A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family: Who Were Surprised by the Indians, and Taken From Their Farms, on the Frontiers of Pennsylvania, in the Spring, 1780 (Cl

Excerpt from A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and His Family: Who Were Surprised by the Indians, and Taken From Their Farms, on the Frontiers of Pennsylvania, in the Spring, 1780To be cafi into the Power of Savages, who, from Infancy, are taught ahardnefs of Heart, which deprives them of the common Feel ings of Humanity, is enough to intimidate the firmeit Mind: But when we hear of help lefs Women and Children torn from their Homes, and dragged into the Wildernefs, we {{hudder at the Thought, and are bound to acknowledge our infinite Obligations to the Almighty, that we are fo much more en'hghtened than thefe unhappy Wretches of the Defert; to mofi of whom, the 'glad-ti dings of the Gofpel remains yet to be pro claimed Glory to God in the Highefi; on Earth Peace and good Will to Men.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.