Category: Early settlers vs. native Americans

Who’s kidnapping whom? Indians and settlers mix it up

After supper they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two of the girls.

Did Jacob Snider & family live long, prosperous lives on Maryland’s Catoctin Mountain? Or were they murdered by Susquehanna Indians in 1790?

I don’t remember the names of any in these stories. The old folks used to tell us kids these tales at night as we sat before the fireplace.

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