. 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 .. . business for one day. Marching next with one hundred and sixtymen to attack Castro at Sutters, they learned that he was in fullretreat to Los Angeles, five hundred miles distant, and they deter-mined to follow. 564 CONQUERLNG THE WILDERNESS. While these stirring events were transpiring in the interior, Com-modore Sloat—while lying with the American frigate Savannah andsloop Preble, in the Mexican port of Mazatlan—heard of the annex-ation of Texas and the war between Mexico and the United Gen. Zachary Taylor, or as he was fully as well known Old Rough and Ready, was marching upon the City of Mexico and ISlata-moras had already been occupied by United States troops. Thesedetails were given by the Mexican officials to Admiral Seymour^ JOHN C. rHEMONT. 565 Commander of the British man-of-war, Collingwood, who was alsowith his ship lying in the harbor of Mazatlan. The Mexicans hoped, that by this information the British wouldbe enabled to seize California before the Americans could do so, butthe information they designed to be strictly confidential leaked outin some way, and when the Collingwood moved out to sea, Sloatmade ready for a cruise and crowding on all sail, steered for Monte-rey. Instru
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