Identifier: conqueringwilder00tripuoft (find matches)
Title: Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibustering expeditions; ... eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright, Axley and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and describing life and adventure on the plains ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Triplett, Frank
Subjects: Indians of North America Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: Chicago, Werner
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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unt Pleasant, broken intocrags and chasms, and covered with graceful trees. In 1790, spec-tators upon its summit (and there were such), could have seen alively picture of Indian life down in the beautiful vale beneath.One of their villages occupied a portion of the plain, and in Octo-ber, of the year we have mentioned, it was the scene of unusualactivity. Gathering in a council, that had for its object the exter-mination of the border settlements, were the warring bands of theneighboring tribes. Before setting out on their deadly mission, theywere amusing themselves Avith the sports usual to their nation.There were races of horses and of men, leaping, throwing the toma-hawk, and shooting at a mark. 273 274 CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS. Fearing no spectators, they chanted aloud their songs of warand rapine, gave vent to their hatred of the whites in fierce yellsand pantomimic gesturings, and over and over again enacted, in theirsavage dances, their deeds of arson, outrage, and murder. Day
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INDIAN SCALP DANCE. after day their numbers increased, and their revelry grew more wildand hideous as the time was rapidly approaching, when they wouldsteal out upon the hated whites, and plunder, burn, and slay. MISS WASHBUEN. 275 Had they but known it, their every movement had its keen spec-tators, their every word its eager listeners. Upon the topmost cragof the mountain lay White and McLellan, two of the most daringscouts of their day. An inkling of the movements of the savageshad reached the post above the mouth of the Hockhocking, and twoof its scouts had been detailed to watch th^m, and give timely noticeof their movements. Provided with an ample store of jerked beefand corn bread, they lighted no fire, and in every way avoided givingany sign of their presence in the vicinity. Occasionally a band of the Indians would stroll up to the moun-tains top, to view the prospect, or to indulge in secret counsel. Atthese visits the scouts carefully secreted themselves in caves orthickets

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