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Tales, Traditions and Romance of Border and Revolutionary Times

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS.
By Edward Sylvester Ellis
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A collection of authenticated sketches and anecdotes from Revolutionary and frontier eras presents daring exploits, narrow escapes, captivity narratives, and accounts of both military engagements and civilian endurance. Vivid scenes portray encounters with Native peoples, partisan raids, hunting and scouting adventures, brutal attacks and rescues, and the steadfast courage of women defending homes and families. Compact tales emphasize customs, daily hardships, moral examples, and the improvisatory resilience required on the border, offering readers a varied portrait of peril, loyalty, and survival in unsettled times.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

SIMON KENTON'S TORTURE-RIDE, 2
MURPHY SAVING THE FORT, 25
BRANT AND YOUNG M'KOWN, 33
MRS. AUSTIN AND THE BEAR, 49
JOE LOGSTON'S ENCOUNTER WITH AN INDIAN, 66
DEBORAH, THE MAIDEN WARRIOR, 89
GENERAL MORGAN'S PRAYER, 105
JOHNSON BOYS KILLING THEIR CAPTORS, 121
SWEATLAND'S HUNTING ADVENTURE, 130
COLONEL HORRY'S EXPLOITS, 145
ELERSON'S TWENTY-FIVE MILE RACE, 161
MOLLY PITCHER AT MONMOUTH, 177
THE LITTLE SENTINEL, 194
TECUMSEH SAVING THE PRISONERS, 217
HORSEWHIPPING A TYRANT, 233
THE MOTHER'S TRIAL, 249
WOMEN DEFENDING THE WAGON, 258
CAPTIVITY OF JONATHAN ALDER, 273
MOODY, THE REFUGEE, 289
THE LEAP FOR LIFE, 305
THE CHIEFTAIN'S APPEAL, 322
THE IMPLACABLE GOVERNOR, 337
MRS. SLOCUMB AT MOORE'S CREEK, 353
BRADY'S LEAP, 361

Simon Kenton's Torture-Ride—Page 9.

TALES,
Traditions and Romance
OF
BORDER AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES.
SIMON KENTON.
MURPHY SAVING THE FORT.
BRANT AND THE BOY.
MRS. AUSTIN AND THE BEAR.
BEADLE AND COMPANY,
NEW YORK: 118 WILLIAM STREET.
LONDON: 44 PATERNOSTER ROW.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by
BEADLE AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York.