Roger the ranger: A story of border life among the Indians

“HE THREW THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF HIS BODY UPON ME AND STRUCK ME DOWN.”
ROGER THE RANGER
A STORY OF BORDER LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS
E. F. POLLARD
AUTHOR OF “THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS,” “TRUE UNTO DEATH,” ETC.
Publishers
PARTRIDGE
London
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
CONTENTS
“It is of no use, Father Nat; we have gone over the same ground again and again. I shall never settle down as a New England farmer, and there are other reasons why I should go forth from among you. Mother, you have Marcus; he will stand you in good stead: he has almost reached man’s estate, and he is old for his years; he will be a better son to you than I have ever been. Don’t, Loïs, my darling;” and the speaker, a tall, handsome man of four- or five-and-twenty, in the picturesque dress of the New England hunter, sought to unclasp from round his neck the clinging hands of a young girl, down whose face the tears were flowing fast.
“You are my firstborn, and like Esau you are selling your birthright, and surely even as he did you will lose the blessing,” exclaimed his mother, wringing her hands.