. Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibusteri
. Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibustering expeditions; ... eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright, Axley and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and describing life and adventure on the plains .. . )ursuit. Time had flown rapidly; it was now the spring of 1832, and Gauntsmen had been very unsuccessful. Carson, thinking he coulddo better, tripping on his own account, took two men and leavingthe pnity, went higher up into the mountains, thus avoiding Indiantroubles and securing numbers of beavers. His success was very great and carrying his furs to Taos, he soldout to the traders there and joined Captain Lee, who was an officerin t!ie army of the TFnited States and also was now a partner ofBent and St. Yrain. With his party Carson went to Green River, G40 CONQUERING THE WILDERlSrESS. where they met another party of trappers. An Indian—who had beenwith the latter company for some time—had, the night before thearrival of Lee, stolen six of their best horses and fled. Havingobtained Lees permission to go in pursuit, Carson got a young Ute. KIT CARSON. warrior to accompany him and the two set off on the trail of the horse-thief, lie had a good start and was making his way rapidly towardCalifornia. After going about a hundred miles, the horse of theyoung brave became sick and Carson pushed on alone, overtakingthe Indian about thirty miles from the point where he left the Ute. KIT CARSON. CAl Acs soon
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