THE WOUNDED PIONEER.
HEROES
AND
HUNTERS OF THE WEST:
COMPRISING
SKETCHES AND ADVENTURES
OF
BOONE, KENTON, BRADY, LOGAN, WHETZEL,
FLEEHART, HUGHES, JOHNSTON, &c.
PHILADELPHIA:
H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS.
1860.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853,
BY H. C. PECK & THEO. BLISS,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.
CONTENTS.
| Daniel Boone. | [11] |
| Simon Kenton. | [19] |
| George Rogers Clarke. | [24] |
| Benjamin Logan. | [32] |
| Samuel Brady. | [38] |
| Lewis Whetzel. | [45] |
| Caffree, M’Clure, and Davis. | [58] |
| Charles Johnston. | [66] |
| Joseph Logston. | [74] |
| Jesse Hughes. | [81] |
| Siege of Fort Henry. | [87] |
| Simon Girty. | [103] |
| Joshua Fleehart. | [118] |
| Indian Fight on the Little Muskingum. | [129] |
| Escape of Return J. Meigs. | [137] |
| Estill’s Defeat. | [144] |
| A Pioneer Mother. | [154] |
| The Squatter’s Wife and Daughter. | [167] |
| Captain William Hubbell. | [173] |
| Murder of Cornstalk and his Son. | [185] |
| The Massacre of Chicago. | [189] |
| The Two Friends. | [211] |
| Desertion of a young White Man, from a party of Indians. | [219] |
| Morgan’s Triumph. | [229] |
| Massacre of Wyoming. | [233] |
| Heroic Women of the West. | [243] |
| Indian Strategem Foiled. | [250] |
| Blackbird. | [265] |
| A Desperate Adventure. | [268] |
| Adventure of Two Scouts. | [276] |
| A Young Hero of the West. | [299] |
PREFACE.
To the lovers of thrilling adventure, the title of this work would alone be its strongest recommendation. The exploits of the Heroes of the West, need but a simple narration to give them an irresistible charm. They display the bolder and rougher features of human nature in their noblest light, softened and directed by virtues that have appeared in the really heroic deeds of every age, and form pages in the history of this country destined to be read and admired when much that is now deemed more important is forgotten.
It is true, that, with the lights of this age, we regard many of the deeds of our western pioneer as aggressive, barbarous, and unworthy of civilized men. But there is no truly noble heart that will not swell in admiration of the devotion and disinterestedness of Benjamin Logan, the self-reliant energy of Boone and Whetzel, and the steady firmness and consummate military skill of George Rogers Clarke. The people of this country need records of the lives of such men, and we have attempted to present these in an attractive form.
CAPTURE OF BOONE.
HEROES OF THE WEST.