@book{206, keywords = {Native Americans, pioneers, traders, Henry Bouquet (1719-65), George Croghan (c. 1718-82), Black Boys Rebellion}, author = {Neil H. [Harmon] Swanson}, title = {The Silent Drum}, abstract = {Frederic Van Buren is a Dutch indentured servant who escaped from Ft. Pitt and was adopted by Indians. Frederic later joins the Black Boys—Western Pennsylvania farmers with blackened faces and dressed like Indians—in their rebellion against the British.}, year = {1940}, pages = {507 p.}, publisher = {Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.}, address = {New York}, language = {English}, }