THE YOUNG PIONEER SERIES

BY HARRISON ADAMS

ILLUSTRATED

THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO,
Or: Clearing the Wildernes	$1.25
THE PIONEER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES,
Or: On the Trail of the Iroquois	1.25
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
Or: The Homestead in the Wilderness	1.25
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSOURI,
Or: In the Country of the Sioux	1.25
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE YELLOWSTONE,
Or: Lost in the Land of Wonders	1.25
THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE COLUMBIA,
Or: In the Wilderness of the Great Northwest	1.25

 

THE PAGE COMPANY
53 Beacon Street        Boston, Mass.

"'KEEP AGAINST THE ROCK, ALL!' SAID KENTON, WHO WAS IN THE LEAD"
(See page 261)

By HARRISON ADAMS
Author of "The Pioneer Boys of the Ohio," etc.

Illustrated and Decorated by
CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL

Copyright, 1912, by
L. C. Page & Company.
(INCORPORATED)
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All rights reserved

First Impression,
September, 1912


Second Impression,
May, 1916


THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO.
BOSTON, U. S. A.

PREFACE

To My Young Readers: Many of those among you who have read the first volume of "The Young Pioneer Series" may be pleased to again make the acquaintance of the two border lads, Bob and Sandy, as well as others who figured in the earlier tale. Among these might be mentioned the Irish trapper, Pat O'Mara; Kate, the pretty little sister of our two heroes; Blue Jacket, a young Shawanee warrior, destined later to become famous in history; and Simon Kenton, perhaps the best known among the friends of Daniel Boone.

In this new story concerning the adventures of David Armstrong's boys I trust that you will find much to interest you. It is my earnest hope that such lads as read these stories of daring deeds along the frontier, in those early days of the history of our country, may not only find them intensely entertaining, but instructive as well.

I have tried to show what a sterling type of character, even in young boys, the stern necessities of those perilous days produced. Self-reliance was absolutely needed in order to successfully cope with the multitude of dangers by which the pioneers of the Ohio and Kentucky border were surrounded.

And, when you have finished the present volume, I can only hope that you will agree with me in saying that Bob and Sandy were splendid specimens of undaunted boyhood, and a credit to their Scotch ancestry. I also trust that you will be eager to meet them again at no very distant time in other fields of daring, whither the roving spirit of Sandy, who has taken Simon Kenton as his ideal hero, may, in company with his brother, be tempted to rove.

Harrison Adams.

August 10th, 1912.

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