M'Crea, a young lady, lovely to the sight, of virtuous character, and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of your army, was, with other women and children, taken out of a house near fort Edward, carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled... An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo: With Some Account of Its ... - Page 295by William Ketchum - 1864Full view - About this book
| John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1777 - 582 pages
...Mifs M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to " the fight, of virtuous character, and amik « able difpofition, engaged to an officer of " your army, was, with other women and « children, taken out of a houfe near Fort " Edward, carried into the woods, and there " fcalped and mangled in a moft fhocking... | |
| John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1786 - 460 pages
..." Mifs M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to the fight, of " virtuous character, and amiable difpofition, engaged ** to an officer of your army, was, with other women *' and children, taken out of a houfe near Fort Edff ward, carried into the woods, and there fcalped and " mangled in a moft ihocking... | |
| William Gordon - United States - 1788 - 816 pages
...faying, " Mifs M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to the fight, of virtuous character, and amiable difpofition, engaged to an officer of your army, was, with other women and children, taken out of a houfe near Fort Edward, carried into the woods, and there fcalped and mangled in a moft fhocking manner.... | |
| William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...Indian cruelties, which he imputed to Burgoyne, saying, " Miss M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to the sigkt, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged...women and children, taken out of a house near fort Kdward, carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in a most shocking manner. Two parents... | |
| William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...charge, and then retorted the Indian cruelties, which he imputed to Buvgoyne, saying, " Miss M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to the sight, of virtuous character...officer of your army, was with other women and children, takea out of a house near Fort Edward, carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in a most... | |
| Samuel Williams - Natural history - 1809 - 496 pages
...' authenticated facts shall in every Gazette, con' firm the truth of the horrid tale. ' Miss M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to the ' sight, of virtuous character, and amiable dis' position, engaged to an officer of your army, ' was, with other women and children, taken * out... | |
| John Burk - Virginia - 1816 - 574 pages
...heart-rending instance. This melancholy fact, we will relate in the words of General Gates. " Miss M'Crae, a young Lady, lovely to the sight, of virtuous character,...and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of the Royal army, was, with other women and children, taken out of a house near Fort Edward, and there... | |
| W. D. Cooper - Greece - 1818 - 314 pages
...of virtuous character, and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer in your army, was, with othe* women and children, taken out of a house near fort Edward, carried into the woods, and there murdered and mangled, in a most shocking manner. Two parents, with their sis children, were all scalped... | |
| Reuben Sears - Ballston Spa (N.Y.) - 1819 - 118 pages
...histories of those times. Gen. Gates, in his letter to General Burgoyne, thus speaks : " Miss M'Rea, a young lady, lovely to the sight, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer in your army, was, with other women and children, taken out of a house near Fort Edward, carried into... | |
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