. 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 .. . in,thus making a show as if he had a large force. Cautious not toenter the town before dark, for fear the garrison might discover hisweakness, he then seized all of the strong positions that commandedthe fort. So bold was his dash on these points that Law says theEnglish commander could not believe it was the enemy, but attribu-ted the firing to some drunken Indians without the walls of the fort. One hundred of these Indians, seeing the boldness of the Ken-tuckians, immediately tuansferred their allegiance from the British,and were anxious to join in an assault on the post. The unerringaim of the skillful borderers soon silenced the cannon of the fort,as no sooner was a port-hole thrown open than the gunners were A TERRIBLE I\L\RCII. 171 shot down at their pieces. Every stratagem was used to causeHamilton to think his opponents were in heavy numbers, and theysucceeded most admirably. The fort was now summoned to sur-render, but Hamilton, fearful of receiving the treatment he so richly. deserved, declined. Clarke now opened a heavier fire upon the fort,so that not a soul could open a port or expose himself in any man-ner, without being shot. Clarke had even determined on an assault,when a flag of truce wa
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