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Title Loren L. Williams journals, 1851-1880

Creator Williams, Loren L., 1828-1881

Date 1851-1880

Place United States--West

Language English

Subjects Frontier and pioneer life, Indians of North America, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Extent 0.6 linear feet (5 volumes in 2 boxes)

Format Correspondence, Maps, Clippings

User-Contributed Transcription 79to bring myself in reach of some of them near enough to strike, but whenever a movement was made in any direction whatever, the Indians before me would swiftly glide away from me keeping just out of my reach. and while my attention was thus attracted all the others were firing at me from the sides & rear Feeling much more disheartened than ever I turned my face towards the timber and run for dear life, without any hope whatever of even reaching it, feeling that I had already recieved [sic] a mortal wound but was yet alive. and to say the least I had a desire to escape if possible and die in quiet under some tree in the forest near by I was chased furiously for some distance, in this manner. a perfect string of Arrows flying at me from every side, many of them sticking in me and others penetrating my clothes or glancing from off the different parts of the person, but as

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Call Number VAULT folio Graff 4683

BibID 991560848805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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