Table of Contents
Chapter I The Capture of Old Chief Annawan (1676): Bold Captain Church in the Lion's Den 15
Chapter II The Attack on Logan's Station (1777): And the Noble Deed of Captain Logan 33
Chapter III In The Stockade at Wheeling (1777): And the Great Leap of Major McColloch 44
Chapter IV Big Turtle Breaks the Net (1778): And Meets His Father at Boonesborough 58
Chapter V Scout Kenton has a Hard Time (1778-1779): How He Paid for his Horse-Stealing 78
Chapter VI The Scrape of Lewis and Jacob Wetzel (1778): And the Nerve of Two Boy Scouts 108
Chapter VII Captain Samuel Brady Swears Vengeance (1780-1781): And Broad-Jumps Like a Wild Turkey 118
Chapter VIII The Flight of Three Soldiers (1782): On the Trail with the Crawford Men 130
Chapter IX The Brave Women of Bryant's Station (1782): And the Defeat of the Villain Girty 155
Chapter X Betty Zane's "Powder Exploit" (1782): How a Girl Saved the Day 170
Chapter XI The Five Boy Captives (1785): Adventures of "Little Fat Bear" and All 181
Chapter XII Odds Against Higgins the Ranger (1814): And his Rescue by Heroine Pursley 197
Chapter XIII John Colter's Race For Life (1808): The Trapper and the Blackfeet 206
Chapter XIV Hugh Glass and the Grizzly Bear (1823): "As Slick as a Peeled Onion" 224
Chapter XV A Fracas on the Santa Fe Trail (1829): And the Building of Bent's Fort 238
Chapter XVI A Search For a Silver Mine (1831): And the "Bowie Indian Fight" 255
Chapter XVII Through the Enemy's Lines (1846): The Three Kit Carson Couriers 273
Chapter XVIII The Hottest Chase on Record (1864): Two in an Army Wagon 284
Chapter XIX Relief For Beecher's Island (1868): And a Rattle-Snake in the Way 300
Chapter XX The Defense of the Buffalo-Hunters (1874): When the Comanche Medicine Failed 311
Chapter XXI White Men at Bay Again (1874): The "Fight of the Privates" 327
Chapter XXII Buffalo Bill and Yellow Hand (1876): A Plains-Day Duel 341
Chapter XXIII The "Sibley Scout" (1876): A Famous Army Tale 354
