Magazine of Western History

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Excerpt from Magazine of Western History: Illustrated, November 1888In 1783 General Lincoln writes as fol lows In the northern parts Of Penn sylvania there is a creek called Oil creek, which empties itself into the Allegheny river, issuing from a spring, on the top Of which ¿oats an oil, Similar to what is called Barbadoes' tar, and from which may be collected by one man several gal lons in a day. The troops, in marching that way, halted at the spring, collected the Oil and bathed their joints with it. This gave them great relief, and freed them immediately from the rheumatic complaints with which many Of them were affected.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.