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The Life and Bloodthirst of Lewis Wetzel
A fragmented recount of Lewis Wetzel born in Virginia who moved to Wheeling, grew famed as an Indian fighter known as The Death Wind. It relates brutal frontier events, Wetzel’s captivation of his brother, ambush escapes, and his later notoriety for killing Native Americans, ending with his death in 1808.
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