History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley: Embracing an Account of the Early Pioneers, and the Trials and Privations Incident to the Settlement of the Valley, Predatory Incursions, Massacres, and Abductions by the Indians during the French an…

440 pp. Woodcut plates throughout, maps on endpapers. Originally published in 1856 without plates, the 1889 edition added them, and this edition reproduces the plates found in that edition. An extensive history of Juniata Valley including descriptions of the local tribal peoples, early settlers, the French & Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and important families of the area. Sabin 36618. Howes J-244.