Joanne- Check Samuel Kercheval's "History of the Valley"- There's a lot on Indian raids and captives in it-Barrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "qvarizona" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:06 AM Subject: [VA-HIST] Col. Henry Bouquet and the Virginia Independents of 1764 > This is a similar posting of one I made on <[log in to unmask]> > > Listers, > > I'm hoping to find the names of the men who made up the "Virginia > Independents" and joined Col. Henry Bouquet's Expedition against the > Indians in 1764. The expedition was somewhat successful in convincing the > Delaware, Shawnee and other tribes to bring in their hostages. > I'm also looking for a list --partial or full- of the 200+ hostages the > tribes brought in to the temporary housing built by Bouquet's men. > > I have the info from Terry Gruber's sites and have scanned several > documents at American Memory (Lib. of Congress), and a small book by Wm > Henry Engle, "An Illustrated HIstory of the Commonwealth of Penn. > (Harrisonburg, 1876), but only Terry gives some names, and they are > limited to a small number of the hostages. > > In Chalkley's "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish" is at least one reference > to a man from VA --John Warrick-- receiving 50 acres for his participation > in the Bouquet Expedtition. I know Col. Bouquet's papers and other > material is available, and hoping someone is familiar with them and found > the names of men in the VA Independents and hopefully, more names of the > hostages rescued. > > Any indoemation or suggestions much appreciated. > > > Joanne > > > > > --------------------------------- > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html