The Cabin in the Clearing: A Tale of the FrontierPorter & Coates, 1890 - 438 pages |
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aint Alice ALICE CARY allied bands arms asked bank block-house boat Brayton Ripley brother buck bullet cabin camp-fire canoe Caucasian race caught cause chance CHAPTER chieftain clearing close companion couple craft daughter dere detected distance door doubt dusky enemy eyes face father feet fight fire flat-boat forest forward front glance grasped ground hand Haw-hu-da head Hocking River Indian Injins instant keep-mo knew knife latter looked minutes mother moved Mul-keep-mo night Ohio paddle paint paleface party peril pioneer quick rangers Rattlesnake reached redskin rifle river savage Scipio seen settler shadow Shawnees and Miamis shore shot shoulder side sight Silas Sutherland Simon Kenton step stood stream sure thought tion told tomahawk took trees tribes turn uttered varmints waiting walked warrior watch weapon wife woods words Wyandots young pioneer young Ripley youth
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