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Early Settlers of the Shawangunk Region. 125 no sound except the hooting of an owl in an adjacent grove of hemlocks. His vigil was becoming dull and tedious; the night was waning; he was about making preparations to go home, when pat, pat, came the sound of rapid steps, and he noticed a dark object coming up the path. Without waiting to discover what the animal was, he fired. The creature gave a howl of mingled pain and rage, rushed at the hunter furiously, and attempted to jump upon the rock where he stood. It would have reached him, and the snarling jaws would have closed upon him, only that he made a vigorous thrust with his rifle and pushed the animal back. Again and again it leaped at the man on the rock, and was as often beaten back. At last the animal, whatever it was, ran one way and the hunter the other. Warring reached home at an unexpected hour, but brought no venison. He visited the place the next morning with his boys, and ascertained by the blood and tracks around the rock that he had shot and MRS. BAILEY AND THE BEAR. wounded a very large wolf. Though wolves were very numerous at the time, it was rare that they were so pugnacious as this one showed himself to be. Another settler in the vicinity of Pleasant lake was very much annoyed with wolves. They seemed to gather at a certain pond about a mile away, and every night would make the woods ring with their howling. One day this settler slaughtered a cow, and hung up the meat in the attic of his log cabin. That night the wolves gathered in numbers under his very eaves; and the father being absent, the mother with the children went up into the attic, drawing the ladder after them, being greatly terrified as they heard the hungry beasts leaping against the door, and snarling and snapping under the windows. The first inhabitants of Sullivan had another source of annoyance—the bark roofs of their cabins could not always be depended upon. On one occasion, during the temporary absence of Nehemiah Smith from his home, there
126 Legends of the Shawangunk. occurred a great storm of wind and rain. When the storm was at its height, the roof of their house was blown away, and the family were left at the mercy of the elements. Mrs. Smith put the children where they would be partially sheltered and was diligently sweeping out the water when the neighbors came to her relief. One winter’s night the family were gathered around the ample fire-place, in which glowed a section of a tree that would have put to shame the traditional yule-logs of our British ancestors. The night was tempestuous; snow had been falling all day, and lay piled up in the woods to the depth of several feet, but within all was snug and comfortable. The labors of the day were over; the children were at their games; the older members of the family were relating Revolutionary stories and incidents of frontier experience; in short, the storm outside was unheeded, except when an unusual blast swept along, rattling the windows and floors, and screeching dismally down the chimney. The hour was approaching that the family were to retire to rest, when sounds of disintegration were heard. The roof was giving way above them. Mr. Smith slowly and cautiously ascended the ladder by which they reached the loft—stairs were a luxury unknown at that time in Sullivan county—when there came a crash! One half of the roof had slid over the outer side of the house, leaving that part of the dwelling roofless; and the other half of the roof, together with two feet of snow that had accumulated on it, had fallen in upon the puncheons of the upper floor. Had the catastrophe occurred an hour later, the rafters and snow would have fallen upon the children, whose beds were in the attic. This was an unfortunate dilemma for a stormy night, with a family of little children, and the roads impassable. Yet the family lived through it; and in after years used frequently to relate the incident to crowds of eager listeners. Jehiel Stewart was another pioneer settler of Sullivan county. He came originally from Middletown, Connecticut; he first settled in Ulster county, and after remaining about a year, he again emigrated, this time journeying over the Shawangunk mountain. He travelled down the Beaverkill, crossing and recrossing that stream twenty-five times before he reached the Big Flats, where he concluded to settle. He cut his way through the woods with an axe. His family and household goods he transported on ox-sleds, driving his stock before him as he progressed. He camped out each night, improvising some tents to protect them from the night air and from the rain. One evening after he had located his encampment and made preparations for the night, he found that his cows were missing. Mounting a rock near by, he saw some animals at a distance quietly feeding in a small opening, which he supposed to be the missing cows. He called to his children to go after them; but as the children approached the opening, the animals winded them and ran off, making a peculiar rattling noise with their hoofs as they ran. They proved to be a drove of elk. It was during this journey that his little daughter got lost in the woods.
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L E G E N D S OF THE S H A W A N G
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P R E F A C E . WHEN for the first
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Preface. v established fact and dim
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C O N T E N T S . PAGE The Shawangu
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LEGENDS OF THE SHAWANGUNK. THE SHAW
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The Shawangunk and its Environs. 3
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The Shawangunk and its Environs. 5
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The Delawares. 7 nation. He indiscr
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The Delawares. 9 The Mengwe, thus l
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The Delawares. 11 him to be under t
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The Delawares. 13 of the French and
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The First Esopus War. 15 THE FIRST
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The First Esopus War. 17 savage in
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The First Esopus War. 19 “Each wa
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The First Esopus War. 21 “Being i
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The First Esopus War. 23 let us go
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The Second Esopus War. 25 THE SECON
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The Second Esopus War. 27 who had c
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The Second Esopus War. 29 burnt. Ab
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The Esopus Mutiny. 31 and thrown aw
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The War With the Jerseymen. 33 appo
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The War With the Jerseymen. 35 in a
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The Mastodon. 37 anger when excited
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The Mastodon. 39 best; but with com
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Catherine DuBois. 41 when the inhab
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Catherine DuBois. 43 dwellings. Ten
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Greycourt Inn. 45 While thus they s
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Greycourt Inn. 47 feel the promptin
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Minisink Battle. 49 MINISINK BATTLE
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Minisink Battle. 51 strongest men,
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Minisink Battle. 53 west side, wher
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Minisink Battle. 55 near a small ma
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Brant and the School-Girls. 57 The
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Brant and the School-Girls. 59 Majo
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Claudius Smith; or the Orange Count
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Claudius Smith; or the Orange Count
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Edward Roblin. 65 they were afraid
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Edward Roblin. 67 consolate and inc
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Lieutenant Burt. 69 them being of a
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The Dubois Homestead. 71 remains of
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Massacre at Fantinekill 73 soiled b
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Massacre at Fantinekill 75 on eithe
Page 92 and 93: Burning of Wawarsing. 77 patrol the
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Page 98 and 99: Burning of Wawarsing. 83 who immedi
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Page 106 and 107: Polly Tidd. 91 was no doubt the res
Page 108 and 109: Polly Tidd. 93 Their pace until the
Page 110 and 111: Captivity of Mrs. Coleman. 95 over
Page 114 and 115: Captivity of Mrs.Coleman. 97 horror
Page 116 and 117: Phebe Reynolds and the Tories. 99 P
Page 118 and 119: Phebe Reynolds and the Tories. 101
Page 120 and 121: Miss Land’s Midnight Journey. 103
Page 122 and 123: The Tories After the Revolution. 10
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Page 126 and 127: Tom Quick, the Indian Slayer. 109 r
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Page 130 and 131: Tom Quick and the Indian Muskwink.
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Page 186 and 187: Shanks Ben. 163 the mountain, where
Page 188 and 189: Facts and Fancies. 165 FACTS AND FA
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