1894 U S HISTORY REVOLUTIONARY WAR INDIAN WARS SIMON KENTON TECUMSEH OHIO VALLEY

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Description STORIES OF PIONEER DAYS,
OR THE ADVANCE GUARD OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION IN AMERICA.
BY
WILL E. CHAPIN AND LOU V. CHAPINILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY WILL E. CHAPIN1894 FIRST PAGES WITH 100 ILLUSTRATIONSTHIS BOOK IS COMPLETE CLEAN AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.... PLEASE SEE PICTURES.
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PLEASE SCROLL ALL OF THE WAY DOWN TO SEE ALL PICTURES....TABLE OF CONTENTS.Introduction.A Tale of Tvron County.—Sir John Johnson\'s Invasion of the
Mohawk Valley—Capture of Farmer Sammons and his Sons—
Heroism of a Young Girl—Stratagem of Thomas Sammons—
The March to Fort Chambly—Escape of Jacob and Frederick
Sammons—Wandering in the Wilderness—Recapture of Fred-
erick Sammons—He Swims the Rapids of the St. Lawrence—
A Dream Fulfilled ..... 15Kiatchatalee the Cherokee.—The Rescue—The White Chero-
kee—Neethetha Returns to His People—The Attack on Fort
Buchanan—Kiatchatalee\'s Death—Neethetha Comes Again ..... 55Winged Devil. — The Dawn of Day—The Attack—Help from
Cross Creek—McCulloch\'s Leap ...... 68A Romance of the Revolution.—Sergeant Jasper Rescues a Young
Girl—Mutual Love—The Maiden Warrior—Love\'s Tragedy..... 77An Hour of Terror.—An Unofferden Guest—Suspicion of Treach-
ery—A Vigil—A Midnight Feast ..... 83A Youthful Hero.—Kenton\'s Mission—The Lonely Journey—A
Youthful Ranger—The Battle ..... 91A Tory Heroine.— Brave Margaret Moncrieffe—Her Personal
Charms and High Courage—The Accident—An Unfortunate
Discovery—The Capture and Release ..... 104The Legend of the Red Oak.—The Sacrifice to the Great Spirit
—The Last Council-Fire—A Human Offering ..... 110The Story of Massy Harbinson.— Massy\'s Warning—The Cap-
ture—Massy\'s Wanderings — Friends in Need—A Midnight
Journey ..... 118TABLE OF CONTENTS.How a Girl Saved a Garrison.—Elizabeth Offers her Services—
The Race—Her Return ..... 139A Clever Ruse.—An Unexpected Meeting with Doubtful Friends
—A Strange Suspicion—A Surprise ..... 145Brave Sergeant Champe.—A Perilous Mission—A New Recruit for
the British—The Conspirators Foiled—Champe\'s Vindication. ..... 152Friends in Need.—Colonel Rogers Volunteers for Service—The
Voyage Down the Ohio—British Intrigue—Benham\'s Journey
The Fight—The Meeting—Brothers in Distress—Succor ..... 161Fleehart\'s Flight.—A Hunter\'s Paradise—Discovered and Pur-
sued—A Stern Chase is a Long Chase .....172A Gallant Enterprise.—A Voluntary Prisoner—A Night Visit—
The Conspirators Retreat—A Strange Journey—Recognition—
An Encounter in the Darkness—Again in Prison—The Return
to Lancaster ..... 179Kennan\'s Jump.—The Surprise—The Feat of an Athlete—A Deed
of Mercy ..... 200A North Carolina Story.—A Woodland Meeting—A Champion
—Captain Fanning Meets an Old Enemy—The Tables Turned ..... 207A White Caughnewaga.—Braddock\'s Camp—The Road-Cutters—
The Capture and Journey—Arrival at Fort Duquesne—The
Day of the Battle—Made \"Injun\"—The Buffalo Hunt—Lost—
An Indian Wedding—The Winter Hunting Camp—The Bear
Hunt—Sugar Making—A Novel Foot-race—Savage Hospi-
tality—Summer Sports—Beaver Hunting—Alone in the Woods
—The Conjurer—A Drive Hunt—A Ring Hunt—Through the
Jaws of Death—Trials—The Return to Civilization ..... 219The Hero of Fort Sandusky.—Harrison\'s Message to Croghan
and the Reply—The Assault—The Defence—Victory ..... 294A Story of Old Virginia.—A September Morning—An Unex-
pected Journey—A Desolated Home—A Reunion—The Re-
visitation ..... 300TABLE OF CONTENTS.An Incident of the Siege of Fort Meigs—Tecumseh, the Great
Shawnee—The Prophet—The Siege—Tecumseh\'s Magnanimity ..... 309Piskaret the Adirondack.—The Council—Makusu\'s Appeal—
The Stratagem—The Return to the Village—Piskaret Visits
His Foes—His After Fate ..... 316Adventures of Thomas Ferris.—His Escape from the British—
Becomes a Spy—A Lucky Expedient—The Capture of the
Two War Vessels ..... 327
How Jim Shot His Turkey.— The Scout\'s Offer—Stalking the
Game—An Unexpected Quarry—The Call Answered—Hughes
Fulfills His Promise ..... 351A Shawnees Damon.—The Game of Ball—The Feast and Dance—
Grey Hawk\'s Wooing—The Tragedy—Black Hoof\'s Mission—
Tall Oak\'s Friendship ..... 361Five Brave School Boys.—The School in the Wilderness—The
Hunt—A Morning Raid—A Journey—A Novel Battle—Home-
ward Bound ..... 385A Westchester County Story.—A Long Ride—A Gallant Eng-
lishman—A Stubborn Patriot—The Death of a Tory—A Novel
Hiding Place—A Hunt for a Whig—The Ambuscade ....... 403A Brave Child.—The Approach of the Hessians—The Assault of
the Galleys—The Forgotten Babe—An Unheeded Appeal—
Mary\'s Mission—A Glad Meeting ..... 423A Story of the Sea—Two Privateers—A Sail is Sighted—The
Battle—The Gale—\"A Man Day in the Swamp—Home ..... 436A Fight in the Woods—The Watchers of the Trail—\"Big Joe\"
Finds His Match—A Stubborn Struggle—Joe Tells His Story
at the Fort—The Heroism of a Dying Savage—Big Joe\'s Fate. ..... 464An Iroquois Legend—Waipanaiog\'s Incantation—A Voice Out of
the Storm—The Iroquois\' Revenge—An Embassador from a
King—Waipanaiog Receives Light ..... 478
TABLE OF CONTENTS.A Novel Stratagem—The Consultation—A. Bold Resolve—The
Fiery Girdle—A bloodless Victory ..... 497The Legend of Gowanda—The Council of the Wise Women—
Utsindagsa\'s Decision—Teghshe\'s Request—Anue Kills the
Blue Otter—The Compact with Deghsheereno—The Fall of
the Bridge—The Prophecy Fulfilled ..... 504A Storv of the Border—Kenton\'s Decision—The Legend of the
Montgomery\'s—A Tale of blood—The Start for the Indian
Towns—Aleck\'s Dream—A Successful Raid—Balked by the
Flood—Captivity and Death—The Dream Fulfilled—A Modern
Mazeppa—Kenton Runs the Gauntlet—Is Doomed to Death—
A Second Ordeal—He Meets a Friend—A Temporary Respite—
Again Sentenced to the Torture—Girty\'s Subterfuge—Logan
Pleads for Kenton\'s Life—Kenton is Carried to Detroit—
Escapes and Returns to Boonesborough ..... 525A Tale of Little Yellow Creek—The Murder of Todd—The
Pursuit—Andrew Poe Makes a Discovery—A Wrestling
Match—The Struggle in the Water—Magnanimity of Rohn-
yenness ..... 574The Boy Spy. A Tale of the Siege of Fort Griswold—In the
Cabin of the Man-of-War—The Cave on the Island—The Boy
Spy\'s Mission—The Siege and Massacre—The Good Samaritan
—The Smugglers—In an Open Boat—A Metamorphosis—
Finale ..... 589The Death of Leatherlips—The Embassy to the Prophet—The
Dream of the Medicine-Man—The Accusation—The Denial—
The Execution ..... 658The Adventures of Ebenezer Fox—His First Enlistment and
What Came of It—On Board the Protector—The Battle at
Sea—On Board the Prison-Ship \"Jersey\"—-In British Service—
Companions in Misery—Rescue ..... 670
LIST OF upon horseback, his eyes flashing fire,
dashed in among the Indians
Quick as a flash she flung herself across the soldier\'s musket .... 20
Just then an old negro, black as a coal, his snow-white wool in
strong contrast to his ebony face, came running to Sir John.... 25
They sprang away like the wind .... 30
He felt a sudden, sharp little twinge in the calf of his leg .... 38
He succeeded in hanging his hat, in which he had fastened a few
papers revealing his identity, upon a stick stuck in the ground...... 46
They were entirely naked except for their tattered shirts ..... 51
Firebreath answered: \"Kiatchatalee speaks truth.\" .... 59
The youth threw himself from his horse with a low cry ..... 66
Down they plunged without obstacle or impediment ..... 74
With a cry he sank at Jasper\'s feet ..... 81All was silent and he sat upright, and again listened as before ..... 87
. \"I\'ll take charge of him ef you\'ll let him go.\"..... 95
The heroic stripling rested his gun against the root of a fallen tree .... 101
She contrived to pass a certain spot by the roadside ..... 107
He seized the tomahawk from his belt and clove the skull of the
youth ..... 115
\"Why, Massy, my girl,\" he said, \"it ain\'t like you to turn skeery.\". . .. 119
Clasping her infant with one arm and, holding her other boy, five
year old David, by the hand, she allowed herself to be driven
forward a quarter of a mile ....127
For a full hour he stood like a statue ....132
She emerged from the cabin and fled toward the fort .....142A few minutes of anxious suspense by the watchers and another
Indian approached the fire ..... 149
As swiftly as he rode his pursuers gained upon him .....155
Through the appalling extent of the Indian country he traveled,
with only his trusty rifle and his sharp wits to aid him .....163
From a thicket a hundred yards distant one of his own comrades,
pale and haggard, his arms hanging limp and helpless by his
sides, staggered out and came toward him .....169
He casually glanced up and saw at some distance an Indian slowly
approaching ..... 175
\"Will you sell me some pippins, mother, some nice, ripe pippins?\"...... 184
\"You will not harm a hair of that man\'s head.\" .....191
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
As he bent his head, swift, sharp and terrible a hatchet clove his
skull .... 371
Black Hoof was left alone with the dead chieftain .....377
Tall Oak took him on his back ..... 381
A little fellow of seven went into the house, and, leaning against his
father\'s knee, begged him for a story .... 389
Glancing up from his work, he saw but three feet away the painted
face of an Indian ..... 395
John Linn, Brashear and Pope, embarked and paddled on this,
while Charlie swam by its side..... 399They passed to and fro administering comfort and aid .... 407
\"What can I do for you, madam?\" ..... 411
With the hope that life might not be entirely extinct, she applied
restoratives .... 417
\"Please let me come in; I am only a little girl.\".... 425
They saw, coming out of the woods, a few yards distant, the limp
and bedraggled form of a child .... 431
In a short time he slept, rocked upon his watery couch .... 437
Jack raised his gun and the negro his cudgel ..... 443
The two shook hands heartily and sat down together.... 449
The two negroes bent themselves to the paddles .... 455
In another instant both women were clinging to him .... 462
He began to fill his hat with the wild grapes .... 466
Joe aimed a scientific blow at his shaven pate t;o
He washed his wound, and bound it up as-well as he was able ......173
\"Suddenly he ceased, and seemed to be listening.\" ..... 480
\"You are no man if you do not follow them and kill them both.\"..... 486
He noticed among the sedges upon the river bank, a strange object. ....491
\"Give me food and shelter in the name of the Great Spirit.\"....495
The English officer took off his sword and tendered it to Colonel
Ward .... 501She replied, rising to her feet, and standing trembling with wrath.. ... 507
Looking up, she saw Anue .... 511LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
He clambered down the declivity .... 515
Half fascinated, half fearing, the maiden gazed upon him ..... 521
\"Boys, I\'m tired of this kind o\' thing.\"..... 527
They strode on for several hours .... 533
They sat about the fire in. various easy attitudes.... 539
He dropped in the grass and took steady aim .... 545
He was clasped about the arms and body from behind, with an iron
grasp .... 551
Several of the strongest armed braves held the rearing, plunging
brute down by main strength ..... 555
\"Stranger, where are you from?\" asked the new arrival .... 559
\"I\'ll stay an\' be an\' Injun, though it does go agin the grain.\" .... 563
They were sitting with their backs against a log and their feet to
the fire .... 567\"Don\'t you preach any funeral sermon over me.\" ..... 572
The boy pointed to the ground ..... 577
He lay quite still for several minutes looking about him .... 581
Seizing his knife and tomahawk, he crept to the bedside of his host..... 585
He placed his hand sympathetically upon the other\'s knee ..... 592
A boy, apparently about twelve years old, sprang out of the box....... 597
He raised his candle high over his head and looked about him ..... 603
\"I have a letter for you,\" said the newcomer..... 609\"I want to see the officer in command of this fort.\"...... 615
\"Will you take me as a volunteer?\"..... 621
\"They are about a half a mile away.\"..... 627
He coolly loaded and fired one charge after another;..... 631
George vowed to devote his life to his country..... 636
George saw them draw forth two large fish baskets.... 640
This he opened and read ..... 644
He rushed forward and flung himself at the Colonel\'s feet..... 649
At length he arose, and looked impressively around the circle...... 659
All the long afternoon the chief sat at his wigwam door..... 666
\"I will go in your stead if you will give me my freedom.\"..... 673
Eben was stationed upon the edge of the quarter-deck..... 679
\"Ahoy, shipmate, let\'s be sociable over our grog.\"..... 688
In a short time the vessel was under way..... 695LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
They strained and tugged, each striving to overcome the other...... 197
He bounded into the air with a power which astonished himself....... 204
As he turned an angle of the road, a lad of fourteen, with an evil
face and lowering brow, sprang up and confronted him..... 209
At every shot the swift mare increased her speed..... 216
Away they dashed through the forest..... 224
When James awoke to consciousness he found himself in the grasp
of a tall Delaware.... 227
The commandant caused him to be propped up, and then sternly
gazing at him, inquired in English, \"What is your name?\"...... 231
With the aid of a rude staff he mounted the walls of the fort..... 235
The old Indian continued to pull out James\' hair..... 241
\"Look like buffalo track, may be Catawba,\"..... 247
\"Yes, Catawba all one devil..\"..... 253
As he opened his eyes he saw the face of Wolf and several of the
other Indians peering in at him..... 257
With an angry roar he rushed at Tontileaugo..... 263
Placing the stones therein, he laid the venison upon them..... 270
Lame Wolf waited until the animal was some distance from the
shore, then fired .... 277
The brute in mighty leaps rushed straight on through the circling
flames..... 288
\"When the fort is taken there will be none left alive to massacre,\"...... 296
App\'s valley lay basking under the glow of a September sun..... 303
Tecumseh upon horseback, his eyes flashing fire, dashed in among
in among the Indians \'...... 311
Then arose Piskaret, the pride of the Adirondacks..... 319
He rushed by the place where the two spies were concealed .....329
He stopped at the door, staring with all his might..... 336
\"Master Thorndyke, I will have revenge for this outrage,\"..... 341
When the sentinel turned to retrace his beat he was confronted by
the barrel of a pistol..... 347
\"Hello, Jim, what are you trying to do with that gun?\"..... 353
He covered the savage with his rifle, and imitated the quick chat-
ter of a squirrel..... 359
The maiden, flushed and radiant from the race, rested herself an
instant against his breast..... 363
Bright Arrow stood looking out over the water..... 367
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