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 
probakly 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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