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Thrilling Adventures Among the Early Settlers
Among the Early Settlers By Warren Avild Wood, Esq., published in Philadelphia in 1861, this compendium collects frontier narratives claiming historical authenticity. The preface frames the work as documenting the violent period of American expansion, when law-abiding settlers, criminals, and desperadoes contested the wilderness while confronting indigenous peoples, with "lynch law" eventually imposing order. The volume contains discrete stories: McCullough's fearful leap amid Indian conflict; a bloody expedition; Daniel Boone's adventures and capture of his daughter; canoe perils; mysteries at Lancaster; David Crockett's and John Minter's bear encounters; Sergeant Jasper's romance amid battle; the Murrel Gang's misdeeds; a trapper's defense against wolves; frontier escapes and duels; Seminole conflicts and shipboard horrors; Texas Rangers against Comanches and guerrillas; General Putnam and a Jersey refugee; lynchings; and narratives featuring Simon Kenton, a woman fighter against Tories, and prison-ship escapes. Illustrations accompany major episodes throughout.