Peril and Possibilities in the Early American West
“Two young men of uncommon knowledge”
Antoine Francois Saugrain, French-born scientist, physician, and settler in the early trans-Allegheny West.
Dr. Saugrain provided a rare first-hand account of an attack on his flatboat by Northwest Indian Federation warriors. See end note for the book’s Introduction, page xviii, par. 2, lines 6-7.