Selinsgrove, Penna., Chronology (Volume 1); 1700-1850 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: ... SELINSGROVE, PENNA. CHRONOLOGY By WILLIAM MARION SCHNURE, B.S. FOREWARD This volume gives in outline the early history of the Forks of the Susquehanna. It embraces the present territory of Central Pennsylvania bounded by the towns of Sunbury, Northeumberland, Selinsgrove, Lewisburg, New Berlin and immediate vicinity. The years covered embrace the formative period of our nation. To the historian or student, it should reveal much of value and interest. To the citizen and patriot, it should bring an appreciation of the worth of our freedom. Unfortunately the trials of our early settlers, many of them our ancestors, can scarcely be realized by reading the scant notes herein. The Aborigines, at peace, in the land of the primeval, welcomed the white stranger to his wigwam. He put his faith in the new race. Only too soon, the encroachments followed by trickery, treachery, and then bloodshed, turned the Red Man against the White Man. Cheated by traders, robbed by schemers, misrepresented at treaties and often compelled to sign State papers, under undue and unnatural influences, the Indians soon saw his beloved Valley of the Susquehanna--The Otzinachson--slipping from his grasp forever, a legacy handed down to him by unwritten undisputated titles from generation to generation and from time unknown. Fired by the revelation of the fate in store for him, the Red Man, armed by new and powerful weapons, bartered to him by unscrupulous traders, and inflamed by the new "fire water" of the White Man, turned against the settlers, for the most part, scattered, unprotected and at peace and harmony with their new homes. The innocent suffered for the sins of the profiteer. The War Cry sounded through the forest, the Valley of the Susquehanna reeked with blood, the Penns Creek ...