Early History of Hanover College (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Early History of Hanover CollegeNot long after the Captain's family had taken their place in the stockade, something was wanted from the home. The Captain's eldest son, a little boy about six years of age, was sent over for it, with a colored boy somewhat older - Ike - whom many here knew as a man. There were no locks to doors in thisregion at that time. In case a cabin was to be vacated, a small boy, if one were handy. Was left inside to fasten the door when the rest of the family had gone out. This he did by putting a wooden pin obliquely in an augur hole in the door-frame and then climbed out a small window. The process had to be reversed to open the door. On this occasion, when Ike was pushing my brother through the window to Open the door, he heard a noise in the bushes near by, and his mind being filled with the fear of Indians, he hurriedly thrust. The little fellow through the window and took to his heels. My brother fell on his forehead upon the puncheon ¿oor and received an injurv from which he never fully recovered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.