Benjamin of Ohio: A Story of the Settlement of Marietta
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A Story of the Settlement of Marietta
BY JAMES OTIS
NEW YORK -:- CINCINNATI -:- CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, by JAMES OTIS KALER.
BENJAMIN OF OHIO.
W. P. I
The author of this series of stories for children has endeavored simply to show why and how the descendants of the early colonists fought their way through the wilderness in search of new homes. The several narratives deal with the struggles of those adventurous people who forced their way westward, ever westward, whether in hope of gain or in answer to the call of the wild, and who, in so doing, wrote their names with their blood across this country of ours from the Ohio to the Columbia.
To excite in the hearts of the young people of this land a desire to know more regarding the building up of this great nation, and at the same time to entertain in such a manner as may stimulate to noble deeds, is the real aim of these stories. In them there is nothing of romance, but only a careful, truthful record of the part played by children in the great battles with those forces, human as well as natural, which, for so long a time, held a vast portion of this broad land against the advance of home seekers.
With the knowledge of what has been done by our own people in our own land, surely there is no reason why one should resort to fiction in order to depict scenes of heroism, daring, and sublime disregard of suffering in nearly every form.
James Otis
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Benjamin of Ohio
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
BENJAMIN'S STORY
THE OHIO COMPANY
RUFUS PUTNAM
COLONEL PUTNAM, THE ENGINEER
THE FIRST EMIGRANTS
BUILDING A FLEET
CAMPUS MARTIUS
THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL PUTNAM
THE WORK OF THE FIRST EMIGRANTS
CLEARING THE LAND
HOW OUR COMPANY WAS FORMED
MAKING READY FOR THE JOURNEY
CONCERNING MYSELF
SETTING OUT
MISTRESS DEVOLL'S OUTFIT
AT PROVIDENCE
ON THE ROAD TO BLOOMING GROVE
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
ON THE WATER ONCE MORE
FEASTING ON HONEY
AMONG THE MORAVIANS
THE ROPE FERRY
THE WAY THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA
THE SHAME OF THE GIRLS
MEETING WITH PARSON CUTLER
OHIO CORNFIELDS
THE GOVERNOR AND JUDGES
THE NAME OF THE TOWN
CAMPUS MARTIUS
INDEPENDENCE DAY
MASTER DEVOLL'S HOUSE
THE INDIAN MOUNDS
AT HARRISBURG
ISAAC BARKER'S SPORT
UNCLE DANIEL CARTER
UNCLE DANIEL JOINS OUR COMPANY
HARD TRAVELING
MUD AND WATER
A STORM OF SNOW
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
A FRIENDLY DUNKARD
MASTER HIPLES'S KINDNESS
A SURLY LANDLORD
ISAAC FLOGS THE LANDLORD
A MUCH NEEDED LESSON
A TIME OF REST
PACK TRAINS
A NIGHT ADVENTURE
FEARS ABOUT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
DESCENDING THE MOUNTAINS
AT THE FOOT OF THE HILLS
NEARING THE END OF THE JOURNEY
AT SUMRILL'S FERRY
PARTING WITH UNCLE DANIEL
OUR FLATBOAT
THE CATTLE ARE SENT AWAY
AT PITTSBURGH
TOO MUCH WATER
ESCAPE OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
REPAIRING DAMAGES
OUR PILOT
A CHANGE OF WEATHER
NOISY FEAR
A REAL FEAST
FINDING THE CANOE
BUFFALO CREEK
THE MARCH ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AT MARIETTA
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
INSPECTING THE TOWN OF MARIETTA
A TEMPORARY HOME
BUYING LAND
VISITING THE SAVAGES
CAPTAIN HASKELL'S ADVICE
A NEW FRIEND
FISHING THROUGH THE ICE
THE SABBATH IN MARIETTA
A REGULAR BUSINESS
A VISIT FROM THE SAVAGES
BUILDING A HOME
A GREAT PROJECT
THE TWO MILLERS
THE SAVAGES ON THE WARPATH
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