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An interesting work on the life and times of this famous soldier of fortune and American colonist, intended primarily for the young, but of such a character as to appeal to all.
_With Four full-page Illustrations in Color by_ HARRY B. LACHMAN
It is such a story of stirring adventure in the wilderness, based as it is on solid fact, that makes one thrill with pride in the bravery and manhood of the pioneers.
_With Four full-page Illustrations by_ FRANK McKERNAN
A story setting forth all Davy’s versatility and recounting his many exploits in the East and in the new South-West. It tells of him as Indian Fighter, Bear Hunter, Statesman, and Defender of the Alamo.
_With Four full-page Illustrations by_ FRANK McKERNAN
[Illustration: “WE TAUGHT THOSE THAR RED DEMONS A LESSON THEY’LL NOT FORGET.”]
BEING THE ADVENTURES, IN THE YEARS 1842–’43–’44, ON TRAIL OVER MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH DESERTS FROM THE EAST OF THE ROCKIES TO THE WEST OF THE SIERRAS, OF SCOUT CHRISTOPHER CARSON AND LIEUTENANT JOHN CHARLES FRÉMONT, LEADING THEIR BRAVE COMPANY INCLUDING THE BOY OLIVER
AUTHOR OF “BAR B. BOYS,” “THE MAGIC MASHIE,” “BEAUFORT CHUMS,” ETC.
_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_ CHARLES H. STEPHENS _AND PORTRAITS_
“We live in deeds, not years.” ――PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1913
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
ABOUT WHOSE GRACIOUS NAME CLINGS THE EVERLASTING SWEETNESS OF HER MEMORY
The trail journals of the first two government exploring expeditions commanded by Lieutenant John Charles Frémont, of the United States Engineers, and advised by Kit Carson, mountain-man, are to be found together published, spring of 1845, as reports transmitted by the Secretary of War to the National Senate and House.
These journals, recording peril and privation faced for the wide public good and not for narrow private gain, occupy their honored niche among the golden archives of the Republic, and should be better known in American school and home. The trails themselves are eternal, denoted by names which have endured, many of them, unto this day. Of the men who may proudly and truthfully say, “I was with Frémont,” or “I was with Carson,” few indeed remain; and they will soon be gone, for man passes on, while that which he has wrought survives.