TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I

First Permanent Settlement in the Trans-Allegheny. Pringle Brothers of the Sycamore     Their History     Fugitives and Hunters        Employed by Simpson the Trapper     Brings Settlers to the Buckhannon Valley. Jesse Hughes the Indian Fighter     Nationality     Personal Appearance     Dress and Habits. Other Settlers, Hunters and Explorers     What Became of Them?     Military Records.

Notes     South Branch of the Potomac.     Indian Names:     Delaware,    Shawnee,     Iroquois. Monongahela, Meaning of. The Pringle Sycamore. The Hunting Shirt.

Chapter II

Dearth of the Written Record. Withers' Recognized,Authority. Fragmentary Narrative. Who Wrote Border Warfare?        Authorship Disputed. Claim of William Hacker and William Powers     Were They Wronged of Title? Powers Commander of Scouts     His Ability as Chronicler     Achievements of Hacker   -His Education. Partisan Writers Unjust to the Indian. Incidents in Modern Border Wars     Suppressing Facts.

Notes     The Hacker Family. Captivity of Mrs. Cunningham. Simon Girty. The Bonnetts as Indian Spies. Other Scouts. Military Records. Fraudulent Pension Claims.

Chapter III

Printed Record of Jesse Hughes     Sagacity as Scout     Fatal Ambuscade     Determining a Coward     Alone in the Wilderness     Kills an Indian     The Turkey Decoy    Is the Hughes Turkey Story a Myth?

Notes     Tragedies     Capt. Shaylor at Fort Jefferson.

Chapter IV

The Hughes Family     Birth Place        Traditions of Jesse     Father Killed     A Deadly Vow. Thomas Hughes Lieut, of Scouts     Bravery of     His Pathetic Death     A Country's Ingratitude. Other Hughes. Dogs in Indian Warfare. Marriage of Jesse     A Noble Wife     Settles on Hacker's Creek     Cabin in the Wilderness     A Dangerous Bed-fellow     Poisonous Reptiles     Jesse Shoots an Indian Hunter.

Notes     Woodson's Memoranda of the Hughes Family in Powhatan Co., Virginia. French Huguenots. Lowther Killed. The Washburn Family. Tragedies. Romance. Lewis Wetzel. McClellan the Ranger. Military Records. Singleton, Pension Agent     Unjust Ruling     Wages of Scouts     Land Laws     Tomahawk Claims     Unreliable Data of Settlements. Rattlesnakes.

Chapter V

Indian Settlements on Hacker's Creek. Discovery of Prehistoric Interest. Mysterious Finds:'   Village Sites     Unusual Remains     Burial Grounds     Mounds     Ancient Art     Indian Fields     Ash Circles.

Notes     Superstitions     Buried Treasure     Ghost Stories.