CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Preface | [vii] |
| The Frontiersman | [ix] |
| Daniel Morgan: The Famous Virginian Rifleman, and His Adventures with the Indian Bear | [1] |
| James Harrod: Founder of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and Famous Scout of the Frontier | [8] |
| Robert McLellan: Pluckiest of the Early Pioneers | [19] |
| Colonel Benjamin Logan: The Intrepid Fighter of the Kentucky Frontier | [51] |
| George Rogers Clarke: Famous Leader of the Borderland of Kentucky | [64] |
| John Slover: Scout under Crawford and Hero of Extraordinary Adventures | [84] |
| Lewis Wetzel: Heroic Virginia Frontiersman and Implacable Enemy of the Redskins | [103] |
| Samuel Colter: And His Wonderful Race for Life | [122] |
| Meshack Browning: The Celebrated Bear Hunter of the Alleghanies | [129] |
| “Bill” Bent: Hero of the Old Santa Fé Trail | [167] |
| Thomas Eddie: The Last of the Old School Trappers | [181] |
| Jim Bridger: Founder of Bridger, Wyoming, and Famous Indian Fighter | [200] |
| “Old Bill” Williams: The Famous Log Rider of Colorado | [213] |
| “Big Foot” Wallace: Noted Ranger on the Texan Frontier | [223] |
| Captain Jack Hays: Famous Texan Ranger and Commander of Valiant Border Fighters | [257] |
| Bill Hamilton: Famous Trapper, Trader, and Indian Fighter | [279] |
| Uncle Job Witherspoon: And His Exciting Adventures with the Blackfeet | [301] |
| Henry Shane: Heroic Scout of the plain of Teas | [314] |
| Poor Jerry Lane: The Lost Trapper of Wyoming | [337] |
| The Song of the Moose | [351] |
| Retrospect | [355] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| Daniel Morgan | [Frontispiece] |
| James Harrod | [8] |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | [19] |
| “Began to lug him back to the fort” | [54] |
| George Rogers Clarke | [64] |
| John Slover | [84] |
| Indians torturing a prisoner | [98] |
| “He now turned and ran as fast as he was able—loading as he went” | [108] |
| “There was ever the danger of an onrush by the redskins” | [139] |
| “Had killed innumerable braves in open conflict” | [167] |
| Jim Bridger | [200] |
| “Big Foot” Wallace | [225] |
| “Uncle Bill” Hamilton | [279] |
| An Indian Buffalo Hunt | [283] |
| A Comanche Warrior | [330] |
| “Lured to their end by the low, soothing cry” | [354] |
Famous Frontiersmen
AND HEROES OF THE BORDER