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William Worthington Fowler. Woman on the American Frontier
Woman on the American Frontier
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
A VIRGINIA MATRON ENCOURAGING THE PATRIOTISM OF HER SONS AT THE DEATH-BED OF THEIR FATHER, LOST IN A SNOW STORM, THE HUNTRESS OF THE LAKES SURPRISED BY INDIANS, A HEROIC EXPLOIT IN SUPPLYING WITH POWDER A BLOCK-HOUSE BESIEGED BY INDIANS, DARING EXPLOIT OF MISS VAN ALSTINE, FOOD AND CLOTHING SUPPLIED TO THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY BY PATRIOTIC WOMEN, PERILOUS CROSSING OF THE ALLEGHANY RIVER, WAGON TRAIN ON THE PRAIRIE, STRATAGEM OF MRS. DAVIESS IN CAPTURING A KENTUCKY ROBBER, TWO KENTUCKY GIRLS CAPTURED BY INDIANS, PARTED FOR EVER, AN EQUESTRIAN FEAT, TREED BY A BEAR, RESCUING A HUSBAND FROM WOLVES, DEFEAT OF GUERILLAS, MASTERING BANDITS, CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER I
WOMAN AS A PIONEER
CHAPTER II
THE FRONTIER-LINE—WOMAN'S WORK IN FLOODS AND STORMS
CHAPTER III
EARLY PIONEERS—WOMAN'S ADVENTURES AND HEROISM
CHAPTER IV
THE BLOCK HOUSE, AND ON THE INDIAN TRAIL
CHAPTER V
THE CAPTIVE SCOUTS—THE GUARDIAN MOTHER OF THE MOHAWK
CHAPTER VI
PATRIOT WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER VII
MOVING WEST—PERILS OF THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER VIII
HOMESTEAD-LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS AND ON THE PRAIRIE
CHAPTER IX
SOME REMARKABLE WOMEN
CHAPTER X
ROMANCE OF THE BORDER
CHAPTER XI
PATHETIC PASSAGES OF PIONEER LIFE
CHAPTER XII
THE HEROINES OF THE SOUTHWEST
CHAPTER XIII
WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE ON THE NORTHERN BORDER
CHAPTER XIV
ENCOUNTERS WITH WILD BEASTS—COURAGE AND DARING
CHAPTER XV
ACROSS THE CONTINENT—ON THE PLAINS
CHAPTER XVI
WOMAN AS A MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS
CHAPTER XVII
WOMAN AS A MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS—(CONTINUED)
CHAPTER XVIII
WOMAN IN THE ARMY
CHAPTER XIX
ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XX
THE COMFORTER AND THE GUARDIAN
CHAPTER XXI
WOMAN AS AN EDUCATOR ON THE FRONTIER
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