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COMPRISING THE 



FRONTIER WARS 



OF 



PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, OHIO, INDIANA, 

 Illinois, fymmm, arch Wisconsin; 



AND EMBRACING THE 



INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS, 



AND 

 Exploits of Boone, Kcnlon, Clarke, r<o$raii, 



AND OTHER 



BORDER HEROES OF THE WEST 



BY PROFESSOR FROST. 



608 pp. 8vo., 300 Illustrations. Cloth $2 00. Morocco $2 50 



The wars between the early settlers on the western frontier of .our 

 country and its aboriginal inhabitants, form an extremely interesting 

 portion of history. The long period of time through which these wara 

 extend, the large number of actions which they embrace, the variety 

 of adventures and instances of individual heroism which they display, 

 and the magnitude and importance of the territorial acquisitions in 

 which they resulted, fully entitle them to form a separate history. 



The Border Wars of the West, when we enler into their details, as 

 gathered from the traditions received from those who were engaged in 

 them, abound with interesting displays of human character. In them 

 we may study the traits of the Indians, the terrible enemies of our fore- 

 fathers, ancient possessors of the soil, who resisted their gradual but 

 certain encroachments, with all the violence of savage fury, and all 

 the stratagems of barbarous subtilty and cunning. Here, too, we may 

 learn many useful lessons from the traits of character exhibited by the 

 border settlers, exposed by their position to all the horrors of the mid- 

 night surprise with the dreadful accompaniments of the warwhoop, 

 the massacre, the burning and plundering, murder and scalping, and 

 followed by the weary sorrows of Indian captivity. We can never 

 cease to admire the courage and fortitude with which the old border 

 heroes and their not less heroic wives, confronted the dangers of 

 a life on the frontier, and the activity, promptness, and determination, 

 with which they met and punished every assault. 



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