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.

CONTENTS

PAGE
[Benjamin's Story]9
[The Ohio Company]10
[Rufus Putnam]13
[Colonel Putnam, the Engineer]15
[The First Emigrants]16
[Building a Fleet]18
[Campus Martius]19
[The Arrival of General Putnam]21
[The Work of the First Emigrants]23
[Clearing the Land]25
[How Our Company was Formed]27
[Making Ready for the Journey]28
[Concerning Myself]31
[Setting Out]32
[Mistress Devoll's Outfit]34
[At Providence]37
[On the Road to Blooming Grove]39
[Plans for the Future]40
[On the Water Once More]42
[Feasting on Honey]43
[Among the Moravians]45
[The Rope Ferry]47
[The Way through Pennsylvania]49
[The Shame of the Girls]50
[Meeting with Parson Cutler]51
[Ohio Cornfields]53
[The Governor and Judges]54
[The Name of the Town]56
[Campus Martius]58
[Independence Day]59
[Master Devoll's House]62
[The Indian Mounds]63
[At Harrisburg]64
[Isaac Barker's Sport]66
[Uncle Daniel Carter]67
[Uncle Daniel Joins Our Company]69
[Hard Traveling]71
[Mud and Water]72
[A Storm of Snow]74
[Across the Mountains]76
[A Friendly Dunkard]78
[Master Hiples's Kindness]80
[A Surly Landlord]82
[Isaac Flogs the Landlord]83
[A Much Needed Lesson]85
[A Time of Rest]87
[Pack Trains]89
[A Night Adventure]90
[Fears about the Women and Children]92
[Descending the Mountains]95
[At the Foot of the Hills]96
[Nearing the End of the Journey]98
[At Sumrill's Ferry]100
[Parting with Uncle Daniel]101
[Our Flatboat]102
[The Cattle are Sent Away]104
[At Pittsburgh]106
[Too Much Water]108
[Escape of the Women and Children]110
[Repairing Damages]112
[Our Pilot]114
[A Change of Weather]116
[Noisy Fear]117
[A Real Feast]119
[Finding the Canoe]120
[Buffalo Creek]122
[The March across the Country]124
[At Marietta]126
[Plans for the Future]128
[Inspecting the Town of Marietta]130
[A Temporary Home]132
[Buying Land]134
[Visiting the Savages]137
[Captain Haskell's Advice]140
[A New Friend]141
[Fishing through the Ice]142
[The Sabbath in Marietta]144
[A Regular Business]146
[A Visit from the Savages]147
[Building a Home]149
[A Great Project]150
[The Two Millers]152
[The Savages on the Warpath]153

BENJAMIN OF OHIO

BENJAMIN'S STORY