CHAPTER XVIII

EARLY EPISODES OF WESTERN LIFE

Methods of composition—"A Wild Horse"—Henderson to

Philadelphia in 1811—Records of Audubon and Nolte,

fellow travelers, compared—The great earthquakes—The

hurricane—The outlaw—Characterization of Daniel

Boone—Desperate plight on the prairie—Regulator law

in action—Frontier necessities—The ax married to the

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