I have tried to show what a sterling type of character, even in young boys, the stern necessities of those perilous days produced. Self-reliance was absolutely needed in order to successfully cope with the multitude of dangers by which the pioneers of the Ohio and Kentucky border were surrounded.

And, when you have finished the present volume, I can only hope that you will agree with me in saying that Bob and Sandy were splendid specimens of undaunted boyhood, and a credit to their Scotch ancestry. I also trust that you will be eager to meet them again at no very distant time in other fields of daring, whither the roving spirit of Sandy, who has taken Simon Kenton as his ideal hero, may, in company with his brother, be tempted to rove.

Harrison Adams.

August 10th, 1912.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Preface[v]
I. The Alarm Bell[1]
II. Seeking Refuge at the Blockhouse[12]
III. The Bee Tree[24]
IV. Watching for the Honey Thief[40]
V. A Strange Bear Hunt[49]
VI. Serious News[60]
VII. The Three French Trappers[69]
VIII. Simon Kenton, the Borderer[83]
IX. The Moccasin Tracks that Toed-in[92]
X. Blue Jacket's Warning[106]
XI. Tending Their Traps[115]
XII. The Cruel Parting[127]
XIII. The Grand Hunt[138]
XIV. Black Beaver Strikes[150]
XV. On the Trail of the Iroquois[164]
XVI. The Bark of the Red Fox[173]
XVII. Perils of the Wilderness[185]
XVIII. The Big Water at Last[197]
XIX. A Bitter Disappointment[208]
XX. Pontiac in the Council[220]
XXI. Prisoners[235]
XXII. The Tables Turned[244]
XXIII. The Cavern of the Water Spirits[255]
XXIV. Kenton's Life with the Indians[266]
XXV. A Birch-bark Message[278]
XXVI. The War Dance[290]
XXVII. Pontiac's Peril[301]
XXVIII. When All Seemed Lost[312]
XXIX. The Word of an Indian Chief[323]
XXX. Safe at Last[335]