. 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 .. . terms, some argued favorably for his skill and conduct; whileothers considered it as a bluff, intended to frighten his opponent. Walkers second was an officer of the regular army, named Fol-som, and the second of Graham was also a military man. On theway to the place of meeting, Graham told his second that he was adead shot, and that he intended to kill Walker at the first fire. Hissecond, a man of the strictest honor, looked on this declaration :isbut little short of an announcement that his principal intended to com-mit murder, and he straightway stopped the carriage, and told Gra-ham that if he were the dead shot he claimed to be, it would be afoul nuirder to carry out his expressed intention, and further, that CALIFORNIA DUELS. 619 if he did not agree merely to wing his man, he would immediatelyfind himself under the necessity of choosing another second. After considerable talk, this was agreed to, and the ride to thefield was resumed. The duel was to take place at nine oclock in. the morning, and when Graham reached the spot, he found Walkeralready there. The day was Sunday and a crowd of at least fivethousand people had collected; amongst whom were all of the prin-cipal citizens of San Francisco. G
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