Unworthy History

In this episode we read from the 1910 book by William Elsey Connelley: "Eastern Kentucky papers; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian Captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration of the Big Sandy Valley in the Virginias and Kentucky . Support our channel by becoming a Patreon member: patreon.com/unworthyhistory/membership Or, by shopping at our merch store: https://unworthy-history-store.creator-spring.com/listing/unworthy-history-logo?product=46&variation=2745&size=423 Also visit our website: unworthyhistory.com

In this episode, we read from Robert Cornelius V. Meyer's Book "The Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel," published all the way back in 1890. This story is about a Mingo Iroquois Chief Logan whose family was massacred by General Cresap in the Yellow Creek Massacre in 1774, and about Martin Wetzel who was captured by Shawnee Chief Cornstalk's tribe. A recent video about Lewis Wetzel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_hJ92K38I Support our channel by shopping at our merch store: https://unworthy-history-store.creator-spring.com/listing/unworthy-history-logo?product=46&variation=2745&size=423 Also visit our website: unworthyhistory.com

In this episode we read from Indian Depredations in Texas, by J.W. Wilbarger, published all the way back in 1889. This is a story about Republic of Texas, American, Mexican, and Comanche forces converging near the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, in present day Kansas and Colorado, in 1843. Support our channel by shopping at our merch store: https://unworthy-history-store.creator-spring.com/listing/unworthy-history-logo?product=46&variation=2745&size=423 Also visit our website: unworthyhistory.com

In this episode we read from "Heroism of Hannah Duston: Together with the Indian Wars of New England" by Robert Boodey Caverly, published in 1875. Support our channel by shopping at our merch store: https://unworthy-history-store.creator-spring.com/listing/unworthy-history-logo?product=46&variation=2745&size=423 Also visit our website: unworthyhistory.com

In this episode, we read from Robert Cornelius V. Meyer's Book "The Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel," published all the way back in 1890. This book provides a very different account of the death of Lewis' father, John Wetzel than the book "History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of West Virginia," by Wills De Hass, published in 1851, which we read from in a recent video about Lewis Wetzel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL_hJ92K38I Support our channel by shopping at our merch store: https://unworthy-history-store.creator-spring.com/listing/unworthy-history-logo?product=46&variation=2745&size=423