THE BACK-WOODSMEN


                OR



TALES OF THE BORDERS



A COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNTS

    OF EARLY ADVENTURE AMONG THE INDIANS



                 BY
        WALTER W. SPOONER



WITH AN INTRODUCTION
       BY
FLORUS B. PLIMPTON



COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED





         CINCINNATI
W. E. DIBBLE  CO., PUBLISHERS
           pound;883