Bloody Run

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

Bloody Run, a stream which comes leaping in sparkling cascades from the hills, and affords fine trout fishing. It derives its name from the fact that, while the English had possession of the fort in 1759, a party of soldiers from the garrison went out to fish at the place represented in the picture. The hills, now cultivated, were then covered with dense forests, and afforded the Indians excellent ambush. A troop of savages, lying near, sprang silently from their covert upon the fishers, and bore off nine reeking scalps before those who escaped could reach the fort and give the alarm.

Source

Benson J. Lossing, The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851)I:94

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×2029, 4.7 MiB

Large GIF

1024×865, 305.7 KiB

Medium GIF

640×541, 131.4 KiB

Small GIF

320×270, 37.4 KiB