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Title: Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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untry, we cannot but regret the peculiarcircumstances which led to the general havoc here. Historians have gleaned such glowing descriptionsfrom those who were either witnesses or participantsin these stirring scenes, that we cannot fail to bemoved by them. The night surprise, in the woods, near Black Rock,when the American troops were suddenly greeted byambushed Britons: the rout which followed whenthe terrified horsemen dashed back in retreat throughthe ranks of the infantry, demoralizing them in turn,is so vividly drawn that it has the reality of later times.Afterwards wdien the alarmed people heard the crythat the British were coming, and we see them in con-fused masses trying to escape with their householdgoods, we sympathize with their terror as they saw inthe distance the dreaded Indian jogging towards themwith club and hatchet. It was then that Job Hoysington, who was withone of the retreating parties, lingered behind his com-panions, saying that he would have one more shot at
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THREE BA YS A T B UFF. \L0. ) 95 the Red Skins.^ He evidently did luive the covetedeliance, and so did the enemy, for when the snowmelted in the spring the brave fellow was fonnd withhis empty musket at his side, and a bullet throughhis brain. The work of vengeance had been completedwith the scalping-knife. At the corner of jNIain andNiagara streets an old twelve-pounder stood. As theimposing column of Britisli infantry were advanc-ing upon the town, a patriotic citizen had the gunmounted and two shots fired into the ranks. Heafterwards met the enemy with a flag of truce—ahandkerchief tied to his cane—and requested a halt. This was granted, and a parley begun, while thetownspeople were escaping. The firing of the houses and the plundering ofthem by the Indians followed. Buffalo rose, however,from her ashes full of new life and ambition, andmuch improved in appearance. Her firesides wereagain the scene of happy security, and her women,lately fugitives, fleeing in terror from fire a

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