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[CHAPTER I]
Ben is born in Lexington 1737—Schools and Schoolfellows	1

[CHAPTER II]
They trap Muskrats—Bishop Hancock and his Grandson John	14

[CHAPTER III]
In which are Details of a Great Fox Hunt	30

[CHAPTER IV]
Trading in those Days—Ben is apprenticed—The Enlisting Sergeant—Court Day at Concord	51

[CHAPTER V]
Pigeon Tuesday and its Exploits	64

[CHAPTER VI]
A Pauper's Funeral—Ben's Friend the Minister, and Ben's Victory in Wrestling	74

[CHAPTER VII]
Tales from the Frontier—Mr. Tythingman and his Services	88

[CHAPTER VIII]
Ben and Amos join Rogers's Rangers and march to the West	100

[CHAPTER IX]
In which the Rangers engage with the French and Indians	110

[CHAPTER X]
Lord Howe and his Death—The Loyalty of John Stark	120

[CHAPTER XI]
Fort Ticonderoga and the Assault	131

[CHAPTER XII]
The Fight at Fort Anne, and the Escape of Amos	142

[CHAPTER XIII]
Ben Comee Heap Big Paleface—Trapping Bob-cats in Primeval Woods	163

[CHAPTER XIV]
A Scouting Expedition in the Dead of Winter	187

[CHAPTER XV]
Camp Discipline—Amherst's Angels—A Brush with the French, and the Loss of Captain Jacob	197

[CHAPTER XVI]
The Rangers to the Front—Captain Stark's Tale of Capture —To attack the St. Francis Indians	208

[CHAPTER XVII]
March to the Village—The Retreat	224

[CHAPTER XVIII]
Starvation—Drifting down the Ammonusuc—Fort No. 4, and Good Fortune at Last	241

BEN COMEE

CHAPTER I

BEN IS BORN IN LEXINGTON 1737—SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLFELLOWS

If you have occasion to pass through or to visit Lexington, be sure to put up at the tavern about a mile below Lexington Common on a little knoll near the main road.

In front of it stand two large elms, from one of which hangs the tavern sign. It is the best tavern in the place. You will find there good beds, good food, and a genial host. The landlord is my cousin, Colonel William Munroe, a younger brother of my old friend Edmund.

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BEN COMEE

CHAPTER I