A True History of the Three Brave Indian Spies, John Cherry, Andrew and Adam Poe, Who Wiped Out Big Foot and His Two Brothers, Styled Sons of the Half King (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

A. W. Poe

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ISBN 10 : 1332207197 ISBN 13 : 9781332207190

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Excerpt from A True History of the Three Brave Indian Spies, John Cherry, Andrew and Adam Poe, Who Wiped Out Big Foot and His Two Brothers, Styled Sons of the Half King

Under King George's rule of the colonies it was customary for emigrants on the other side of the Atlantic ocean to agree with the ship's captain to sell their time, when arriving in this country, for their passage. The city of Baltimore was his market for the product of his mills. On one of his trips to the city, he bought the time of an Irishman and his wife, they being entirely subject to the purchaser's orders and plans of work they were called upon to perform. Every time the Irishman could get at whisky he would get drunk and abuse his wife. The old German was of the same opinion as the writer, that any man who would whip his wife ought to be horse-whipped. Poe, being a powerful man in strength, took a switch and, it is said, gave him a complete whipping. Poe having his own teams to do his transportation, and the Irishman being one of the drivers, the latter managed to get his wagon loaded first, and while loading had concealed a rifle in his wagon, with which he shot Poe as the latter passed his team. When the other teams came up they found Poe dead in the road, and the Irishman gone. He had made good his escape, never to be heard of afterwards.

Poe, being a widower at the time of his death, under the English law that ruled the colonies, the whole estate fell into George's hands, he being the oldest son. Poe having four children. The others were named as follows: Andrew, Kate, and Adam - the writer's grandfather. Some time after the estate fell into George's hands, Andrew thought George was getting a little despotic, and concluded to go to the frontier. He heard of a settlement West of the Allegheny mountains, in the forks of the Yough, now known as the Youghigheny. The settlement was located between West Newton, on the Yough, and the town of Elizabeth, on the Monongahela river,…

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332207197
• ISBN 13: 9781332207190
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 27
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