. Papiere und Aufzeichnungen der Wentworth Historical Society . , Esquire, der dieses Leben am 16. Februar 1842 trennte, 80 Jahre und 7 Monate alt, der erste Siedler am Kopf des Sees. Herr Robert Land war sicherlich einer der ersten Siedler am Head of the Lake, wenn nicht sogar der erste.EIN sehr interessanter und romantischer Vorfall wird in Verbindung mit seiner Erfahrung im kanadischen Pionierleben verwandt. Sein earlyhome war auf den Ufern des Delaware Flusses, als travel thir-teen Kolonien ihre Loyalität zur britischen Krone abwarfen, sich in die Republik von t anderenkte

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. Papers and records of the Wentworth Historical Society . , Esquire, who de-parted this life on the 16th day of February, 1842, aged 80years and 7 months, —the first settler at the Head of the Lake. Mr. Robert Land was certainly among the very earliestsettlers at the Head of the Lake, if not actually the first.A very interesting- and romantic incident is related in connec-tion with his experience in Canadian pioneer life. His earlyhome was on the banks of the Delaware river, when the thir-teen colonies cast off their allegiance to the British crown, anderected themselves into the Republic of the United States.Cherishing the name of Briton as an honorable birthright, andbeing loyal to king and country, he cast in his lot with theBritish. Naturally of a courageous disposition, and filled witha spirit of daring, he was frequently selected as the bearer ofimportant despatches. One night while engaged in thisdangerous duty he was fired at by the enemy. A partiallyspent musket ball struck him. The wound thus inflicted pre- COUNTY OF WENTWORTH, V). COL. ROBERT LAND. 50 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE vented him from reaching his home. He was forced to con-ceal himself in a thicket of underbrush, where he remained allnight. As soon as he had regained sufficient strength, he re-sumed his journey and reached his home. Here he foundnothing left but the ashes of. his cabin. His wife and childrenhad gone he knew not whither. Sorrowfully he turned fromthis sad scene, and set his face for Canada. Of that perilousjourney, its hardships, its dangers, and its privations, we shallsay nothing further than that he reached Niagara in safety, and found himself once more on British soil. For some timehe remained in this place, but not being-satisfied with his sur-roundings he determined to go still farther west. We nextfind him settled in a lonely log cabin in a small clearing on thesouthern shore of a beautiful body of water, called by theIndians, Macassa, where we shall leave him while we trac

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