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Kenton and his Friends Visit Boonesborough—Desperate Encounter with Indians—Proceeds with Two Companions to Reconnoitre an Indian Town on the Little Miami—Captured while Making Off with a Number of Horses—Brutal Treatment—Bound to the Stake and Runs the Gauntlet—Friendship of Simon Girty, the Renegade—Finally Saved by an Indian Trader—Removed to Detroit, and Escapes—Commands a Company in General Clark's Expedition—Receives Good News—Visits Virginia—Death of his Father—Reduced to Poverty—Removes to Urbana, Ohio—Elected Brigadier-General—His Conversion—His Last Days 222 LEWIS WETZEL. Birth of Lewis Wetzel—His Father Killed by Indians, and Himself and Brother carried off Prisoners—Their Remarkable Escape—Murder of an Indian—Serves in Crawford's Expedition—Pursued by Four Indians, and Kills Three—Escape from the Custody of General Harmar—Wetzel's Hunts for Indians—Assists a Relative to Recover his Betrothed from Savages—Old Age and Death 251

ACROSS TEXAS By Edward S. Ellis CONTENTS I. A LETTER AND A TELEGRAM, 1 II. THROUGH TO TEXAS, 10 III. IN SAN ANTONIO, 20 IV. A STARTLING INTERRUPTION, 29 V. A TEST OF ONE'S NERVES, 38 VI. TWO GOOD SHOTS, 49 VII. AN INTRUDER IN CAMP, 59 VIII. BELL RICKARD, 69 IX. DEPARTURE OF THE GUEST, 78 X. DANGER IN THE EAST, 87 XI. STRANGE PROCEEDINGS, 96 XII. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 105 XIII. AN UNEXPECTED SIGNAL, 114 XIV. A STRANGE ABSENCE, 123 XV. CAUGHT FOUL, 132 XVI. AN ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY, 141 XVII. THE SOLITARY PURSUER, 150 XVIII. THE SECOND RANGE OF HILLS, 159 XIX. IN THE RAVINE, 168 [iv]XX. REINFORCEMENTS, 176 XXI. THE PURSUIT, 186 XXII. ACROSS THE BORDER, 195 XXIII. A RELIC OF OTHER DAYS, 204 XXIV. A RACE WITH AN AVALANCHE, 213 XXV. THE RANCH, 222 XXVI. BELL RICKARD'S SCHEME, 230 XXVII. WATCHING AND WAITING, 239 XXVIII. THE SOUND OF A PISTOL, 248 XXIX. THROUGH THE NIGHT, 257 XXX. A FIGURE IN THE DARKNESS, 266 XXXI. THE RETURN, 275 XXXII. THE ENCOUNTER, 284 XXXIII. IMPORTANT NEGOTIATIONS, 291 XXXIV. A STRANGE DISCOVERY, 302 XXXV. THROUGH THE LINES AGAIN, 311 XXXVI. THE DECISION, 320 XXXVII. THE FINAL CHARGE, 329 XXXVIII. CONCLUSION, 337

THE BOY HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY By Edward S. Ellis

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