of the author of this Journal, was born in Caroline county, Virginia, in 1750. Soon after he was turned of twenty-one, he moved to Kentucky, and became an associate with those fearless spirits who first settled in the western forests. To qualify him to meet the dangers and encounter the toils of his new position, he had served in the revolutionary war, and had been brought in hostile contact with the British in their attempt to ascend the river Potomac. He arrived in Kentucky, in company with twenty emigrant families, in 1781, and settled on the south side of the Kentucky river. The new settlers were beginning to build houses with internal finishing. His pursuit, which was that of a house carpenter, procured him constant employment, but he sometimes diversified it by teaching school. Soon after his arrival, the commencing settlement experienced the severest and most destructive assaults from the Indians. In August, 1782, he was one of the party who marched to the assistance of Bryant's station,4 and shared in the glory of relieving that place by the memorable defeat of the savages. Not long afterwards he was called upon by Col. Logan5 to join a party led by him against the Indians, who had gained[30] a bloody victory over the Kentuckians at the Blue Licks.6 He was present on the spot, where the bodies of the slain lay unburied, and assisted in their interment. During his absence on this expedition, Sylvester Pattie, father of the author, was born, August 25, 1782. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 46110
Author: Malte-Brun, Conrad
Release Date: Jun 27, 2014
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Language: English

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Contributor (Author): Pattie, James O. (James Ohio), 1804?-1850?, Willard, Dr.
Editor: Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 , Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913