ADVENTURES 



CHARLES L. YOUNGBLOOD 



DURING 



TEN YEARS ON THE PLAINS 

 CHAPTER I. 



I N T R O D U C 1 I O N . 



The author of this sketch was bom in An- 

 derson township, Warrick county, Indiana, 

 April 9th, 1826. His father was a native of 

 South Carohna, and his mother hailed from 

 Virginia. The first forty years of his life was 

 spent in the place of his nativity, during which 

 time he was engaged in farming. His educa- 

 tion was just rudimentary, only such as could 

 be obtained in the primitive log school house 

 with its big open fire-place. The old-fashion- 

 ed schoolmaster armed with rod and ferule, 

 the roaring log fire and the blue-backed spell- 



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