CHAPTER XVI. 



CAPTAIN DAN HENRIE ; HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE WOLVES. 



EVERY body remembers the famous escape of Capt. Dan 

 Henrie at Encarnacion. This reckless and daring Ranger 

 probably passed through a greater number of perilous and 

 singular adventures than any other man of the same age in 

 the service. Though one of the most light-hearted mortals 

 that the warm sun ever smiled upon, yet he had a careless 

 knack of getting into the most desperate scrapes on every 

 possible occasion, and then, of course, fought his way out 

 again with the most dashing gallantry. 



Mark you, Dan never got into scrapes with his own people ; 



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