Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier

An interesting souvenir.--Greeting at Lake Glazier.--Petition to Geographical Societies.--Voice from Aitkin, Gate City of the Upper Mississippi.--Tributes from Brainerd.--An old...

In the saddle.--Bunker Hill.--Arrives in Albany.--Reminiscences.--The Soldiers' Home.--Contributions for erecting Soldiers' Home.--Reception at Rochester.--Buffalo.--Dunkirk.--S...

Literary zeal.--"Heroes of Three Wars"--Extract from preface.--Sale of the work.--Extracts: Washington.--Winfield Scott.--Zachary Taylor.--Grant.--Sheridan.--Kilpatrick.--Press...

Captain Glazier as a horseman.--Cheyenne.--Two herders.--Captured by Indians.--Torture and death of a herder.--Escape.--Ogden.-- Letter to Major Hessler.--Kelton.--Terrace.--Wel...

In jail.--White trash.--Yankees.--Off to Waynesboro.--No rations. Calling the roll.--Sylvania.--Plan for escape.--Lieutenant John W. Wright.--A desperate project.--Escaped!--Giv...

"Battles for the Union."--Extracts.--Bull Run.--Brandy Station.--Manassas.--Gettysburg.--Pittsburg Landing.--Surrender of General Lee.--Opinions of the press.--Philadelphia "Nor...

From boy to man.--The Lyceum debate.--Willard speaks for the slave.--Entrance to the State Normal School.--Reverses.--Fighting the world again.--Assistance from fair hands.--Wil...

Mournful news.--How a brave man dies.--New Year's Day.--Jolly under unfavorable circumstances.--Major Turner pays his respects.--Punishment for singing "villainous Yankee songs....

Under siege.--Charleston Jail.--The Stars and Stripes.--Federal compliments.--Under the guns.--Roper Hospital.--Yellow Jack.--Sisters of Charity.--Rebel Christianity.--A Byronic...

A plan of life.--Determination to procure an education.--A substitute at the plow.--His father acquiesces in his determination to become a trapper.--Life in the wild woods along...

Voyage from Source to Sea.--Three thousand miles in an open canoe.--"Pioneers of the Mississippi."--A thrilling lecture.--The long voyage begun.--Mosquitoes.--Hunger and exhaust...

Fugitive slaves.--A rebel planter.--The Big Ebenezer.--A sound of oars.--A _ruse de guerre_.--Burial of a dead soldier.--A free ride.--Groping in the dark.--"Who goes there!"--R...

From Boston to San Francisco.--An unparalleled ride.--Object of the journey.--Novel lecture tour.--Captain Frank M. Clark.--"Echoes from the Revolution."--Lecture at Tremont Tem...

Ward Glazier moves to the Davis Place.--"Far in the lane a lonely house he found."--Who was Davis?--Description of the place.--A wild spot for a home.--Willard at work.--Adventu...

"All ye who enter here abandon hope."--Auld lang syne.--Major Turner.--Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.--Stoicism.--Glazier enters the prison-hospital.--A charnel-house.--Re...

Belle Boyd, the Confederate spy.--National characteristics.-- Colonel Mosby.--Richmond to Danville.--Sleeping spoon-fashion.-- Glazier's "corrective point" suffers.--Saltatory e...

Short rations.--Empty haversacks and depleted cartridge-boxes.--Statement of Chenowagesic.--Captain Glazier's diary.--Vivid description.--Coasting Itasca.--Chenowagesic puzzled....

Alligators.--A detachment of Southern chivalry.--A scare.--Repairs neatly executed.--Misery and despair.--Virtue its own reward.--Hunger and desperation.--Audacity.--A Confedera...

The mutterings of war.--Enlistment.--At Camp Howe.--First experience as a soldier.--"One step to the front!"--Beyond Washington.--On guard.--Promotion.--Recruiting service.--The...

"What boots a weapon in a withered hand?"--A thunderbolt wasted.--War upon hen-roosts.--A bit of unpublished history.--A fierce fight with Hampton's cavalry.--"In one red burial...

Launching the canoes.--Flat Mouth and White Cloud again.--An inspiring scene.--Farewell to Leech Lake.--Up the Kabekanka River.--Dinner at Lake Benedict.--Difficult navigation.-...

Parting company.--Thirst and no water.--Hoping for the end.--The boy and the chicken.--Conversation of ladies overheard.--The fugitives pursued.--The sleeping village.--Captain...

A situation to try the stoutest hearts.--Hail Columbia!--Every man a hero.--Kilpatrick's ingenuity.--A pen-picture from "Soldiers of the Saddle."--Glazier thanked by his general...

The big uncle and the little nephew.--Exchange of ideas between the eccentric Henry Glazier and young Willard.--Inseparable companions.--Willard's early reading.--Favorite autho...

An embryonic red man.--A primitive hotel.--An unkempt inhabitant of the forest.--Leech Lake.--Major Ruffe's arrival.--White Cloud.--Paul Beaulieu and his theory about the source...

Returns to Michigan City.--Joliet.--Thomas Babcock.--Herbert Glazier.--Ottawa.--La Salle.--Colonel Stevens.--Press Notice.--Taken for a highwayman.--Milan.--Davenport.--Press No...

Startled by hounds.--An unpleasant predicament.--A Christian gentlewoman.--Appeal to Mrs. Colonel Taylor.--"She did all she could."--A meal fit for the gods.--Aunt Katy.--"Lor'...

Glazier's determination to re-enter the army.--Letter to Colonel Harhaus.--Testimonial from Colonel Clarence Buel.--Letter from Hon. Martin I. Townsend to governor of New York.-...

Manassas.--The flying troops.--The unknown hero.--Desperate attempt to stop the retreat.--Recruiting the decimated ranks.--Fredericksburg.--Bravery of Meagher's brigade.--The im...

Glazier in search of a publisher for "Capture, Prison-Pen and Escape."--Spends his last dollar.--Lieutenant Richardson a friend in need.--Joel Munsell, of Albany, consents to pu...

Another work by Captain Glazier.--"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry."--Daring deeds of the Light Dragoons.--Extracts from the work.--Night attack on Falmouth Heights.--Kilpatr...

Scotch-Irish Presbyterianism of twenty-five years ago.--The "little deacon."--First days at school.--Choosing a wife.--A youthful gallant.--A close scholar but a wild lad.--A mo...

Henry Glazier.--A singular character.--"Kaw-shaw-gan-ce" and "Quaw-taw-pee-ah."--Tom Lolar and Henry Glazier.--Attractive show-bills.--Billy Muldoon and his trombone.--Behind th...

School-days continued.--Boys will be boys.--Cornelius Carter, the teacher.--Young Willard's rebellion against injustice.--Gum-chewing.--Laughable race through the snow.--The tum...

An interval of literary work.--Conception of another expedition.--Reflections upon the Old Explorers.--Indian rumors.--Determined to find the true source of the Great River.--St...

The infant stranger.--A mother's prayers.--"Be just before you are generous."--Careful training.--Willard Glazier's first battle.--A narrow escape.--Facing the foe.--The happy d...

The sentinel's lonely round.--General Pope in command of the army.--Is gunboat service effective?--First cavalry battle of Brandy Station.--Under a rain of bullets.--Flipper's o...

Out of boyhood.--Days of adolescence.--True family pride.--Schemes for the future.--Willard as a temperance advocate.--Watering his grandfather's whiskey.--The pump behind the h...

Returns to the East by the "Iron Horse."--Boston _Transcript_ on the journey on horseback.--Resumes literary work.--"Peculiarities of American Cities."--Preface to book.--A dome...

Return to St. Louis.--Lecture at Mercantile Library Hall.--Brilliant audience.--The Missouri Historical Society present.--Eloquent introduction by Judge Todd.--"Pioneers of the...

Mysterious voices.--"I reckon deys Yankees."--"Who comes there?"--The Lady of the Manor.--A weird spectacle.--The struggle through the swamp.--A reflection on Southern swamps in...

Lineage of Willard Glazier.--A good stock.--Oliver Glazier at the Battle of Bunker Hill.--The home of honest industry.--The Coronet of Pembroke.--The "Homestead Farm."--Mehitabl...

Captain Glazier returns to New Orleans.--A general ovation.-- Flattering opinions of the press.--Introduction to the Mayor.-- Freedom of the City tendered.--Special meeting of t...

An interesting souvenir.--Greeting at Lake Glazier.--Petition to Geographical Societies.--Voice from Aitkin, Gate City of the Upper Mississippi.--Tributes from Brainerd.--Missis...

Voyage from Source to Sea.--Three thousand miles in an open canoe.--"Pioneers of the Mississippi."--A thrilling lecture.--The long voyage begun.--Mosquitoes.--Hunger and exhaust...

From boy to man.--The Lyceum debate.--Willard speaks for the slave.--Entrance to the State Normal School.--Reverses.--Fighting the world again.--Assistance from fair hands.--Wil...

Glazier's determination to re-enter the army.--Letter to Colonel Harhaus.--Testimonial from Colonel Clarence Buel.--Letter from Hon. Martin I. Townsend to governor of New York.-...

A plan of life.--Determination to procure an education.--A substitute at the plow.--His father acquiesces in his determination to become a trapper.--Life in the wild woods along...

An aboriginal red man.--A primitive hotel.--A native of the forest.--Leech Lake.--Major Ruffe's arrival.--White Cloud.--Paul Beaulieu and his theory about the source of the Miss...

The big uncle and the little nephew.--Exchange of ideas between the eccentric Henry Glazier and young Willard.--Inseparable companions.---Willard's early reading.--Favorite auth...

Ward Glazier moves to the Davis Place.--"Far in the lane a lonely house he found."--Who was Davis?--Description of the place.--A wild spot for a home.--Willard at work.--Adventu...

Short rations.--Empty haversacks and depleted cartridge-boxes.--Statement of Chenowagesic.--Captain Glazier's diary.--Vivid description.--Coasting Itasca.--Chenowagesic puzzled....

Captain Glazier returns to New Orleans.--A general ovation.-- Flattering opinions of the press.--Introduction to the Mayor.-- Freedom of the City tendered.--Special meeting of t...

Glazier in search of a publisher for "Capture, Prison-Pen and Escape."--Spends his last dollar.--Lieutenant Richardson a friend in need.--Joel Munsell, of Albany, consents to pu...

Launching the canoes.--Flat Mouth and White Cloud again.--An inspiring scene.--Farewell to Leech Lake.--Up the Kabekanka River.--Dinner at Lake Benedict.--Difficult navigation.-...

Mournful news.--How a brave man dies.--New Year's day.--Jolly under unfavorable circumstances.--Major Turner pays his respects.-- Punishment for singing "villainous Yankee songs...

School-days continued.--Boys will be boys.--Cornelius Carter, the teacher.--Young Willard's rebellion against injustice.-- Gum-chewing.--Laughable race through the snow.--The tu...

In jail.--White trash.--Yankees.--Off to Waynesboro.--No rations.--Calling the roll.--Sylvania.--Plan for escape.--Lieutenant John W. Wright.--A desperate project.--Escaped!--Gi...

Another work by Captain Glazier.--"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry."--Daring deeds of the Light Dragoons.--Extracts from the work.--Night attack on Falmouth Heights.--Kilpatr...

An interval of literary work.--Conception of another expedition.-- Reflections upon the Old Explorers.--Indian rumors.--Determined to find the true source of the Great River.--S...

The sentinel's lonely round.--General Pope in command of the army.--Is gunboat service effective?--First cavalry battle of Brandy Station.--Under a rain of bullets.--Flipper's o...

Belle Boyd, the Confederate spy.--National characteristics.--Colonel Mosby.--Richmond to Danville.--Sleeping spoon-fashion.--Glazier's "corrective point" suffers.--Saltatory ent...

"All ye who enter here abandon hope."--Auld lang syne.--Major Turner.--Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.--Stoicism.--Glazier enters the prison-hospital--A charnel-house.--Reb...

The mutterings of war.--Enlistment.--At Camp Howe.--First experience as a soldier.--"One step to the front!"--Beyond Washington.--On guard.--Promotion.--Recruiting service.--The...

A situation to try the stoutest hearts.--Hail Columbia!--Every man a hero.--Kilpatrick's ingenuity.--A pen-picture from "Soldiers of the Saddle."--Glazier thanked by his general...

Out of boyhood.--Days of adolescence.--True family pride.--Schemes for the future.--Willard as a temperance advocate.--Watering his grandfather's whiskey.--The pump behind the h...

Startled by hounds.--An unpleasant predicament.--A Christian gentlewoman.--Appeal to Mrs. Colonel Taylor.--"She did all she could."--A meal fit for the gods.--Aunt Katy.--"Lor'...

Fugitive slaves.--A rebel planter.--The big Ebenezer.--A sound of oars.--A _ruse de guerre_.--Burial of a dead soldier.--A free ride.--Groping in the dark.--"Who goes there!"--R...

Captain Glazier as a horseman.--Cheyenne.--Two herders.--Captured by Indians.--Torture and death of a herder.--Escape.--Ogden.-- Letter to Major Hessler.--Kelton.--Terrace.--Wel...

In the saddle.--Bunker Hill.--Arrives in Albany.--Reminiscences.-- The Soldiers' Home.--Contributions for erecting Soldiers' Home.--Reception at Rochester.--Buffalo.--Dunkirk.--...

Returns to the East by the "Iron Horse."--Boston _Transcript_ on the journey on horseback.--Resumes literary work.--"Peculiarities of American Cities."--Preface to book.--A dome...

Parting company.--Thirst and no water.--Hoping for the end.--The boy and the chicken.--Conversation of ladies overheard.--The fugitives pursued.--The sleeping village.--Captain...

Return to St. Louis.--Lecture at Mercantile Library Hall.--Brilliant audience.--The Missouri Historical Society present.--Eloquent introduction by Judge Todd.--"Pioneers of the...

Lineage of Willard Glazier.--A good stock.--Oliver Glazier at the Battle of Bunker Hill.--The home of honest industry.--The Coronet of Pembroke.--The "Homestead Farm."--Mehitabl...

"What boots a weapon in a withered hand?"--A thunderbolt wasted.--War upon hen-roosts.--A bit of unpublished history.--A fierce fight with Hampton's cavalry.--In one red burial...

Under siege.--Charleston Jail.--The Stars and Stripes.--Federal compliments.--Under the guns.--Roper Hospital.--Yellow Jack.--Sisters of Charity.--Rebel Christianity.--A Byronic...

Scotch-Irish Presbyterianism of twenty-five years ago.--The "little deacon."--First days at school.--Choosing a wife.--A youthful gallant.--A close scholar but a wild lad.--A mo...

From Boston to San Francisco.--An unparalleled ride.--Object of the journey.--Novel lecture tour.--Captain Frank M. Clark.--"Echoes from the Revolution."--Lecture at Tremont Tem...

Literary zeal.--"Heroes of Three Wars."--Extract from preface.--Sale of the work.--Extracts: Washington.--Winfield Scott.--Zachary Taylor.--Grant.--Sheridan.--Kilpatrick.--Press...

Henry Glazier.--A singular character.--"Kaw-shaw-gan-ce" and "Quaw-taw-pee-ab."--Tom Lolar and Henry Glazier.--Attractive show-bills.--Billy Muldoon and his trombone.--Behind th...

"Battles for the Union."--Extracts.--Bull Run.--Brandy Station.--Manassas.--Gettysburg.--Pittsburg Landing.--Surrender of General Lee.--Opinions of the press.--Philadelphia "Nor...

The infant stranger.--A mother's prayers.--"Be just before you are generous."--Careful training.--Willard Glazier's first battle.--A narrow escape.--Facing the foe.--The "happy...

Alligators.--A detachment of Southern chivalry.--A scare.--Repairs neatly executed.--Misery and despair.--Virtue its own reward.--Hunger and desperation.--Audacity.--A Confedera...

Returns to Michigan City.--Joliet.--Thomas Babcock.--Herbert Glazier.--Ottawa.--La Salle.--Colonel Stevens.--Press Notice.--Taken for a highwayman.--Milan.--Davenport.--Press No...

Manassas.--The flying troops.--The unknown hero.--Desperate attempt to stop the retreat.--Recruiting the decimated ranks.--Fredericksburg.--Bravery of Meagher's brigade.--The im...

Mysterious voices.--"I reckon dey's Yankees."---"Who comes there?"--The Lady of the Manor.--A weird spectacle.--The struggle through the swamp.--A reflection on Southern swamps...