. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . uch other work as had been familiar to him in pastyears and was not now beyond his failing strength. One occu-pation which seems to us rather singular, was the daily rubbingand polishing of a coffin which he had had made for himself, andwhich, at his death, was found in a state of excellent finish. Thiswas the second coffin made for him; the first did not fit to hissatisfaction, so he gave it to his son-in-law, Flanders attack of fever prostrated him in September, 1820, and onthe twenty-sixth of that month, at the residence of his young
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . uch other work as had been familiar to him in pastyears and was not now beyond his failing strength. One occu-pation which seems to us rather singular, was the daily rubbingand polishing of a coffin which he had had made for himself, andwhich, at his death, was found in a state of excellent finish. Thiswas the second coffin made for him; the first did not fit to hissatisfaction, so he gave it to his son-in-law, Flanders attack of fever prostrated him in September, 1820, and onthe twenty-sixth of that month, at the residence of his youngestson, he died, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, and was buriedbeside his wife. The Legislature of Missouri passed resolutionsof resjDect, adopted a badge of mourning for thirty days, and ad-journed for one day. In 1845, the people of Frankfort, Ky., ob-tained the consent of the family to inter the bones of the greatpioneer and his wife in the rural cemetery they had prepared;and the burial took place on the 20th of August of that THE GRAVJi OF LOO*NL. CHAPTER Till. SIMON KENTON. I]Sr the year 1771, there lived in Fauquier County, Virginia, arustic belle, who found it impossible to decide between twoof her many lovers. One of these two was a young farmer, nam-ed William Leitchman; the other was Simon Kenton, a boy ofbut sixteen, but tall and well-formed. In accordance with thecustom of the country, the matter was taken up by the friends ofLeitchman and they administered a severe beating to his youngrival. Smarting under this rough treatment, and feeling no lessthe coquettes admiration of the prowess of his assailants, Ken-ton determined ui:»on revenge. He accordingly challenged Leitch-man to single combat. It was a regular stand-up fight, in whichfists were the only weapons. Such was its character at first, butthe more matured strength of Leitchman transformed it in bothparticulars, as Kenton was soon brought to the ground, and kicksas well as cuffs bestowed upon h
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