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   CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS;

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t(Ew Pictorial Histoiiy | Life and Times

PIONEER HEROES and HEROINES

OR AMERICA.

A FULL ACCOUNT OF

;    THE KOMANTIC DEEDS, LOFTY ACHIEVEMENTS

AND

MARVELOUS ADVENTURES

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BOONE, KENTON, CLARKE, LOGAN, HARROD, THE AVETZEL BROTHERS, THE BRADYS, POE, AND THIRTY OTHEIl CELEBRATED FRONTIERSMEN AND INDLVN FIGHTERS; CROCKETT, HOUSTON, KIT CARSON, BUFFALO BILL, WILD BILL, AND ALL THE FAMOUS PLAINSMEN;   GRAHAM, SUTTER, MARSHALL. FREMONT, KEARNEY, AND OTHER HISTORIC NAMES OF THE PACIFIC COAST.

"WITH

PICTURESQUE SKETCHES OF BORDER LIFE, PAST AND PRESENT; BACKWOODS CAMP-MEETINGS, SCHOOLS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS; HEROIC FORTITUDE AND NOBLE DEEDS OF THE

PIONEER WIVES AND MOTHERS.

FLA TBOA TING; THE OVERLAND ROUTE AND ITS HORRORS; THE GOLD FEVER AND FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITIONS; VIGILANCE COMMITTEES; LAFITTE, WALKER, BRIGHAM YOUNG, ETC.; ECCENTRICITIES AND SELF-SACRIFICING LABORS OF CART WRIGHT, AXLE Y AND OTHER

CELEBRATED PIONEER PREACHERS.

AND DESCRIBING

LIFE AND ADVENTURE ON THE  PLAINS AND  IN THE  MINING  CAMPS  OF TO-DAY, INCLUDING HUNTING, TRAPPING, FREIGHTING, RANCHING, HERDING, POST-TRADING, INDIAN AGENCIES, SCOUTS, GUIDES AND DESPERADOES; IMMENSE FORTUNES OF WESTERN MILLIONAIRES, HOW MADE; ETC., ETC.

BY

COLONEL FRANK TRIPLETT,

Author of "Sketches of Western Adventure;" "Prospecting, Assaying and Mining;" "The Enchanted Isle;" "Bebe, a Norman Idyl:" "The Doctor's Daughter;" etc., etc.

WITH 200 PORTRAITS FROM LIFE, AND ORIGINAL AND STRIKING ENGRAVINGS FROM DESIGNS BY NAST, DARLEY, AND OTHER EMINENT ARTISTS.

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   publishers' preface.

In American history there are no more interesting figures than the Heroes and Heroines of the border. Bold, dashing, adventurous and patriotic; loyal to friends, to country and to the interests of society, their work was singularly effective in the advancement of American civilization. Seemingly reckless, their efforts were in the interest of law and order, and the people owe them a debt of gratitude they do not forget. Their page in history is as fascinating as it is honorable, and there is a peculiar pleasure in reading the narrative of their wonderful exploits.

The times which produced these heroes and heroines mark a period in American history of absorbing interest alike to old and young. It is proper that it should be so. These hardy pioneers coupled virtue with courage, humanity and love of country with the stern duties of frontier life and battle, and the example of their lives not only interests but strengthens our faith and admiration in human courage and unselfish purpose.

In American pioneer history there are three distinct eras, marked strongly and clearly by three geographical divisions; from the Alleghany Mountains to the Mississippi constituting the first; from the Mississippi to the Eocky Mountains, the second; California and the Pacific Slope, the third. The settlement of these vast regions developed great leaders, whose achievements have made them justly and widely famous. They have a warm place in the hearts of the people, and a prominent one in their admiration. It is appropriate that their exploits should be recorded.

In the present work not only has vast research been made into all the sources of information regarding "the border" and its heroes and heroines, but the direct and indirect consequences of their actions, their bearing on after-events and in moulding the character of the whole American race have been considered with a philosophic and candid clearness. 
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With a laro-e and varied experience of plains and mountain life, Colonel Triplett has been able to clear up many of the mysteries that have heretofore hung around both white and savage borderers, and to show forth, in their true colors, the many historic figures that have aided or retarded Western civilization and progress. Stripping the glamour of romance from many long accepted traditions, he has not hesitated to denounce fraud and evil, whether in high or low places, and has fearlessly exposed all of the villainies whose continuance is an outrage upon a great nation.

The field covered by "Conquering the Wilderness" is a wide one, embracing as it does the history of every grade of pioneer; whether of progress, religion, education or conquest. Long forgotten phases of national history are revived, and Walker, the Filibuster; Eaousset-Boulbon, the Adventurer; Graham, the Eevolutionist; Cartwright, the Eevivalist, and other strange forms again fill the stage of action and rehearse the varied exploits that made them famous, or notorious.

Fitzpatrick, Eddie, "Old Bill" Williams, Gordon, Colter, Jack Morrow, and others of the true pioneers of Plains and Mountains    the details of whose lives'were gathered by the author amongst the villages of the savages' and in the camps of hunters, trappers, gold seekers, and elsewhere beyond the limits of civilization   are here for the first time introduced to those who owe so much to their daring and adventurous spirit.

The subject is one in which the author has delineated the truths of history with thrilling descriptions of battle and adventure, many of which came under his own observation, and in not a few of which he participated. Charming descriptions of sublime and beautiful scenery, laughable occurrences, affecting incidents, pathetic scenes and terrible combats follow each other in rapid succession, and the interest of the reader is never permitted to flag. On laying down the book, every one will doubtless call to mind the old but true saying: "Truth is stranger than fiction;" for although in the entire volume there is not a single fictitious incident recorded, yet the most vivid pen pictures of the master spirits of romance "pale their ineffectual tires" before the thrilling recital of this "o'er true tale." 
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CHAPTER I. hardy heroes.

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The Pioneer of Civilization   The Mound-Builder   Belies of a Prior Civilization    The Heroism of the Pioneer   The Mission of the Indian   A Doomed Kace   Cooper's Savages   The American lshmaelite   His Warfare   Ideal Indians   Kentucky   The Sign Manual of the Bed Man   The Enchantment of Distance   Outrage and Murder   Extinction........................... 17

CHAPTER II.

the struggle against destiny.

Savage Idiosyncracies   "Against his Medicine"   A Celebrated French Duelist Erroneous Ideas   The Besult of Hereditary Instincts   Captain John Smith of Virginia   Mental Qualities   The Tide of Immigration   Settlement of Kentucky   The Anglo-Norman   The Battling of Children Against Giants    The Christians' Creeds   Moral Suasion   Brute Force   Hospitality   No Bedeeming Traits   The Kentucky Pioneers   The March of Destiny    Opening Up the Wilderness   From Ocean to Ocean...................... 27

CHAPTER III.

the indians and their british allies.

Daring Disposition of the Kentucky Pioneers   The Exploration of Findley    The Inherited Love of Liberty   Conquest of Kentucky and the Northwestern Territory   A Source of Begret   Our Vanished Heroes   A Power Second to None   The Wonder of the World   The Treasures of Wealth and Art;   Two Hundred Millions of People   Capacities for Production   The Young Bepublic of the New World   Our Bevenues   The Arbiter of the World's Destinies....................................................... 34

CHAPTER IV.

daniel boone.

Tne Typical Pioneer   His Character   His Defensive Warfare   '-This was a Man*'   Date of Birth   Ancestry   His Love of Adventure   His Courage    Two Anecdotes^The Young Hermit   The Panther   His Education   The Lore of the Hunter   Unknown Heroes   Woodcraft   Moves to North Carolina   Marries Bebecca Bryan   His Children   Their Fates   Hunting Excursions     Findley, the Discoverer of Kentucky     Boone goes to Kentucky   A Glorious Sight   Deer and Buffalo   Findley's Question    Capture of Boone and Stuart   Their Escape   Fate of their Comrades    Arrival of Boone's Brother   Stuart Killed and Scalped   Horrible Death of a Comrade   Boone's Brother Departs for North Carolina   Boone Alone in

the Wilderness.......................................................... 41

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CHAPTER V.

the  picket-guard OF civilization.

A Life at Stake   Boone's Stratagems   Midnight Attacks   Return of Squire Boone   The Brothers Explore Kentucky   Hardships Endured by Boone    Beturn to North Carolina   Starts to Colonize Kentucky   Attacked by Indians   Death of Boone's Son   Indians Repulsed   Retreat to Clinch River   Boone Employed by Governor Dunmore   Is Given a Captain's Commission   Henderson's Purchase   Indian Treaties   Boone Cuts a Road to the Kentucky River   Twice Attacked by Indians   Boonsborough Built    The "State of Transylvania"   James Harrod   His Settlement   The Territorial Legislation   Boone's Family go to Kentucky   Stormy Times    Boone's Daughter Captured   Rescue   McClung's Comments   Reinforce-ment's Arrive   Indian Attacks   Logan's Fort    Capture of Boone     Adopted by Indians   Taken to Detroit   British Effort to Purchase-1   Taken Back to Chillicothe   Preparations for War   Boone's Escape   A Wonderful Journey   An Unprepared Post   Futile Assaults   An Incursion into the Indian Country   War Party Defeated   Beturn to Boonsborough   Savages in Force   The Siege.................................................... 4B

CHAPTER VI.

the last siege of boonsborough.

Unwise Commanders   A Silly Stratagem   Its Failure   The Indians Run a Tunnel   A Counter-Mine   Deadly Aim of the Kentuckians   Savages Retreat   Boone Brings his Family from North Carolina   Hints of Trouble    The Fatal Blue Licks   Death of Boone's Brother   Boone's Escape   A Bitter Conflict   Girty, Elliot and McKey   Their Plans   Horrible Barbarities   The AV'hites Outmaneuvered   Death of Captain Estil   Outrage and Murder     Attack on Bryant's Station     Besieged by Indians   Heroic Women   A Supply of Water   The Sally   Beinforcements   A Wonderful Escape   A Sharp Skirmish   The Assault   Indians Repulsed   Girty's Eloquence   Reply of the Gallant Reynolds   A Mangy Cur   Girty's Fury    Retreat of the Savages   A Broad Trail   Whites in Pursuit   An Evil Omen    The Fiery McGarry   Colonels Todd and Trigg   Major Harlan   The Fierce Assault   Boone's Advice   The Ambuscade   Fatal Errors   A Dire Disaster   Death of Boone's Son   Escape of the Father   An Unexpected Hero   The Gallant Reynolds Again   A Noble Action   Retreat from the Field   The Fierce Pursuit   Reynolds' Escape   McGarry's Account   His Fierce Temper   Logan Beaches the Field of Battle   A Terrible Sight    Clarke's Expedition.....................................................59

CHAPTER VII.

misfortunes of boone.

A Period of BCpose   Land Sharks and Speculators   A Dastardly Outrage    Kentucky's Shame   McClung's Hints   Byron's Eulogy   Removal to Virginia   Starts for Missouri   Friendly Reception by French and Spanish    Reaches St. Louis   Audubon's Description of the Pioneer   An Anecdote Related by Boone   His Powers of Memory   Surrounded and Captured    Imminent Peril   In the Indian Camp   His Stoic Behavior   His Bottle of Whiskey   Searched by the Squaws   A Midnight Orgie   Savage Revelrie    A Free Treat   The Midnight Shot   The Council..........................74 
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CHAPTER VIII.

LAST DAYS OF BOONE.

Anecdote Continued   Warriors Leave   Squaws left on Guard   Become Drunk    Boone Burns his Bonds   His First Desire   Spares the Squaws7 Lives-Marks a Tree   A Disputed Boundary   Boone's Tree in Question   Trip to Green River   Reflections of Boone   The Changes of Thirty Years   Identifies his Tree   The Law-Suit Won   Conclusion of Audubon's Anecdote    Boone's Debts Paid   Willing to Die   Boone Robbed   A Noble Man   Col. Thomas Hart's Letter   His Opinion of Boone   Attacked by Osages    Forces Them to Retreat   His Want of Fear   Surrounded by Indians   A Close Prisoner   Boone's Petition to Congress   Miserly Economy of that Body   Last Days of Boone   Death of his Wife   Boone's Death   Action of the Missouri Legislature   Kentucky's Tardy Justice,.................. 80

CHAPTER IX.

SIMON KENTON.

A Wonderful Life   Date of Birth   His Education   A Love Affair   A Rival    Terribly in Earnest   A Battle   Foul Play   Kenton Worsted   Bides his Time   A Second Duel   His Rival left for Dead   His Flight   The Brand of Cain   Finds a Companion   Joins an Exploring Party   Goes Down the Monongahela   Meets Strader and Yeager   Yeager's Tales of Kan-Tuck-Ee    Character of Kenton   In Search of Eldorado   A Futile Voyage   Return    Attacked by Indians   Terrible Sufferings   Voyage Down the Ohio-Abandon the Canoes   A Second Jonah   Kenton Fears to Enter Virginia    Cresap's Infamy   The Paradise Found   Visit to Blue Licks   Settles in Kentucky   Finds Two White Men   One Returns to the Settlements   Horrible Fate of the Other.................................................. 86

CHAPTER X.

A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

Kenton's Rash Bravery   A Wonderful Adventure   Narrow Escape   A Fresh Scalp   Kenton Remains in the Indian Country   The Captured Horses    Escape   Reach Logan's Fort   A Second Expedition   Too Great Temptation   A Slow Pursuit   Attempt to Swim the Ohio   Frighteued Horses       The Storm   A Day and Night Lost   The Height of Foil}'   Unparalleled Rashness   Their Good Genius Wearied   Love of Horseflesh   Capture of Kenton   Death of Montgomery   Clark Escapes   Blackfish's Question    Abuse   Tormented by the Savages   The Renegade's Reply   Rims the Gauntlet   Resolves to Escape   Too Late   Haltered   Meets Simon Girty    Brutal Treatment   "What's in a Name?"................................ 94

CHAPTER XL

FREAKS OF FORTUNE.

Girty's Surprise   An Earnest Appeal   Brothers-in-Arms   Effect of Girty's Eloquence   The Reply   The Vote   Reprieve of Kenton   A Time of Rest    The Distress Hallo   Warm Friends Cooling   The New Council   Another 
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Trial   Kenton Condemned   Girty's Efforts in his Behalf   The March to Death   Girty's Last Attempt   Failure   Escape from the Gauntlet   An Irate Indian   A Terrible Wound   Indian Humanity   Meeting with Logan His Efforts to Aid Kenton   A "Remarkable Man   Of no Avail   Driven to Sandusky   The Goal of Death   The Stake Prepared   Another Rescue-Taken to Detroit........................................................!01

CHAPTER XII.

DEATH OP KENTON.

Treatment at Detroit   Resolves to Escape   Sounds Two Kentuckians   Kenton Obtains Arms   A Friend in Need   Start for Kentucky   Travel by Night-Reach Home   Considerations of Kenton's Conduct   His After-Services    Learns that he is not a Murderer   Veitch Alive   Drops the Name of Butler   Returns to Virginia   Brings his Father's Family to Kentucky   Death of the Elder Kenton   Becomes a Major   Two Anecdotes   Coming of peace_Troubles of Kenton   His Last Campaign   Misfortunes   Goes to Kentucky   His sad Plight   Meets an Old Comrade   The Guest of Honor    A Successful Mission   Death of Kenton...............................107

CHAPTER XIII.

THE "WETZELS.

Their Birthplace   Characters   Description of Lewis   A Terrible Event   Taken by Savages   Escape   A Boy's Bravery   On the Trail   Lewis Kills Three Indians   Tragic Death of Thomas Mills   "He Gun Always Loaded"   The Death of a Hero   The Avengers' Oath   The Scout from Wheeling   Retreat of Whites   Lewis Wetzel Alone   Kills an Indian   A Hunt   Four Indians "Treed"   One Gets Away   Murder of George Washington   Harmer's Fury   Captain Kingsbury Attempts to Arrest Wetzel   Narrow Escape of the Officer   Captured on an Island   Pines in Prison   Allowed to Exercise    Wetzel's Escape   Eager Pursuit   Rejoins his Comrades................113

CHAPTER XIV.

OTHER EXPLOITS OF THE WETZELS.

Meeting between AVetzel and Kingsburry   Second Capture of Wetzel   Writ of Habeas Corpus   Presented with a Rifle   Harmer's Position   The Red Gobbler   A Feat Attributed to Others   The Dead Indian   Rescues Miss Betsy Bryan   The Daylight Attack   Wetzel's Prowess   A Religions Duty    A Deserted Camp   Death of John Madison   Escape of Louis Wetzel        Goes to New Orleans   Imprisoned by the Spanish   Cause unknown   With Lewis and Clark   Leaves the Expedition   Dies in Natchez   Ferocity of Martin Wetzel   The Murdered Chief   Slaughtering Prisoners   Captured and Adopted by Indians   Goes on a Hunt   Kills Three Companions   John Wetzel   Goes on a Foray   Capture of Indian Horses   Hlness of a Comrade   The Halt   A Night Attack   Escape of Wetzel......................124

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GENERAL GEORGE ROGERS CLARKE.

His Character and Talents   Judgment and Decision   His Birth and Profession    Arrival in Kentucky   A Captain at Twenty-Three   Personal Description    Final Removal to Kentucky   The Coming Storm   Delegate to Virginia    Poor Policy   A Last Appeal   Disgusted   At Last Successful   The County of Kentucky   AmmunitionfromFortPitt   Clarke's Statecraft and Generalship   His Policy of Invasion   Marches to Illinois and Indiana   Father Gebault   French Allies   Post Garrisoned   Captain Helm   Clarke's Diplomacy   Demanding Versus Sueing   Indian Anecdote   Detroit   Governor Hamilton   A Dangerous Situation   British Marching on Kaskaskia    Clarke's Conclusion......................................................131

CHAPTER XVI.

A   TERRIBLE MARCH.

Noble Kentuckians   Waist Deep in Water   Unparalleled Heroism   An Inland Sea   Cold, Hunger and Fatigue   On to Vincennes   A Forlorn Hope   The Battle Song   The War Whoop   The Island Rest   The Frozen Waters   A Timely Rescue   In Sight of Their Goal   Captured Citizens   A Desperate Situation   Victory or Death   The Son of Tobacco   Clarke's Proclamation    Old "Rough and Ready''   A Cunning Maneuver   Siege of Vincennes    Surprise of Hamilton     Bewildered British     Indians Desert to Clarke    Stratagems     Fears of Hamilton     The Flag of Truce   A Conference     "Indian Partisans"   Major Hay     Williams' Capture   St. Croix's Son    Execution of Savages   The Deadly Aim of the Kentuckians   Capitulation    Consequence   Clarke's Request   Mcintosh's Failure   Builds Fort Jefferson   Sent to Oppose Benedict Arnold   Authorized to Besiege Detroit       An Indian Campaign   After Exploits   His Sufferings and Death   Reflections....................................................................140

CHAPTER XVII.

COLONEL "WILLIAM CRAWFORD.

Torture at the Stake   Cannibalism   Considerations of its Causes   The Burning of Crawford   Who He Was   An Ill-Fated Expedition   Skulking Savages   Insubordination   111 Omens   A Spirited Attack   Fierce Fighting    The Second Day's Battle   A Night Retreat   Slover, the Guide   A Light Volley   The Panic   "Save Yourselves"   The Pursuit   The Indian Tomahawk   The Heroic Dr. Knight   Crawford's Relations   A Foolish Companion   Exhausted Horses   Biggs and Ashley   A Violent Rain Storm    Find a Deer   Another Comrade   A Hearty Breakfast   Crawford's Folly    The Capture   Interview AVith Girty   Empty Promises   Captain Pipe    Wingenund   Typical Indians   The Insignia of Death   A Bitter Enemy... 149

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE DEED OF DEMONS.

Murdered Prisoners   A Horrible Hag   Death of Captain McKinley   ''Murder Most Foul "   Girty's Salutation   The Stake   The Torture Begins   Indian 
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Devils   Hours of Torment   Incredible Horrors   The Part Played by the Squaws   Crawford's Bequest   Refusal of the Infamous Renegade   Knight's Sympathy   Nature's Respite   The Acme of Torture   The Tale of an Eye-Witness   Remains of Crawford   Knight's Determination   A Solitary Guard   Mutual Deception   A Pair of Brothers   Tormenting Gnats    Friendly Offices   A Feeble Blow   A Whining Warrior   A Munchausen Tale   Combat With a Giant   Knight's Dangers and Sufferings   A Glance at the Retreating Command   Its Escape   A Shameful Disaster   Who was Rose ?   The Russian Baron   A Noble Man   His Death...................157

CHAPTER XIX.

colonel benjamin logan.

His Birth   Appearance   Mental Qualities   A Generous Action   Removes to Tennessee   Marries   Goes to Kentucky   Fearlessness   Defends His Fort    A Gallant Action   The Close-Fitting Skin   A Trembling Giant   The Rescue   A Marvelous Escape   A Perilous Journey   Safe Return   A Stubborn Defense   Arrival of Colonel Bowman   Flight of Savages   Bowman's Expedition   "Carrying the War into Africa"   HeroicOfficers   The Indian Capitol   Plan of Battle   Dreary Night Watch   The Village Aroused   The Attack   Logan's Bravery   Cowardice of Bowman   McClung's Account    Undaunted Heroes   A Fierce Charge   Surrounded   Almost a Panic    Logan's Popularity   Death of Moluntha   Our Old Friend McGarry    Logan's Warning   Indians Take Name of Logan   Captain Johnny   Tragic Death   A Furious Fight   Logan's Services   A Noble Man................165

CHAPTER XX.

the bradys.

Indian Fighters   Samuel Brady   A Warrior at Seventeen   Fate of his Father and Brother   Scout to Sandusky   Quick Preparations   Cautious Marching    Deserted by His Chickasaw Guides   Surmises   Soldiers Mutiny   A Night Adventure   A Bold Move   His Object Accomplished   Out of Ammunition    Brady Chosen Hunter   The Last Load   The Rabbit and the Deer-Startled   The Indian Captives   Brady's Plans   The Deed of ,a Hero   The Dead Chief   Frightened Savages   A Bewildered Woman   Deserted by His Men   Safe Beturn   His Next Scout   Phouts and the Good Indian   The Irate Captain   The Explanation.........................................175

CHAPTER XXL

other adventures of brady.

Return to Pittsburg   Nipped in the Bud   Brady Trapped   Joy of the Savages    A Terrific Leap   Safety   Astonished Indians   Another Exploit   Indians Surprised   The Indian Ambush   Brady's Wisdom   Brady Taken In   The Deserted Camp   The Beady Feast   Murdered Comrades   Brady Captured    Marched to the Villages   Runs the Gauntlet   Terribly Beaten   The Stake   The Fires Lighted   The Torture Begins   A Stoic Philosopher-Indian Etiquette   The Barbarous Squaw   Once Too Often   Her Child in the Fire   General Dismay   A Dash for Liberty   Escape of Brady-Reaches Pittsburg in Safetj..............................................181 
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james and john brady.

A Short Career   A Young Hero   Wounded   Visited by His Brother   His Determination   Inglorious Inaction   Armed Harvesters   Brady Chosen Captain   Plan of Operations   The Indian Attack   One Against Many    Plying Comrades   A Gallant Fight   Slays Three Savages   Tomahawked and Scalped   Beturn of Indians   Tomahawked Again   Crawls From the Field   A Faithful Friend   Immense Vitality   The Alarm   Brady's Noble Character   Identifies His Slayers   His Death   Avenged   John Brady   His Services   Acts as Ambassador   A Stupid Dutchman   Drunken Indians    The Threat   The Convoy   The Fatal Forks   An Old Beminiscence   The Scarred Face   No Idle Threat   Death of John Brady   Smith's Escape   A Marked Murderer   Long Delayed Vengeance............................187

CHAPTER XXIII.

james harrod.

Love of Solitude   Brave and Gentle   His Strength and Daring   His Melancholy End   Date of Arrival in Kentucky   Battle of Point Pleasant   A Place of Befuge   An Encounter With. McGarry   An Indian Massacre   Harrod to the Rescue   On an Indian Trail   The Camp-Fire   Plans an Attack   Imminent Peril   A Delayed Attack   The Sleeping Guard   The Tiger's Spring    Kills Four Indians   The Rescued Girls   The Roar of a Lion   Deer Stalking   Nobler Game   A Fierce Combat   Slays Three Savages   Pursued by Indians   His Cunning Stratagem   Between Two Fires   A Wonderful Escape   In the Indian Village   A Hand-to-Hand Fight   Harrod Triumphant   A Colonel's Commission    His Mysterious Fate................193

CHAPTER XXIV.

john slovek.

His Birthplace   Early Capture   Adopted and Reared by Indians   Reluctance to Join His Kindred     Scout and , Sharpshooter    With Crawford's Expedition   Left to His Fate   His Flight   In the Swamp   Other Difficulties   The Indian Whoop   A Vast Prairie   Indian Approach   Escapes Observation   The Storm   Lame Comrades   A Skirmish   The Surrender    Escape of John Paul   A Brave Boy   Broken Promises   Terribly Abused    The Gauntlet   An Unavailing Struggle   Tortured Comrades   Crawford's Relations   Fate of a Second Comrade   .lames Girty's Lies   Slover's News    A Friendly Squaw   Slover's Doom....................................201

CHAPTER XXV.

beniiam and taylor.

Conclusion of Slover's Adventure   His Removal   Tied to the Stake   His Determined Bravery   An Opportune Storm   A Miraculous Respite   Delayed Vengeance   Job's Comforters   Terribly Beaten   A Night of Agony   The Talkative Indian   His Advice   Patience Re warded   Mental Torture   Free at Last   The Noble Steed   The Chase   Sufferings   Reaches Wheeling    
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Benhiim and Taylor   The Keel-Boats   Wiles and Stratagems   A Disastrous Fight   The Captured Boats   A Strange Fatality   Broken Arms and Broken Legs   Co-Operative Labor   A Precarious Subsistence   A Special Providence   The Passing Boat   The Earnest Appeal   The Final Rescue   A Romantic Tale   Services of Beuham.....................................208

CHAPTER XXVI.

MORGAN AND POE.

A Venturesome Man   "Elbow Room"   Prowling Indians   A Presentiment    The Three Savages   A Long Shot   Morgan's Retreat   Kills a Second Indian   Rifle and Tomahawk   Hand to Hand Fight   The Unequal Combat   Morgan Down   The Indian's Theft   A Death Grip   The Search for the Knife   The Fatal Apron   The Death Struggle   A Terrible Stroke-Morgan Reaches Home   The Neighborhood Aroused   The Wounded Indian    His Death   Adam Poe   An Indian Raid   The Great Chief, Big Foot   A Band of Brothers   The Pursuit   A Flash in the Pan   A Bold Move   The Panther's Spring   A Fearful Struggle   A Powerful Antagonist   The Kick    Poe Kills One Indian   The Fight in the Water   The Swimming Match    Poe Wounded by a Comrade   Arrival of Poe's Brother   The Loading Contest   Too Great Haste   Death of Big Foot   The Lost Scalp   All of the Indians Killed...........................................................214

CHAPTER XXY7J.

DE SOTO.

Ponce De Leon   The Fountain of Youth   The Arkansas Hot Springs   Discoverer of the Mississippi   Character of De Soto   His Sordid Purpose   Search for Treasure   Wins a Wife   A Comrade of Pizarro   The Spoils of Cuzco    De Soto's Expedition   Mobile   A Heavy Battle   De Soto Victorious   Discovers the Mississippi   Fleet of Canoes   Crosses the Mississippi   Visits Missouri   On White River   An Unbroken Wilderness   Spanish Brutality-Fatal Fevers   Illness of De Soto   Appoints a Successor   Death of De Soto    His Last Resting Place   Fate of his Comrades   A Broken Heart   Donna Anna's Death...........................................................221

CHAPTER XXVIII.

HEROIC "WOMEN.

Courage of the Softer Sex   Michelet's Opinion   Story of Jael   The Warlike Semiramis   Boadicea and Isabella   Heroines of America Compared with Those of Other Lands   Part Played by Border Women   Our Duty   Vanishing Veterans   Mrs. Parker   Her Family   A Fatal Hunt   The Lying Indian   The Boy Messenger   Preparations for a Siege   The Simulated Voice   Detection   The Attack on the Cabin   An Indian Killed   The Women's Ruse   Its Success   The'Volley   The Battering Ram   Another Indian Killed   Flight of the Third Savage   The Women Prepare to Leave    Their Privations   Escape to St. Louis   Search for the Missing Men   A Former Adventure   Its Lucky Termination...............................228 
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betty zane.

The Siege of Wheeling   British and Indians   The Infamous Girty   Surrounded    Promises and Threats   Captain Boggs goes for Reinforcements   Girty's Parley   His Lies   A Destructive Cannou   A Fierce Siege   Noble Conduct of the Women   Indian Artillery   Its Trial   A Disastrous Discharge   Out of Powder   A School-Girl Heroine   Her Brave Deed   The Flight of Atalanta   Escapes Unhurt   The Siege Baised   Flight of the Indians    Mrs. Cruger's Statement   What it Proves   Who Mrs. Cruger was   Present % at this Siege.............................................................236

CHAPTER XXX.

mrs. pursley.

Obscure Heroes   Want of Opportunity   Suggestive Names   A Woman's Prisoner   A Frontier Fort   The Sally   Ambushed   Flight to the Fort    Bold Thomas Higgius   A Frontier Dare-Devil   His Determination   A Wounded Comrade   A Frightened Horse   The Retreat Covered   Swarming Savages   Three to One   Badly Wounded   Struck Again   Receives Three More Bullets   Kills one Indian   Desperate Situation   Hand-to Hand Combat   Covered with Wounds   A Terrible Tomahawk Wound    Higgins Down   Bush of the Two Indians   A Fierce Struggle   Brains Another Savage   The Search for the Eille   The Knife Combat   A Demi-God's Courage   Higgins Down Again   A Losing Fight   Approach of Savages   Mrs. Pursley's Prayers   Her Heroic Attempt   A Shamed Garrison   Higgins Saved.....................................................241

CHAPTER XXXI.

miss washburn.

jovely Landscapes   Mount Pleasant   Gathering Indians   Their Amusements    The Two Spies   Their Perilous Position   Out of Water   McLellan's Venture   Turn About   White's Adventure   The White Squaw   Forced to Kill the Other   The Flight   Discovery of the Dead Body   The Pursuit-Surrounded   A Fierce Attack   The Missing Girl   The Unguarded Spot    The Indian Discovery   A Long R auge   A Broken Flint   The "Warrior's Leap   The Mysterious Shot   The Gulf of Death   Another Attempt   The Shout of Triumph   Disheartened Savages   The Mysterious Marksman    The Attempt at Escape   A Daring Guide   Through the Indian Village    Safety   Great Hardships   A Brave Girl...............................247

CHAPTER XXXII.

mrs. daviess and mrs. porter.

Jirlh-Place of Mrs. Daviess   Bemoves to Kentucky   The Early Bird   A Bapid Plight   Friends to the Rescue   A Covered Trail   The Wounded Dog    The Enemy in Sight   Conduct of the Savages   A Boy Scalped   The Best Unharmed   A Woman's Wit   A Long Dress   Forethought of a Mother    Her Intentions   Fate of the Scalped Boy   Terribly Disfigured   Death of 
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Young Daviess   Another Incident   The Desperado   His Capture   The Skulking Indian   Mrs. Daviess Saves her Husband's Life   Mrs. Porter    Pontiac's War   A Pennsylvania Heroine   The Absent Husband   Indians in Sight   Sword and Rifle   The Sabre's Stroke   Two Indians Killed   The Third Shot   Reaches her Husband   Rifled and Burned   The Indian's Remains   A Woman's Bravery..........................................255

CHAPTEE XXXIII.

MRS. MERRILL AND WAR-WOMAN CREEK.

The Most Remarkable Feat on Record   The Night Attack   The House Surrounded   A Faithful Dog   The Open Door   Mr. Merrill Wounded   The Barricade   A Weak Garrison   The Breach Effected   A Kentucky Amazon Her Heroic Defense   Four Indians Killed   A Division   Two Indians Try The Chiinney   The Feather Tick   Suffocated Savages   Two More Slaughtered   The Seventh Wo