The RIFLEMEN OF THE OHIO

A STORY OF EARLY DAYS ALONG "THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER"

BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER

AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG TRAILERS," "THE FOREST RUNNERS," "THE FREE RANGERS," ETC.

NEW YORK AND LONDON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1922

Copyright, 1910, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

"The Riflemen of the Ohio," while a complete story in itself, continues the fortunes of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, and their friends, who were the central characters in "The Young Trailers," "The Forest Runners," "The Keepers of the Trail," "The Eyes of the Woods," and "The Free Rangers."

"The head came up on the other side."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.—The Eye of the Fleet
CHAPTER II.—The Wyandot Chief
CHAPTER III.—The Song of the Leaves
CHAPTER IV.—The Forest Village
CHAPTER V.—Play and Council
CHAPTER VI.—The Gantlet
CHAPTER VII.—Alone in the Wilderness
CHAPTER VIII.—The Shadow in the Water
CHAPTER IX.—The Gathering of the Five
CHAPTER X.—The Great Borderer
CHAPTER XI.—The Race of the Five
CHAPTER XII.—The One Who Arrived
CHAPTER XIII.—At the Fort
CHAPTER XIV.—Six Figures in the Dusk
CHAPTER XV.—The Deed in the Dark
CHAPTER XVI.—The Return Trail
CHAPTER XVII.—Picking Up the Strands
CHAPTER XVIII.—The Halting of the Fleet
CHAPTER XIX.—The Watery Pass
CHAPTER XX.—The Trumpet's Peal
CHAPTER XXI.—Forces Meet
CHAPTER XXII.—The Speech of Timmendiquas
CHAPTER XXIII.—On the Offensive
CHAPTER XXIV.—The Decisive Battle

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THE RIFLEMEN OF THE OHIO

CHAPTER I

THE EYE OF THE FLEET

The fleet of boats and canoes bearing supplies for the far east turned from the Mississippi into the wide mouth of the Ohio, and it