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CHAPTER I
Chronology of county boundaries • Capt. James Smith’s tale
of captivity with the Indians
• Herman Husband arrives on doorstep of his old friend, Samuel Gilpin,
in Cecil County, Maryland, in 1771 • Husband sets out to find the camp
of Isaac Cox.
CHAPTER II
Husband follows Braddock’s road to Cumberland, then plunges
into the trackless wilderness, without a weapon in hand • Arrives
at settlement of Buffalo Creek south of Berlin and spends the night.
CHAPTER III
After spending two nights at Buffalo Creek, he resumes his search for Cox’s
camp
• Spends next night under the stars • Travels across big glade south
of what would become Somerset.
CHAPTER IV
A clump of trees destitute of foliage (girdled trees) is first sign of hunter’s
camp
• Husband makes himself at home in what turns out to be William Sparks’ camp,
the hunter being absent • Sparks returns to find his uninvited guest.
CHAPTER V
Husband spends a week with Sparks, exploring the countryside • Finds
Cox’s camp three miles northwest of Somerset • Boyhood friends
are reunited.
CHAPTER VI
Husband explains his new "name" as Toscape • Sparks and Cox
reject that in favor of the "Quaker" • Builds a cabin for the
winter • Visits Bedford and learns that new county is being formed.
CHAPTER VII
Husband buys Sparks "improvement" • Cox sells out to John Vansell
because he believes things will get too crowded with the formation of new county.
CHAPTER VIII
News from North Carolina about Husband’s family and that he has been
pardoned
• Husband buys Cox’s camp from Vansell • Penrod and Vansell
encounter very large bear
• Sparks announces he is going to get married.
CHAPTER IX
Penrod and Vansell plan to play trick on the "Quaker" but it backfires • Spring
arrives and the hunters leave for trading points, leaving the Quaker alone
in the wilderness • Sparks returns with his wife and news that Husband’s
family has relocated from North Carolina to Maryland.
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CHAPTER X
Husband leaves for Hagerstown and reunites with his family after a year and
a half • He gives them "an unvarnished account" of life in
the wilderness • A two-week journey back brings Husband and family
to his camp • Spring of 1773 brings an influx of new settlers.
CHAPTER XI
Wolves and bears attack the swine • Sparks sells out to Husband • Many
land warrants issued between 1773 and 1776 • Indian alarms make travel
risky • Settlement is in need of a mill to grind grain.
CHAPTER XII
Deer herds dwindle, making wild beasts very daring • Husband visits Baltimore
in 1775
• Irish Jimmy returns with him to the settlement • Jimmy has short
tenure as teacher
• Drafting of ablest men to fight in the Revolutionary War leaves settlement
in weak and defenseless condition • Fear of Indian massacres and pillaging
pervades the minds of the settlers.
CHAPTER XIII
Indians try to capture James Wells, but he escapes • Families gather
into best places of defense • Many depart for safer places in Bedford,
etc. • Old Indian explains effort to capture Wells.
CHAPTER XIV
Wolves become numerous and daring, resulting in a bounty on them • Letter
to Provincial council in 1777 describes ravages committed by Indians • Another
letter in 1778 pleads for assistance.
CHAPTER XV
Lieut. Piper writes to the Supreme Executive Council about Tories joining with
the Indians • Gen. Armstrong asks General Assembly for help in locating
lead mine • Gen. Roberdeau petitions for supplies to open lead mine.
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CHAPTER XVI
Roberdeau writes of finding a new vein of lead, but has need of more men • Primitive
furniture and kitchen utensils described o Doddridge recounts his first encounter
with coffee and a house not built of logs.
CHAPTER XVII
A mill is erected in Jefferson Township • Irish Jimmy’s homemade
wooden compass leads him "home" • Renegade Girty menaces settlements • Letters
describe dire need for more troops to defend frontier settlements.
CHAPTER XVIII
Despite promises, frontier settlements remain without supplies to defend themselves • Hannastown
is destroyed • Joseph Ankeny describes his family’s arrival in
1772 and visits with Harman Husband • Stockades are built to fend off
Indian attacks • Snowstorm lasts 40 days and leaves 4-5 feet of snow
on the ground.
CHAPTER XIX
George Woods describes the condition of the frontier in 1779 • Big
snow prevents more Indian attacks • Indians kill 20 settlers • Col.
Piper writes for more help.
CHAPTER XX
Col. Piper reports extortions and illegal demands made on frontier inhabitants • Indian
attacks and massacres are frequent in 1782–1783 • Destruction of
Hannastown detailed • Small child survives Indian attack.
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CHAPTER XXI
Frontier settlements mostly abandoned after destruction of Hannastown • Settlers
flee Somerset County area in 1782, leaving much behind.
CHAPTER XXII
Husband goes to Cumberland to bring family back • Account of wild hogs
fending off a wolf.
CHAPTER XXIII
Mrs. Ferner recounts arrival in 1784 • First wagon arrives in the settlement • Rats
descend on settlement • Salt licks described • George Bruner’s
close encounter with a panther.
CHAPTER XXIV
History of settlement along old Forbes Road • Chronology of Indian delegation’s
trip to meet Gen. Forbes in 1758.
CHAPTER XXV
Excerpts from Mr. Post’s diary on his travels toward Philadelphia.
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CHAPTER XXVI
John Miller, known as Saucy Jack, saves the whiskey kegs when attacked by Indians
• Stonycreek settlement • Hunter named Buck eludes Indians • Casper
Statler refuses to leave his mountain-top "home."
CHAPTER XXVII
Casper Statler recounts tale of his mother’s capture by the Indians • Her
life among the Indians described • She is rescued and reunited with her
family.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Indian captives struggle with return to civilization • Mrs. Statler encounters
former captors • Lambert family arrives in Shanksville.
CHAPTER XXIX
Statler opens hotel on top of Allegheny Mountain • Robbers tracked down
and captured
• Woman’s body discovered near Buckstown • Bold black bear
raids Statler’s hogs.
CHAPTER XXX
Turkeyfoot settlement probably the first in this area • Origins of the
name "Youghiogheny" tied to Indian tale • Settlers on Indian
lands asked to leave.
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CHAPTER XXXI
Turkeyfoot settlers meet with Indians • Jersey Settlement takes shape
about 1780
• Ancient glassworks uncovered when National Road being built.
CHAPTER XXXII
A valley called "Egypt" • Blockhouse built on site of Ursina • Saltworks
provides for needs of settlers.
CHAPTER XXXIII
The streams of Brothersvalley and how they got their names • Pioneer
names of Brothersvalley settlers • Livengoods the first to bring a wagon
to this area.
CHAPTER XXXIV
Establishment of a ‘tub mill’ serves settlement well • Jacob
Countryman and Simon Hay settle in area of Blue Lick Creek.
CHAPTER XXXV
Early forts for defense against Indians described • History of settlement
of Berlin
• German emigrants arrive in Berlin.
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CHAPTER XXXVI
Lists of signers of an indenture establishing regulations under which town
of Berlin was founded • Tales of disembodied spirits • Neighbors
shovel out snow-bound mill to grind grain.
CHAPTER XXXVII
Traditional history of Middlecreek and Milford settlements • Casper Phillippi’s
escape from slaughter of Braddock’s Expedition • John Dull’s
encounter with a panther • Wolves roam Middlecreek hills and attack cattle • Michael
Sanner was an expert with a long whip.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Story of Rachael Houser’s capture by Indians • Peter Bucher always
got an elk, including the "last" one • Bucher battles with
panther for elk carcass • Stiers tackles bear with his knife.
CHAPTER XXXIX
The early life of Herman Husband • Legend of Captain Kidd’s treasurer
chests
• Husband’s first and second marriages.
CHAPTER XL
Husband’s life in North Carolina • Origins of the ‘Regulators’ • North
Carolina settlers react to passage of Stamp Act.
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CHAPTER XLI
Stamp Act repealed • Governor sets out to build grand palace.
CHAPTER XLII
New taxes arouse ire of North Carolina inhabitants • Governor dissolves
Assembly over resolutions.
CHAPTER XLIII
Conditions and events in North Carolina in the late 1760s that led Husband
to flee.
CHAPTER XLIV
Conditions and events continued: Fanning rejects Regulators’ "reasonable
requests"
• Regulators meet again and formulate series of resolutions • Fanning
blames Husband for unrest.
CHAPTER XLV
Conditions and events continued: Husband imprisoned, then set free • Three
thousand Regulators amass • Husband acquitted • Peaceable and legal
redress of grievances now utterly hopeless.
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CHAPTER XLVI
Conditions and events continued: Husband expelled from Assembly • Draconian
measures implemented to discourage Regulators • Disaffection among the
people spreads to 32 counties • Gov. Tryon marches into countryside with
an armed force to collect taxes.
CHAPTER XLVII
Conditions and events continued: ‘Sons of Liberty’ prevent
execution of Stamp Act in North Carolina • Paper circulated describing
wrongs in Granville county • Stamp Act repealed.
CHAPTER XLVIII
Conditions and events continued: Gov. Tryon prepares to confront Regulators
at Alamance who are largely unarmed • Tryon kills Thompson as battle
begins.
CHAPTER XLIX
Conditions and events continued: Capt. Mosser condemned to death • Son
pleads for father’s life • Reward offered for Husband’s capture.
CHAPTER L
Conditions and events continued: James Reel battles troops, but is captured
and hanged
• Tryon leaves and is replaced by Martin.
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CHAPTER LI
David Husband notes discrepancies and contradictions in various historical
reports relating to Herman Husband’s role in North Carolina.
CHAPTER LII
Detailed account of Herman Husband’s flight from North Carolina, including
how he masqueraded as a wandering old preacher to avoid being captured during
his travels.
CHAPTER LIII
Rev. Jesse Turner, a contemporary of Herman Husband, recounts memories of Husband’s
homestead in North Carolina • President Washington sends federal troops
to quell the whiskey insurrection in Western Pennsylvania.
CHAPTER LIV
Herman Husband is arrested for his role in insurrection and taken to Philadelphia
where he dies awaiting trial • Letter describes Husband’s efforts
to encourage insurgents to obey the government • List of those fined
for their roles in the insurrection.
CHAPTER LV
Samuel Statler reflects on events during the Whiskey Insurrection • Letter
from Herman Husband to his wife Emy while being held prisoner • His petition
to President Washington.
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CHAPTER LVI
Reminiscences about the many salt licks originally found in
the area • Account of quarrels between Tories and Whigs.
CHAPTER LVII
Isaac Husband travels down the Ohio River to Kentucky on a flatboat and returns,
encountering Indians along the way.
CHAPTER LVIII
Brunner encounters panther while hunting at night • David Harbaugh survives
blizzard
• Grandmother Husband gets lost searching for cows and spends the night
in the forest.
CHAPTER LIX
Harrowing tale of flatboat trip down the Ohio River and attacks by Indians.
CHAPTER LX
Florian Husband recalls stories told to him by his grandfather, Herman Husband.
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CHAPTER LXI
Henry J. Young relates his recollections of coming to Somerset County in 1800
• Ownership of various farms in Berlin area traced.
CHAPTER LXII
Young’s reminiscenses continued • Businesses and residences in
Berlin in late 1700s.
CHAPTER LXIII
Young’s reminiscenses continued • Volunteers summoned to serve
in War of 1812 • Names of volunteers • Details of their march to
Buffalo and their return.
CHAPTER LXIV
Company of riflemen assembled to serve in the Revolution • Names of soldiers
and where the regiment served in the conflict.
CHAPTER LXV
The Pollock murder in 1807 • Witnesses recount in great detail events
leading up to the capture of Noel Hugel and his subsequent trial.
CHAPTER LXVI
The Pollock murder continued.
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