Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919-1920 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 1919-1920The issue of October 17 contains an account of the horrible butchery of whites by Indians. It recites that near Wyoming nine men and a woman were thus killed. The woman was roasted and had two large barn door hinges in her hands, put there red hot to torture her. Several of the men had awls thrust into their eyes, and spears, arrows and pitchforks stuck into their bodies.In the issue of November 17 there is an article detailing how the people of Lancaster County have responded to the defense of the inhabitants against Indian outrages, and it concludes that the people have shown a noble spirit on all occasions of that kind.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.