. 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 .. . to ransom Boone, he found them willing to brave thedangers of the two hundred miles that lay between them and theirhomes. What these dangers were they fully knew, and they setabout making their preparations to encounter them. Kenton, affecting a great friendship for two Indians employed bysome of the citizens as hunters, and knowing their weakness forliquor, gave them all the rum they could drink, and bought theirrifles and ammunition for a song. Another rifle was needed, andthat was obtained from a sympathetic friend of Kentons, namedEdgar, whose wife cheerfully seconded him in procuring the gun,with an ample supply of powder, balls and other necessaries. 133 134 CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS. These were next taken, one by one, out of the town, and carefullysecreted until such time as they thought most favorable to jout theirplan into execution. This occurred soon after, and after a perilousjourney of thirty nights—for they did not dare to move during theday—^they reached SIMON KENTON AND COLONEL FLETCHER. Kenton had been gone from Kentucky ten months, and had beensubjected to greater dangers and more hardships than had ever fallento the lot of any of the pioneers. From the time of his capt
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