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"The Paschal of the Great Pinch" is an extract from the hitherto unknown memoirs of the Chevalier de Trey- gay, of Fort Denonvile ( now called Niagara), in 1087, and With Bolton at Fort Niagara," gives an interesting epi- sode in the life of Lieut. Col. Mason Bolton, of the 34th Royal Artillery.
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Leeth's narrative is from every viewpoint well worth the reprinting. The introduction by Dr. Thwaites is lengthy and lucid, giving all particulars concerning the old fur trader and his Indian experiences. The hero him- self was in his seventy-seventh year when these recollec- tions were reduced to writing by Jeffries and his memory was unusually accurate for a man of his humble walk in life. The story is on the whole an accurate matter of fact recital of the often thrilling personal experiences of a typical trader and hunter in the then Indian Territory of Pennsylvania and Ohio-his numerous expeditions, his intimate relations with the savages; and his captivity and life in their camps, chiefly during the stirring period be- tween 1774 and 1790.
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The excessively rare original tract, consisting of twenty-four pages, was first published in Boston, one year after the death of How, which event occurred while he was a prisoner at Quebec. It is now reprinted for the first time vebatim et literatim et punctuatim, from a fine uncut copy (the Brinley) in the New York Public Library, with a lengthy and complete introduction, valuable foot- notes and an index.
Mr. Paltsits has also supplied with the above, a gene- alogy of the author and brought to light many hidden facts which, though known, have not heretofore been authenticated, explaining and pointing out vagaries in New England and specially Vermont history, which will be of incalculable assistance to the future worker in this field. A facsimile of the orginal title-page is included. Nehemiah How was born in 1693 at Marlborough. Mass., and died while captive in Quebec, May 25, 1747. His nar- rative abounds in interest and is both lucid and accurately written. As a contemporary view of New England and southeastern Canada, it is of great value.
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"A diary of the twenty-eight pages, meager in his- torical material but worthy of a reprint because of its rarity."-Amer. Hist. Review.
Opinion in a letter from Prof. William F. Ganong, Smith College, Northampton. Moss .: "I have read it through with care and deep interest, -the latter arising in part from the narrative itself and in part from the way in which the subject is handled, and clarified by the editor. The whole work seems to me just a model of what such a work ought to be-not only in the editing, but also in the form and typography, including the very copious index." -Signed.
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Although considerably shorter than many of the nar- ratives offered from time to time by the early pioneers, this volume has many features which commend its peru- sal and which are of value and interest to the general reader as well as the student. During 1780, at the age of twenty-one years, Charles Johnston left a point near Petersburg, Virginia, for the State of Kentucky for the purpose of taking some depositions. His capture by the Indians took place during the summer of the year men- tioned, and he was taken into the present State of Ohio and there kept prisoner until ransomed by a French Trader from Detroit. Eventually he made his way back to Virginia by way of New York. Some interesting inter- national questions of that day touching upon the reten- tion of American forts by the British, are fully and care- fully treated. The sum paid for Johnson's release was eventually returned to the French trader by the United States Government. This book is fully annotated, the identifications of all proper names carefully attended to, and full explanations given by Professor Sparks, of the University of Chicago, author of "The Expansions of the American People", "Formative Incidents in American Dip- lomacy ", etc., etc.
Other volumes in this series will be announced later, and will probably deal more especially with the western country as we know it today, the Rockies and the Pacific coast.
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