. 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 .. . trouble quietly, and accordingly taking one companionwith him, he stepped out of the door, rifle in one hand, the otherextended toward the Indians. Several of them came forward, shookhis hand heartily, and a friendship was soon established. These Indians, so they told the trappers, were on the war-path,against a neighboring band of Crows, who had raided one of theirvillages, stealing large quantities of dried meat and many vvas unwelcome news; here they were, right between two fires,and subject to continual danger from each of these hostile these Indians, now so friendly, would, on their return, if theysuffered any loss, or met with misfortune, avenge the injury upon 404 CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS. the whites; and, if they returned triumphcint, their war-like enthu-siasm would be so stimulated, that they would almost certainly makean attack. The Crows, too, as they passed back and forth, wouldvisit them, and between the two, they must inevitably be GREASERS. Winter, m all its fury, was upon them, but they must move theirquarters, if they would save their lives, and accordingly, theyloaded up their faithful old horse, and on the 13th day of Decem-ber, set out down the
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