![]() ![]() ![]() Barbara is taken deep into the wilderness, but holds on to the hope that she will find her little sister. Regina makes a promise to her older sister just before they are unwillingly separated - each to endure different fates. Few survived the Penn's Creek Massacre and even fewer lived to tell the story. On October 16, 1755, a band of Indians, led by Allegheny warriors, stormed through Buffalo Valley, burned the Leiningers' log cabin, and captured the sisters. ![]() General Braddock and his army had been defeated and soon the Pennsylvania settlers would suffer the bloody effects of the French and Indian War. On this particular day the whole valley seemed to rejoice in the fullness of the season - but suddenly Barbara and Regina's peaceful frontier life is changed forever. 203 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cmĪutumn of 1755 bestowed to the Leiningers' world, not only its rich beauties, but also a rewarding harvest. ![]()
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