Identifier: abrahamlincol1479coff (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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CAPTUKED BY THK INDIANS. who were hurrying their captives towards the Ohio Eiver. Boone, withseveral others, followed in pursuit. When night came they were obhgedto halt, but at daylight were pressing on once more. Boone had roamedthe forest so long that he could easily keep the trail. When the sun ANCESTRY. 11 went down the second day he knew the Indians were not far in ad-vance. With the first flush of dayhght on the third day the pursuerswere hastening on. Noiselessly, no one speaking above a whisper, theyglided through the woods. Suddenly, at a sign from. Boone, they dropupon the ground, for just ahead a fire is blazing, and the Indians areliroiling their breakfast of venison. Four of the pursuers are to firewhen Boone ogives the sig-nal; the other three, with himself, are to beready to encounter the remaining Indians. Four rifles flash, and then
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THE SITE OF BRYANT S FOUT. with gleaming knives all rush forward. Four of the Indians have fall-en ; the others are fleeing, leaving the three girls unharmed and over-whelmed with joy at their rescue. The tide of emigration to Kentucky was increasing. A second fortwas constructed near Lexington; a third was built by Joseph Bryantand his companions five miles distant. They made a mistake in notenclosing a spring of water. No well had been dug, when the placewas suddenly besieged by several hundred Indians. The settlers hadplenty of food, but no water. They knew the Indians were secretedin the bushes near the spring, and if a man were to go for water hewould be killed. It was thought if the women and girls were to gowith buckets, the Indians would think they had not been discovered,and would not harm them. The brave - hearted wives and daughtersAvent down the path chattering and laughing, filled their buckets, andreturned to the fort unharmed. Two men mounted on fleet horses 12 LIFE OF

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