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OF THE WILDERNESS;

OR,

TRUE AND AUTHENTIC NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVES,

WHO HAVE BEEN CARRIED AWAY BY THE INDIANS FROM THE VARI-
OUS FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,

FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME.

ILLUSTRATING

THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, BARBAROUS RITES AND CERE-
MONIES, OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, AND THEIR
VARIOUS METHODS OF TORTURE PRACTISED UPON
SUCH AS HAVE, FROM TIME TO TIME, FALLEN
INTO THEIR HANDS.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1839,

BY SAMUEL G. DRAKE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED BY

GEO. A. & J. CURTIS,

NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, BOSTON.