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WILD SCENES ON THE FRONTIERS; OR, HEROES OF THE WEST.
BYEMERSON BENNETT,
AUTHOR OF "CLARA MORELAND," "PRAIRIE FLOWER," "HUBERT THE FOUNDLING," "THE REFUGEES," "BLANCHE BERTRAND," "THE ARTIST'S BRIDE," ETC., ETC., ETC. "Westward the Course of Empire takes its Man."PHILADELPHIA: HAMELIN & CO., 606 CHESTNUT STREET.
1859.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by HAMELIN & Co., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD, BY LOUDERBACK & HOFFMAN.
STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES,
PRINTED BY KING & BAIRD,
No. 607 Sansom Street,
Philadelphia.
TO
WILLIAM W. HARDING, ESQ.,
OF THE
Pennsulbania Inquirer,
PHILADELPHIA,
AS A TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM,
THIS WORK
IS INSCRIBED,
BY THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
- THE MINGO CHIEF. 15
- THE KENTUCKY HERO. 27
- THE MAID OF FORT HENRY. 39
- WRECKED ON THE LAKE. 56
- A LEAP FOR LIFE. 80
- A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER. 69
- LOVE TRIUMPHANT. 90
- MAD ANN. 103
- THE DARING SCOUTS. 115
- THE GAMBLERS OUTWITTED. 125
- A FIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE. 135
- AN ARKANSAS DUEL. 146
- THE POISONED BRIDE. 158
- ATTACKED BY INDIANS. 169
- THE TRAPPER'S STORY. 180
- A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. 189
- A MOTHER'S COURAGE. 203
- A DARING EXPLOIT. 215
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN PERILS. 232
- THE DEAD ALIVE. 245
- FIGHT WITH A BEAR. 259
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- THE HAUNTED HOUSE. 269
- BILL LUKEN'S RUN. 285
- THE FAITHFUL NEGRO. 298
- THE GUERRILLA QUEEN. 310
- THE LAST STAKE. 320
- ADVENTURE OF A COLPORTEUR. 333
- A NIGHT WITH THE WOLVES. 344
- COLONEL BOWIE OF ARKANSAS. 355
- THE BACKWOODSMAN'S FIRST LOVE. 372
- A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. 387
- ON THE SCOUT. 400