# Strange Stories of Colonial Days Author: Various Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34536 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Strange+Stories+of+Colonial+Days+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary These pictures of Colonial life and adventure make up a panorama which extends from Powhatan and John Smith, in the days of the Jamestown colony, to Pontiac's attempt upon Detroit in the period which preceded the Revolution. Here one may read stories which are strange indeed, of King Philip's War in New England, of a Dutch hero's exploit on the shores of Long Island Sound, of conflicts with the fierce Iroquois in the North, of a young New Englander's successful treasure-hunt, and of famous or infamous pirates of Colonial times. They carry the reader from a boy's defence of Fort George in Nova Scotia to battle against the Natchez at an advance post of the Louisiana colony. For the most par... ## Chapters - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/strange-stories-of-colonial-days-34536/chapters/10/index.md)