. 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 .. . bring their own bodies into camp. In 1869, while out scouting for General Carrs command, Codydiscovered a Sioux village and surrounding it, the troops chargedfiercely upon it, killing one hundred and forty of the Indians andthen set fire to the lodges, burning all of the Indian supplies. Inthe village they found a white woman, who had been tomahawkedat the first alarm. Scattering to the sand-hills, the Indians hadre-formed and while the flames were still blazing furiously, theymade a rapid charge, yelling like demons. Cody and a few men hadbeen thrown out on the skirmish line and as Tall Bull came on atthe head of his warriors, a lucky shot from Cody dropped him fromhis horse, which was captured by one of the troopers. Tliis horse,under the management of Cody, became noted as a racer and wonmany a bet for his oew master, AD VENTURES OF BUFEALO tJlLL. 5jn For over two years Bill scouted and hunted for the frontier posts,and havinor located a ranch in Nebraska, near North Platte, he was. THE TABLES TUUNEO—THE WAY THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS IS SAID TO HAVE HUNTED BUFFALO. appointed a justice of the peace, in which capacity he gave generalsatisfaction. In 1872 he acted as guide for Alexis, Grand Duke of 550 CON
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