CONTENTS

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[CHAPTER I]
Ben is born in Lexington 1737—Schools and Schoolfellows1
[CHAPTER II]
They trap Muskrats—Bishop Hancock and his Grandson John14
[CHAPTER III]
In which are Details of a Great Fox Hunt30
[CHAPTER IV]
Trading in those Days—Ben is apprenticed—The Enlisting Sergeant—Court Day at Concord51
[CHAPTER V]
Pigeon Tuesday and its Exploits64
[CHAPTER VI]
A Pauper's Funeral—Ben's Friend the Minister, and Ben's Victory in Wrestling74
[CHAPTER VII]
Tales from the Frontier—Mr. Tythingman and his Services88
[CHAPTER VIII]
Ben and Amos join Rogers's Rangers and march to the West100
[CHAPTER IX]
In which the Rangers engage with the French and Indians110
[CHAPTER X]
Lord Howe and his Death—The Loyalty of John Stark120
[CHAPTER XI]
Fort Ticonderoga and the Assault131
[CHAPTER XII]
The Fight at Fort Anne, and the Escape of Amos142
[CHAPTER XIII]
Ben Comee Heap Big Paleface—Trapping Bob-cats in Primeval Woods163
[CHAPTER XIV]
A Scouting Expedition in the Dead of Winter187
[CHAPTER XV]
Camp Discipline—Amherst's Angels—A Brush with the French, and the Loss of Captain Jacob197
[CHAPTER XVI]
The Rangers to the Front—Captain Stark's Tale of Capture —To attack the St. Francis Indians208
[CHAPTER XVII]
March to the Village—The Retreat224
[CHAPTER XVIII]
Starvation—Drifting down the Ammonusuc—Fort No. 4, and Good Fortune at Last241