It is to record the intensely interesting adventures of several of these young pioneers, whose axes helped to blaze the way of civilization in the then unknown region beyond the Alleghanies, that I have started to write this series of books. I sincerely trust that if you enjoy reading the present and first volume, you will welcome the story to follow, to be called: "The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes; or, On the Trail of the Iroquois."

Cordially yours,
Harrison Adams.

May 20th, 1912.


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Preface[v]
I. After Fresh Venison[1]
II. The Cabin in the Clearing[13]
III. Caught in the Snow-storm[25]
IV. The Wolf Pack[36]
V. When Kate Came Home[47]
VI. The Die Is Cast[59]
VII. Into the Unknown Land[68]
VIII. The Perils of the Wilderness[77]
IX. Along the Buffalo Trail[88]
X. Attacked by Indians[97]
XI.On the Bank of the Ohio[106]
XII. Boone, the Captain of Pioneers[118]
XIII. Blue Jacket[129]
XIV. A New Home in the Wilderness[141]
XV. The Sudden Peril[152]
XVI. Chased by the Flames[167]
XVII. A Strange Prison[178]
XVIII. After the Forest Fire[189]
XIX.Captured by the Shawanees[200]
XX.The Council Fire[211]
XXI.Tit for Tat[223]
XXII. The Escape[235]
XXIII. A Canoe Trip in the Starlight[245]
XXIV. The Feathered Message[255]
XXV. Afloat on the Flood[266]
XXVI. The Sinking Craft[277]
XXVII. Bob[286]
XXVIII.A Rescue[295]
XXIX. Wonderful Tidings[306]
XXX. Conclusion[315]
Notes[327]