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RED RIVER CARTS FROM PEMBINA.
THE WAY TO THE WEST
AND THE LIVES
OF THREE EARLY AMERICANS
BOONE—CROCKETT—CARSON
BY
EMERSON HOUGH
AUTHOR OF
THE COVERED WAGON, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
FREDERIC REMINGTON
AND THE LIVES
OF THREE EARLY AMERICANS
BOONE—CROCKETT—CARSON
BY
EMERSON HOUGH
AUTHOR OF
THE COVERED WAGON, Etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY
FREDERIC REMINGTON
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS—NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
PUBLISHERS—NEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
Copyright, 1903
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
October
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
October
TO
J. B. H.
J. B. H.
CONTENTS
| BOOK I | ||
| THE WAY ACROSS THE ALLEGHANIES | ||
| I. | THE AMERICAN AX | 7 |
| II. | THE AMERICAN RIFLE | 11 |
| III. | THE AMERICAN BOAT | 19 |
| IV. | THE AMERICAN HORSE | 25 |
| V. | THE PATHWAY OF THE WATERS | 32 |
| VI. | THE MISSISSIPPI, AND | |
| INDEPENDENCE | 58 | |
| VII. | ORIGIN OF THE PIONEER | 73 |
| VIII. | DANIEL BOONE | 87 |
| IX. | A FRONTIER REPUBLIC | 122 |
| BOOK II | ||
| THE WAY TO THE ROCKIES | ||
| I. | DAVY CROCKETT | 143 |
| II. | AGAINST THE WATERS | 185 |
| BOOK III | ||