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Cannons, Cattle, and Campfires

By John L Moore
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By John L Moore
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Author John L. Moore serves up a miscellany of fascinating depictions of obscure but authentic people and situations in this non-fiction book about the Pennsylvania Frontier between 1743 and 1778.

We meet Sassoonan, an elderly Delaware Indian chief who lived at the Forks of the Susquehanna River. His position made him custodian of the tribal records, which consisted of belts of wampum. Wampum was also a form of currency, and Sassoonan regularly used this wampum to buy rum from the traders wh...

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HistoryBiographyUnited States HistoryPeoples & Cultures - BiographyUnited States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic RegionColonial Era - United States HistoryAmericans - Regional BiographyPennsylvania - State & Local HistoryAmerican Colonial History - State & Local HistoryPennsylvania - Regional Biography