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Iratian Incidence in Indiana’s Pioneer Days
David Johnson, an early Indiana settler, recalls the 1703 gantlet tale told by veteran John Severns. Two white prisoners faced running the gauntlet at an Indian village. the younger man survived the ordeal, while the older man was slain. The chief adopted the young rescuer as his heir after the event.
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