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Page 19
... south into western North Carolina , and settled on what was then the extreme frontier . There he married , built a log cabin , and hunted , chopped trees , and tilled the ground like any other frontiersman . ghany Mountains still marked ...
... south into western North Carolina , and settled on what was then the extreme frontier . There he married , built a log cabin , and hunted , chopped trees , and tilled the ground like any other frontiersman . ghany Mountains still marked ...
Page 20
... south Ohio or A roving of the Tennessee . wal - party stumbled upon one of left Boone Boone's companions and killed him , and the others brother came out to join him , and the two spent and journeyed home ; but his then the winter ...
... south Ohio or A roving of the Tennessee . wal - party stumbled upon one of left Boone Boone's companions and killed him , and the others brother came out to join him , and the two spent and journeyed home ; but his then the winter ...
Page 25
... south in winter and lit on the rivers . But whenever Boone went into the woods after game , he had perpetually to keep watch lest he He never lay himself might be hunted in turn . in wait at a game - lick , save with ears strained to ...
... south in winter and lit on the rivers . But whenever Boone went into the woods after game , he had perpetually to keep watch lest he He never lay himself might be hunted in turn . in wait at a game - lick , save with ears strained to ...
Page 71
... South- THE ern States , the darkest time of the Revolu- tionary struggle . Cornwallis had just destroyed the army of Gates at Camden , and his two for- midable lieutenants , Tarlton the light horseman , and Ferguson the skilled rifleman ...
... South- THE ern States , the darkest time of the Revolu- tionary struggle . Cornwallis had just destroyed the army of Gates at Camden , and his two for- midable lieutenants , Tarlton the light horseman , and Ferguson the skilled rifleman ...
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... South Carolina , he camped on its top , deeming that there he was safe , for he suppose men could come nea would felt as reach a l him . as he t keenly ing out nine hundred riors of their force , armed , they made Ferguson before help ...
... South Carolina , he camped on its top , deeming that there he was safe , for he suppose men could come nea would felt as reach a l him . as he t keenly ing out nine hundred riors of their force , armed , they made Ferguson before help ...
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