WETZEL, THE SCOUT;
OR,
THE CAPTIVES OF THE WILDERNESS.

BY BOYNTON BELKNAP, M. D.

NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS

[I On the Ohio] 9 [II Pompey in War] 16 [III The Renegade] 19 [IV Surrounded by Peril] 22 [V Thrilling Adventures] 29 [VI At the Settlement] 36 [VII Waiting and Watching] 39 [VIII Home Again] 44 [IX The Night Attack] 54 [X Colonel Clark and His Rangers] 68 [XI The Captain and the Indian] 77 [XII {Sowing the Wind}] 80 [XIII Reaping the Whirlwind] 84 [XIV {Conclusion}] 94

WETZEL, THE SCOUT

CHAPTER I.
ON THE OHIO.

“Who fired that gun?” demanded Captain Parks, as he turned around and faced his terrified negro, Pompey. “Hang me, if I don’t believe it was you, Pompey.”

“Heben sabe me, massa captain; I wouldn’t do such a ting for ten fousand dollars!”