1884 THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, LEWIS WETZEL, SIMON KENTON, INDIAN WARS, PIONEERS

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1884 THE LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, LEWIS WETZEL, SIMON KENTON, INDIAN WARS, PIONEERS DescriptionTHE LIFE AND TIMESOFCOL. DANIEL BOONE,HUNTER, SOLDIER, AND PIONEER.WITHSKETCHES OF SIMON KENTON, LEWIS WETZEL, AND OTHERLEADERS IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST,\" Of all menWho passes for in life and death most lucky.Of the great names which in our faces stare,Is Daniel Boone, backwoodsman of Kentucky.Crime came not near him — she is not the childOf solitude. Health shrank not from him, forHer home is in the rarely-trodden wild.\'\'By EDWARD S. ELLIS,
1884 FIRST EDITION
PHILADELPHIA, PORTER & COATES269 PAGES
AUTHOR OF \"THE LIFE OF COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT,\" \"NED IN THEBLOCK-HOUSE,\" \'\'NED IN THE WOODS,\" ETC.THE BOOK IS COMPLETE CLEAN AND IN VERY GOOD +CONDITION.....
CONTENTS .......CHAPTER I.Birth of Daniel Boone — Fondness for Hunting — An Alarm-ing Absence — A Pedagogue of the Olden Time — SuddenTermination of Young Boone\'s School Education — Re-moval to North Carolina — Boone\'s Marriage — His ICHAPTER 11.Social Disturbances in North Carolina — Eve of the Ameri-can Revolution — Boone\'s Excursions to the West — In-scription on a Tree — Employed by Henderson and Com-pany — The \"Regulators\" of North Carolina — Dispersedby Governor Tryon — John Finley — Resolution to go West, ..... 11CHAPTER III.The Party of Exploration — Daniel Boone the Leader — Morethan a Month on the Journey — On the Border of Kentucky— An Enchanting View — A Site for the Camp — Unsur-passed Hunting — An Impressive Solitude — No Signs ofIndians ............................19CHAPTER IV.Boone and Stuart start out on a Hunt — Captured by Indiansand Disarmed — Stuart\'s Despair and Boone\'s Hope — AWeek\'s Captivity — The Eventful Night................... 28CHAPTER V.The Escape — The Hunters find the Camp Deserted — Changeof Quarters — Boone and Kenton — Welcome Visitors-News from Home — In Union there is Strength— Death ofStuart — Squire Boone returns to North Carolina for Am-munition — Alone in the Wilderness — Danger on EveryHand — Rejoined by his Brother — Hunting along the Cum-berland River — Homeward Bound — Arrival in North Caro-lina — Anarchy and Distress — Boone remains there TwoYears — Attention directed towards Kentucky — GeorgeWashington — Boone prepares to move Westward..................... 34CHAPTER VI.Leaving North Carolina — Joined by a Large Company atPowell\'s Valley — Glowing Anticipations — Attacked by In-dians in Cumberland Gap — Daniel Boone\'s Eldest SonKilled — Discouragement — Return to Clinch River Settle-ment — The Check Providential — Boone acts as a Guideto a Party of Surveyors — Commissioned Captain by Gov-ernor Dunmore, and takes command of Three Garrisons— Battle of Point Pleasant — Attends the making of aTreaty with Indians at Wataga — Employed by ColonelRichard Henderson — Kentucky claimed by the Cherokees— ^James Harrod — The First Settlement in Kentucky —Boone leads a Company into Kentucky — Attacked by In-dians — Erection of the Fort at Boonesborough — ColonelRichard Henderson takes Possession of Kentucky — TheRepublic of Transylvania — His Scheme receives its Death-blow — Perils of the Frontier — A Permanent Settlementmade on Kentucky Soil..................... 46CHAPTER VII.Boone Rejoins his Family at the Clinch River Settlement —Leads a Company of Immigrants into Kentucky — In-security of Settlers — Dawn of the American Revolution— British Agents Incite the Indians to Revolt against theSettlements.................... 61CHAPTER VIII.Comparative Quiet on the Frontier — Capture of Boone\'sDaughter and the Misses Callaway by Indians— Pursuedby Boone and Seven Companions — Their Rescue andReturn to their Homes........................ 69CHAPTER IX.General Uprising of the Indians — The Border Rangers — At-tack upon Boonesborough — Repulse of the Assailants —Second Attack by a Larger Force and its Failure — Arrivalof Forty-five Men — Investment of Logan\'s Fort — TimelyArrival of Colonel Bowman with Reinforcements — Attackupon Harrodsburg ..................79CHAPTER X.A Diner-out — The \" Hannibal of the West \" — Election ofGeneral Clark and Gabriel Jones as Delegates to the Vir-ginia Legislature — Their Journey to the Capital — GeneralClark obtains the Loan of a Large Supply of Ammunition— Erection of the County of Kentucky— General Clarkattacked and pursued by Indians on his Voyage down theOhio — Conceals the Ammunition and delivers it safely atthe Border Stations — General Clark marches upon Kas-kaskia and captures the obnoxious Governor Rocheblave— Governor Hamilton of Detroit organizes an Expeditionagainst the Settlements— General Clark captures Fort St-Vincent and takes Governor Hamilton a Prisoner — Cap-tures a Valuable Convoy from Canada and Forty Prisoners— Secures the Erection of Important Fortifications byVirginia....................... 85CHAPTER XI.Boone leads a Party to the Blue Licks to make Salt — Captureof Boone and Surrender of the Entire Party — Conductedto Detroit— His Captors Refuse to Exchange him— He isAdopted by the Shawanoes — He discovers a FormidableExpedition is to move against Boonesborough — The At-tack Postponed— Boone leads a Party against an Indian Town on the Scioto — Encounter with a War Party —Town on the Scioto-Encounter with a War PartyReturns to Boonesborough — The State Invested by CaptainDuquesne and a Large Force— Boone and the Garrisondetermine to Defend it to the Last — Better Terras Offered —Treachery Suspected — The Attack — The Siege Raised .................... 96CHAPTER XII.The Peculiar Position of Boonesborough — Boone rejoins hisFamily in North Carolina — Returns to Boonesborough —Robbed of a Large Amount of Money — Increased Emi-gration to the West— Colonel Rogers and his Party al-most Annihilated — Captain Denham\'s Strange Adventure.................. 112CHAPTER XIII.Colonel Bowman\'s Expedition — Its Disastrous Failure —Death of Boone\'s Son — Escape of Boone — Colonel Byrd\'sInvasion— Capture of Ruddell\'s and Martin\'s Station —Daring Escape of Captain Hinkston ........................120CHAPTER XIV.Colonel Clark\'s Invasion of the Indian Country — Boone isPromoted to the Rank of Colonel — His Brother Killedat Blue Licks and Boone narrowly Escapes Capture — At-tack upon the Shelbyville Garrison — News of the Sur-render of Cornwallis — Attack upon Estill\'s Station —Simon Girty the Renegade — He Appears before Bryant\'sStation, but Withdraws ............................130CHAPTER XV.Arrival of Boone With Re-enforcements — Pursuit of the In-dian Force — Boone\'s Counsel Disregarded — A FrightfulDisaster— Reynold\'s Noble and Heroic Act— His Escape............................. 136CHAPTER XVI.General Clark\'s Expedition— A Dark Page in American His-tory—Colonel Crawford\'s Disastrous Failure and his ownTerrible Fate — Simon Girty .......................144CHAPTER XVII.Adventures of the Spies White and M\'Clelland — Daring De-fence of her Home by Mrs. Merrill — Exploits of Kernanthe Ranger.......................... 155CHAPTER XVIII.The Three Counties of Kentucky united into One District— Colonel Boone as a Farmer — He outwits a Party of In-dians who seek to capture him — Emigration to Kentucky— Outrages by Indians — Failure of General Clark\'s Expe-dition ....................172CHAPTER XIX.General Harmar\'s Expedition against the Indians — Col-onel Hardin Ambushed— Bravery of the Regulars — Out-generaled by the Indians — Harmar and Hardin Court-mar-tialed — General St. Clair\'s Expedition and its Defeat .....................180CHAPTER XX.The Brilliant Victory of Mad Anthony Wayne brings Peaceto the Frontier — Boone Loses his Farm — He Removes toMissouri— Made Commandant of the Femme Osage Dis-trict — Audubon\'s Account of a Night with Colonel Boone— Hunting in his Old Age— He Loses the Land grantedhim by the Spanish Government — Petitions Congress fora Confirmation of his Original Claims— The Petition Dis-regarded • ........................186CHAPTER XXI.Last Days of Colonel Boone— Reinterment of the Remainsof Himself and Wife at Frankfort— Conclusion ..........................201GENERAL SIMON KENTON.CHAPTER I.Birth of Kenton — Desperate Affray with a Rival — Flees tothe Keniucky Wilderness — He and Two Companions at-tacked by Indians — One is Killed and the Survivors Es-cape — Rescued, after great Suffering — Kenton spends theSummer alone in the Woods — Serves as a Scout in theDunmore War— Kenton and Two Friends settle at UpperBlue Lick — Joined by Hendricks, who meets with a Ter-rible Fate ...................207CHAPTER II.Kenton and his Friends Visit Boonesborough — DesperateEncounter with Indians — Proceeds with Two Companionsto Reconnoitre an Indian Town on the Little Miami —Captured while Making Off with a Number of Horses —Brutal Treatment — Bound to the Stake and Runs theGauntlet — Friendship of Simon Girty, the Renegade —Finally Saved by an Indian Trader — Removed to De-troit, and Escapes — Commands a Company in GeneralClark\'s Expedition — Receives Good News — Visits Vir-ginia — Death of his Father — Reduced to Povert}\'^ — Re-moves to Urbana, Ohio — Elected Brigadier-General — HisConversion — His Last Days...................... 222LEWIS WETZEL.Birth of Lewis Wetzel — His Father Killed by Indians, andHimself and Brother carried off Prisoners — Their Re-markable Escape — Murder of an Indian — Serves in Craw-ford\'s Expedition — Pursued by Four Indians, and KillsThree — Escape from the Custody of General Harmar —Wetzel\'s Hunts for Indians — Assists a Relative to Re-cover his Betrothed from Savages — Old Age and Death ..........251PLEASE SEE PICTURES.....PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER items.....

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