Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV * Iiife of Hi-ok-a-too, half-brother of Farmer's Brother--Naturally cruel -- Inroad upon the Catawbas in Tennessee -- Present at Braddock's defeat -- Battle of Fort Freeland -- Expedition to Cherry Valley -- His barbarity -- Battle at Upper Sandusky -- Colonel Crawford taken, and burned at the stake -- Dr. Knight's escape -- Hi-ok-a-too leads a war-party against the Cherokees -- His personal appearance -- Dies of old age. Hiokatoo was born on the banks of the Susquehanna, in the year 1708, in one of the tribes of the Senecas which inhabited that region at the time of his birth. He was own cousin to Farmer's Brother, a chief "who had been justly celebrated for his worth. Their mothers were sisters, and it was through the influence of Farmer's Bro ther that I became Hiokatoo's wife. In early life he showed signs of thirst for blood, by at tending only to the art of war, in the use of the tomahawk and scalping-knife, and in practicing cruelties upon everything that chanced to fall into his hands which was susceptible of pain. In that way he learned to use his implements of war effectually, and at the same time blunted all those finer feelings and tender sympathies that are naturally excited by hearing or seeing a fellow-being in distress. He could inflict the most excruciating tortures upon his enemies, and prided himself upon his fortitude in having performed the most barbarous ceremonies and tortures without the least degree of pity or remorse. Thus qualified, when very young he was initiated into scenes of carnage by being engaged in the wars that prevailed among the Indian tribes. * This chapter was added by Ebenezer Mix, When he was a young man, there lived in the same tribe with him an old Indian warrior who was a great...