 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...  The Natural and Civil History of Vermont - Page 131by Samuel Williams - 1809Full view - About this book
 | William Leete Stone - Indians of North America - 1851 - 546 pages
..." Miss 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 chil" dren, taken out of a house near Fort Edward, carried into the " woods, and there scalped and... | |
 | David Wilson - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1853 - 166 pages
...tale. " Miss McCrea, a young lady lovely to the sight, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of your army, was, with other...all treated with the same inhumanity, while quietly resting in their once happy and peaceful dwelling. The miserable fate of Miss McCrea was particularly... | |
 | William Ketchum - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1864 - 452 pages
...related : " Miss McCrea, a young lady lovely to the sight, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of your army, was with other...carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in the most horrid manner. Two parents with six children were treated with the same inhumanity, while... | |
 | William Ketchum - Buffalo (N.Y.) - 1864 - 456 pages
...related : " Miss McCrea, a young lady lovely to the sight, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of your army, was with other...carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in the most horrid manner. Two parents with six children were treated with the same inhumanity, while... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) - 1866 - 488 pages
...employed by Burgoyne ; asserted that she, with several women and children, had been taken "from the house into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in a most shocking manner;" and alleged that he had "paid the price of blood!" This letter, so untruthful and ungenerous, was condemned... | |
 | William Henry Carpenter, Timothy Shay Arthur - Vermont - 1872 - 272 pages
...prisoners. "Miss McCrea, a young lady lovely to the sight, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of your army, was, with other...carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in the most shocking manner. Two parents with their six children were all treated with the same inhumanity,... | |
 | Henry Clay Maine - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1877 - 68 pages
...: " Miss McCrea. 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 at Fort Edward, carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in the most chocking manner.... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 pages
...:— " Miss McCrea, a young lady, lovely to the sight, of virtuous character, and amiable disposition, engaged to an officer of your army, was, with other...carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in the most horrible manner. Two parents, with their six children, were treated with the same inhumanity,... | |
 | William Digby - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1887 - 452 pages
...to the sight, of virtuous character and amiable disposition, engaged to be married to an officer in your army, was with other women and children taken...carried into the woods, and there scalped and mangled in the most shocking manner. Two parents with their six children, [were] all treated with the same inhumanity... | |
 | Rufus Lincoln - United States - 1903 - 308 pages
...marred to an officer in your armey, was with other Wiming and Children taken out of a houfe near [25] near fort Edward Carried into the Woods and there Scalped and mangled in a moft Shocking manner. Two Parants with their Six Children were all treated with the Same inhumanity... | |
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