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Pioneer life, or, Thirty years a hunter being scenes and adventures in the life of Philip Tome, fifteen years interpreter for Cornplanter and Gov. Blacksnake, chiefs on the Allegany River.

The story of a western Pennsylvania settler, farmer, and hunter Fire hunting, stalking, hounding, and stand hunting for white-tailed deer and elk Known as the Pine Creek deerslayer of the Alleghenies, Philip Tome was a pioneer farmer who turned to deer hunting for survival. Hunting the headwaters of the Pine, Kettle, Sinnemahoning, and Allegheny Rivers, he shot with a .45 caliber Kentucky-style Flintlock rifle and practiced fire hunting, stalking, hounding, and stand hunting over salt licks. He also captured elk and hunted panthers and bears.

Philip Tome (1782-1855) was born in Dauphin County, Pa., and died in Warren County, Pa.