French and Indian Cruelty Exemplified in the Life and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune, of Peter Williamson, a Disbanded Soldier (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from French and Indian Cruelty: Exemplified in the Life and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune, of Peter Williamson, a Disbanded Soldier The Wind at length rabated, and the Captain (unwilling to lofe all his Cargo) about to o'clock, lent fome of his Crew in a Boat to the Ship's Side to bring us on Shore, where we lay, in a Sort ofa Camp, made of the Sails of the Veilel, and fuch other Things as they could get. Theprovifions la ed us 'till we were taken in by a Veflel bound tofl'bilddelpbia; lying on this wand, as well as I' can recolleel, near three Weeks. Very little of the Cargo was faved'undamaged, andithe vettel, tho' repaired as well as the Hands were able, was never fit for Sea again. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."