Famous Frontiersmen and Heroes of the Border

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Charles H. L. Johnston. Famous Frontiersmen and Heroes of the Border

Famous Frontiersmen and Heroes of the Border

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THE FRONTIERSMAN

COLONEL BENJAMIN LOGAN:

GEORGE ROGERS CLARKE:

JOHN SLOVER:

LEWIS WETZEL:

SAMUEL COLTER:

MESHACK BROWNING:

“BILL” BENT:

THOMAS EDDIE:

JIM BRIDGER:

“OLD BILL” WILLIAMS:

“BIG FOOT” WALLACE:

CAPTAIN JACK HAYS:

BILL HAMILTON:

UNCLE JOB WITHERSPOON:

HENRY SHANE:

POOR JERRY LANE:

THE SONG OF THE MOOSE

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Charles H. L. Johnston

Their Adventurous Lives and Stirring Experiences in Pioneer Days

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“The Indians,” said he, “are incited to burning, scalping, and murdering our peaceful settlers upon the border, by the tongues of the British soldiers, who, supplying them with food from their forts, are continually egging them on to rapine and murder. Our only salvation, as settlers, lies in organization and military training. We must equip ourselves with arms and ammunition and must press against them before they grow so strong that they can crush us.”

He suggested that the Kentuckians assemble in convention, and that there they should discuss the affairs most dear to the hearts of all. To this the people readily assented, and at this meeting chose Clarke, himself, and a man named Jones, as delegates to the Virginia Assembly. They were to go to the older state and were to ask for five hundred pounds of gunpowder for purposes of defense against the redskins.

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