Narrative of the capture and providential escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall
Subtitle: two respectable young women (sisters) of the ages of 16 and 18, who were taken prisoners by the savages, at a frontier settlement, near Indian Creek, in May last ... : Likewise is added the interesting narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, who fell into the hands of the merciless savages ...
By: communicated by persons of respectability [l]iving in the neigborhood of the captives.
Contributors: Edwards, William P.
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1833
Place of publication: [New York?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Munson, Rachel Hall, d. 1870; Horn, Sylvia Hall, 1813-1899; Brigdon, Philip; Indian captivities -- Illinois; Sauk Indians -- Captivities; Fox Indians -- Captivities; Black Hawk War, 1832; Illinois -- Biography; Kentucky -- Biography
Other titles: War and pestilence.
Notes: Cover title: War and pestilence! Capture of two young ladies by the savages...
Illustrated covers.
Copyrighted in 1832 by William P. Edwards.
The real names of the two girls were Rachel Hall (afterwards Mrs. Munson) and Sylvia Hall (afterwards Mrs. Horn). Cf. Baldwin, Hist. of La Salle County, Ill., 1877, p. 95-104.