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Tales, Traditions and Romance of Border and Revolutionary Times
This work combines a collection of real stories and legends surrounding American frontier life and the Revolutionary War, focusing on the experiences of settlers, soldiers, and Indigenous peoples.
"Tales, Traditions and Romance of Border and Revolutionary Times" by Edward S. Ellis is a historical account. This work combines a collection of real stories and legends surrounding American frontier life and the Revolutionary War, focusing on the experiences of settlers, soldiers, and Indigenous peoples.
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Foremost among the wild and terrific scenes which arise before our startled eyes when we turn the pages of border warfare, is the ride of Simon Kenton—not that the cruelty of its devisers was so atrocious, nor the final results so dreadful, as in many other instances; but the novelty, the unique savageness of the affair, strikes upon the imagination, as if it were one of those thrilling stories related of ages and people which never were, instead of an event that actually occurred to one of our own countrymen in one of our own territories.
In the early light of morning breaking through the trees which surround them, a group of Indians are preparing to resume their march, after a night of repose. They have with them a solitary prisoner. Corraled about them are numbers of horses, the recovery of which has been the object of the expedition. Before these are released and the day's march resumed, the prisoner must be disposed of. While his captors are deciding this important matter, we will discover who he is and what has brought him into his present state.
Contents
- 01Preface.
- 02Contents.
- 03Illustrations.
- 04Simon Kenton, and His Indian Torture-Ride.
- 05Murphy Saving the Fort.
- 06Brant and the Boy.
- 07Mrs. Austin and the Bear.
- 08Big Joe Logston's Struggle with an Indian.
- 09Deborah Sampson, the Maiden Warrior.
- 10Morgan's Prayer.
- 11The Johnson Boys Killing Their Captors.
- 12A Remarkable Hunting-Excursion.
- 13Colonel Horry, of "Marion's Brigade."
- 14Elerson's Twenty-Five Mile Race.
- 15Molly Pitcher at Monmouth.
- 16The Baroness De Reidesel.
- 17The Little Sentinel.
- 18Tecumseh Saving the Prisoners.
- 19Horsewhipping a Tyrant.
- 20The Mother's Trial.
- 21The Women Defending the Wagon.
- 22Captivity of Jonathan Alder.
- 23Moody, the Refugee.
- 24The Leap for Life.
- 25The Chieftain's Appeal.
- 26The Implacable Governor.
- 27Mrs. Slocumb at Moore's Creek.
- 28Brady's Leap.
- 29Transcriber's Notes
About this edition
- Author
- Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 187 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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