. 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 .. . our wives and daughtersfor outrage, and your strong men for the hellish agonies of thestake. Stirred by the speeches of Clarke, as the war-horse by the shrillnotes of the bugle, the Kentuckians swore to follow him to to see that his own spirit so animated these men, Clarke. FATHER GEBAULT. wrote fully to the Governor of Virginia, detailing his plans for theaccomplishment of his aims, and requesting what aid they might beable to send. Securing this aid, the expedition was speedily organizedat Louisville, then known as the Falls of the Ohio, and started downthe river in boats. Meeting a party of hunters at the mouth of theTennessee River, Clarke learned from them that the at 1(32 CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS. Kaskaskia and Kahokia were on the alert, expecting a visit from theKentuckians, but he also learned that the larger portion of theFrench would prefer American rule to British. Taking these men along as guides, they reached and entirely sur-prised Kaskaskia, taking it without the shedding of a drop of blood,and so winning upon the favor of the inhabitants by a judiciousmixture of kindness and severity that some of the citizens accom-panied them in their capture of Kahokia, (just
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