A FULL ACCOUNT OF ITS SETTLEMENT-TRIALS AND PRIVATIONS
ENDURED BY THE FIRST PIONEERS-FULL ACCOUNTS OF

THE INDIAN WARS, PREDATORY INCURSIONS,
ABDUCTIONS, MASSACRES, &C.,

TOGETHER WITH

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAIR PLAY SYSTEM;

AND THE

Trying Scenes of the Big Runaway;

INTERSPERSED WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF THE LEADING SETTLERS, FAMILIES, ETC.,
TOGETHER WITH PERTINENT ANECDOTES, STATISTICS, AND MUCH

VALUABLE MATTER ENTIRELY NEW.

BY J. F. MEGINNESS.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY HENRY B. ASHMEAD,

GEORGE STREET ABOVE ELEVENTH.

1857.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

J. F. MEGINNESS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

HENRY B. ASHMEAD, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,

GEORGE STREET ABOVE ELEVENTH.