Wimer EVENTS IN INDIAN HISTORY, BEGINNING WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA, AND EMBRACING CONCISE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHIEFS AND HEAD-SACHEMS WITH NARRATIVES AND CAPTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE DESTRUCTION OF SCHENECTADY, MURDER OF MISS MCREA. ALSO AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE STATISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF Wimes. ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT FINE ENGRAVINGS. LANCASTER: PUBLISHED BY G. HILLS & CO. BRYSON, PEARSOL AND WIMER, PRINTERS ENTERED according to the act of Congress, in the year 1841, by G. HILLS, in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. CONTENTS. FRONTISPIECE-Rescue of Capt. John Smith by Pocahontas. (pp. 80, 81.) Pumatacom, alias Philip. (p. 46.) Interview of Pontiac with Major Rogers. (p. 155.) ^ General St. Clair's Defeat. (pp. 289, 290.) Combat. Harris's Escape. (p. 476.) Massacre of the Conestoga Indians at Lancaster by the Paxton Bays. (pp. Synopsis of the New England Indians at the date of the Plymouth settlement-Their first head-sachem known to the English, Massa- soit-The first interview between him and the whites-His visit to Preparations for war between Philip and the colonies-Immediate occasion of hostilities-His courage, dignity, independence, &c.→→→ M363136 The Indian tribes of Virginia at the date of the Jamestown settle- Conduct of Powhatan after Smith's departure for England, and causes of it Marriage of Pocahontas with John Rolfe-Death and charac- The family of Powhatan-Sequel of the history of Pocahontas-Her civilisation and instruction in Christianity-Her visit to England in Sequel of the history of Opechancanough-The great massacre of Summary account of the Five Nations-Anecdotes of the Onondaga chief, Garangula-History of the Five Nations continued to the The Five Nations continued-Remarks on their oratory-Circum- stances favorable to it-Account of a council of the confederates at |