Frontiersmen of New York
by Jeptha R. Simms
Albany, NY 1883
LINKS PERTAINING TO BOOK ONE.
LINKS PERTAINING TO BOOK TWO. (This book has been completed.)
Early
events of 1777, Mann family and Harper genealogy, page 10
Seige of Fort Stanwix and Battle of Oriskany,
page 66
The
Sortie, page 76
Sir
John Johnson Wants Revenge on His Former Neighbors and How Han Jost
Schuyler Escapes the Halter, why St. Ledger Hastily Skedaddled,
page 86
Incidents Attending the Oriskany Battle
and Siege of Fort Stanwix, Col. Visscher's Narrow Escape, Capt. Jacob
Gardinier, George Walter Scalped, Captain Christopher W. Fox
and how wounded, Peter Fox, Abram D. Quackenboss, page 91
Oriskany participants:
The Seebers,
Peter Wagner,
Garret
Walrath, Capt. Henry Diefendorf,
Capt. John James
Davis, Henry
Thompson, Robert
Crouse, George
Shults, Capt. Stephen
Watts, William Merckley,
page 96-102
More
Stories from Oriskany and Fort Stanwix: The Bayonet Tree, Maj. John Frey,
John Petrie, Adam Frank, Incidents at Fort Stanwix, After Chickens
Once too Often, Disposal of an Indian Marksman, Col. Louis, John
Spanable (a howling prisoner), After Scenes of the Battlefield, page
103
Oriskany
Roster, page 113
Continuing
events of 1777, page 116.
Principal
events of 1778, page 140.
Tilleborough
Raid, Kringsbush, page 145-150
The
Killing of Lieut. Matthew Wormuth, page 158
Anecdotes, page 164
An Anecdote of Capt. Nicholas Dygert while
a Prisoner, page 181
Original
Letter from Lieut Col. Clyde about the Cherry Valley survivors, page
210
Principal
events of 1779, page 232
Visscher Family, page 237
A Long and Successful
Race for Life, David Elerson, page 246
Murphy
and Boyd meet the Indians, page 255
Scalping
of Capt. Gregg and his Companion, page 274
Surprise of the
Folts Brothers
While Picking Berries, page 281
The
Duel, Archibald Kane/Barent Roseboom, page 288-292
Principal
events of 1780, page 292.
Description of Joseph Brant, page 307
A
Sentinel Kills an Indian at Fort Windecker, page 314
Another Invasion of Cherry Valley, page 322
Principal
events of 1780, part two, page 336.
Jacob
Shew, and the Ranger Service, page 346-7
Surprise of Peter
Geortner and John
Folkert, page 350-352
John
Rother and his Niece, page 359
Captivity
of Little Evau Myers, page 360
Captivity
of David Olendorf and his Wife, page 362-364
Family Stories: Mary Sitts, Caty Bettinger,
Shaulls, Lintner Family, Knouts Family, Seeber
Family, page 364-372
Revolutionary
Scenes, Capture of Mrs. Pletts and Maria Strobeck, Escape of
Henry Nellis and Son, Escape of Adam Garlock from the Indians,
Captivity of John Casler, Father of Warner Dygert. page 372
Small
Forts, page 381-385
Henry
Smith Inteview, page 385
A
Common Sense View of Scalping, page 390
Principal
events of 1780, part three, page 406.
Fate of Col. John Brown and the Battle of
Stone Arabia, page 443-460
The
enemy moves to the Mohawk Valley, October 1780, proceeeds to St. Johnsville,
page 449
Tragic
Death of John Shew, page 477
The SCHELL family page 480
Anecdotes of Zachariah KEYES, page
484
Principal
events of 1781, page 487.
Liaison of Col. Marinus Willett at Fort
Plain, page 491
Corrystown and Sharon Battle, page 494
Fair
Maidens in Palatine, the plot to kidnap six Bellinger virgins,
page 517.
The Enemy at Bauders, page 522
Surprise of Lieut. Borst, Invasion
of the Schoharie Valley, Destruction of Warwarsing, page 523
A Race for Fort Herkimer, page 532
Fall Hill and Fate of
Nicholas Bell, page 533
Murder of Capt. Jacob Small and Capture
of Jacob Casler, page 534
A Prisoner in Close Quarters, Conrad Edick
(Ittig), page 535
An Escape from
Brant, page 535
Major Ross in the Mohawk Valley and the
Battle of Johnstown, page 538
Settlements North of the Mohawk, Fairfield, Snyder's
Bush, Salisbury, page 551
A
Bear Story, page 582
Principal
events of 1782, page 585.
The Arrest and Execution of John Parker,
the Johstown Spy, page 586
Christopher Yates, Major Frey,
Gen. Herkimer, comments on their knowledge, page 585
Capture of the Shults Brothers in Palatine,
page 614.
Burning
of the Grist-mill at Little Falls, page 616
Principal
events of 1783, page 645.
Events After The War, page 692.
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