Woman on the American Frontier

OF THE HEROISM, ADVENTURES, PRIVATIONS, CAPTIVITIES, TRIALS, AND NOBLE LIVES AND DEATHS OF THE "PIONEER MOTHERS OF THE REPUBLIC."

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. - PREFACE.

Produced by Wendy Crockett, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks

ILLUSTRATIONS. - A VIRGINIA MATRON ENCOURAGING THE PATRIOTISM OF HER SONS AT THE DEATH-BED OF THEIR FATHER, - LOST IN A SNOW STORM, - THE HUNTRESS OF THE LAKES SURPRISED BY INDIANS, - A HEROIC EXPLOIT IN SUPPLYING WITH POWDER A BLOCK-HOUSE BESIEGED BY INDIANS, - DARING EXPLOIT OF MISS VAN ALSTINE, - FOOD AND CLOTHING SUPPLIED TO THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY BY PATRIOTIC WOMEN, - PERILOUS CROSSING OF THE ALLEGHANY RIVER, - WAGON TRAIN ON THE PRAIRIE, - STRATAGEM OF MRS. DAVIESS IN CAPTURING A KENTUCKY ROBBER, - TWO KENTUCKY GIRLS CAPTURED BY INDIANS, - PARTED FOR EVER, - AN EQUESTRIAN FEAT, - TREED BY A BEAR, - RESCUING A HUSBAND FROM WOLVES, - DEFEAT OF GUERILLAS, - MASTERING BANDITS, - CHAPTER I. - WOMAN AS A PIONEER

CHAPTER II. - THE FRONTIER-LINE—WOMAN'S WORK IN FLOODS AND STORMS

CHAPTER III. - EARLY PIONEERS—WOMAN'S ADVENTURES AND HEROISM.

CHAPTER IV. - THE BLOCK HOUSE, AND ON THE INDIAN TRAIL.

CHAPTER V. - THE CAPTIVE SCOUTS—THE GUARDIAN MOTHER OF THE MOHAWK.

CHAPTER VI. - PATRIOT WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER VII. - MOVING WEST—PERILS OF THE JOURNEY