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THE

ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY

OF

PIONEER LIFE.

A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE

HEROES AND ADVENTURERS

WHO, BY THEIR VALOR AND WAR-CRAFT, BEAT BACK THE SAVAGES FROM THE
BORDERS OF CIVILIZATION AND GAVE THE AMERICAN FORESTS
TO THE PLOW AND THE SICKLE.

EMBRACING

THE LEGEND OF POWHATAN; THE
TRIALS OF LA SALLE; THE FATE OF PHILIP; THE
LION AND THE LILIES; ROGERS'S RANGERS; THE ADVENTURES
OF WAYNE'S SCOUTS; THE AMBITION OF PONTIAC; BRANT AND THE
MOHAWKS; THE BLOODY YEAR OF THE THREE 7'S; THE CONFLICT IN THE
OHIO VALLEY; THE EXPLOITS OF WETZEL; THE COURAGE OF KENTON; THE BRAVERY
OF BRADY; THE DAYS OF DANIEL BOONE; THE MORAVIAN MASSACRES; THE CRUELTIES OF
GIRTY; THE DOOM OF CRAWFORD; TROUBLES OF THE TENNESSEEANS; THE ROMANCE
OF RED EAGLE; THE TRUE STORY OF THE PROPHET; THE SORROWS OF THE
SEMINOLES; BLACK HAWK'S HUMILIATION; THE HISTORY OF KIT
CARSON; THE HEROES OF THE LONE STAR STATE; THE
TRAGEDY OF MINNESOTA; JOSEPH AND HIS BRETH-
REN; THE RED MAN OF TO-DAY, ETC.

BY

AUGUSTUS LYNCH MASON, A.M.

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, LL.D.
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JONES BROTHERS AND COMPANY
CINCINNATI, O., CHICAGO, ILL., ST. LOUIS, MO., DALLAS, TEX.
1883

COPYRIGHTED, 1883, BY J. T. JONES


PREFACE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

RETURN TO COLONIAL AMERICA


The Tragedy and Romance of Pioneer Life
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