History of the early settlement and Indian wars of Western Virginia embracing an account of the various expeditions in the West, previous to 1795 also, biographical sketches. This book, "History of the early settlement and Indian wars of Western Virginia", by Wills de Hass, is a replication of a book originally published before 1851. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
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History of the early settlement and Indian wars of Western Virginia embracing an account of the various expeditions in the West, previous to 1795 also, biographical sketches. This book, "History of the early settlement and Indian wars of Western Virginia", by Wills de Hass, is a replication of a book originally published before 1851. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.
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Good. Octavo. 416 pages, 4 of 5 pl., ill.; 23 cm. Bound in publishers black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt tooled embossment to front board. Good binding and cover. Wear to extremities. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Hinges cracked. Lacking first blank pages and frontis. Clean, unmarked pages. Foxing throughout. Some pencil notation on a few pages. HOWES D226. AYER 62. STREETER III 1347. FIELD 415. SABIN 19308. DECKER 43: 121. EBERSTADT 127: 162. De Hass' history on the Indians Wars of Western Virginia, now modern day West Virginia, is a history of native resistance to the Euro-American occupation of the Ohio Valley, documents the settlement period of West Virginia history, from the 1750s to the 1790s. When European or colonial governments were directly engaged, specific conflicts acquired formal names, such as the French and Indian War (1754-63), Pontiac's Rebellion (1763), and Lord Dunmore's War (1774). But notwithstanding the large-scale engagements and formal treaties that marked the named episodes, raids and counter-raids by small groups of fighters were typical of the period, and hostilities constantly occurred outside of the boundaries implied by the European system of naming and dating. Border warfare, is a more apt description of what actually took place. Indian raids usually struck at the western edge of white settlement, which meant that the fighting shifted from east to west: from the Greenbrier, upper New River, and upper Potomac valleys during the 1750s into the 1770s, to the Monongahela country (which then included the present Northern Panhandle) during the 1770s and 1780s, to the Kanawha and middle Ohio valleys, including Kentucky, during the 1780s and 1790s. But no part of the frontier was entirely safe until Indians began withdrawing from their Ohio homelands after the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. Pitched battles such as occurred at the Monongahela (1755), Point Pleasant (1774), and Fort Henry (Wheeling; 1777, 1782) were the exceptions rather than the rule in border warfare. Generally the conflict exhibited the classic forms of guerrilla war: raids, ambushes, sneak attacks, massacres, and atrocities on both sides. Both sides furnished examples of warrior-heroes. Among the Indians were the Seneca Corn planter (1737-1835) and the Shawnee Cornstalk (d. 1777), both of whom were celebrated warriors who later became political leaders. White Indian fighters associated with West Virginia, and depicted in this book, were Samuel Brady (1758-1796), Jesse Hughes (1750-1829), and especially Lewis Wetzel (1763-1808), the Boone of northwestern Virginia. According to his modern biographer, Daniel Boone killed only three Indians during an entire lifetime on the frontier, thanks to his Quaker values and good-natured respect for the natives. Wetzel, on the other hand, was a classic frontier Indian hater, who is known to have hunted Indians for sport as well as defense.
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416p. REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been recased with a new spine, preserving most of the original brown gilt-stamped cloth. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Dampstaining in gutter of last several leaves. Patchy tanning on pages 142-143. Foxing throughout and light underlining in pencil on many pages. Text is still easily readable and binding is quite secure. Good condition overall. Illustrated with five plates and in-text vignettes. A "valuable compilation based on reliable sources" (Howes D-723).
