Thrilling Adventures Among the Early Settlers

# The Early Settlers by Warren Wildwood (1861)

This illustrated compilation collects adventure tales from American frontier history. The volume encompasses desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees during settlement and revolutionary periods; exploits of Texas Rangers; and accounts of gamblers and desperadoes. Featured narratives include McCulloch's Fearful Leap, the Siege of the Bloody Block-House, Daniel Boone's adventures and capture, David Crockett's bear hunts, and Sergeant Jasper's romance during battle. Additional stories chronicle the Desperadoes' Mistake involving the Murrel gang, the Fighting Parson, the Seminole Chieftain, and the Massacre at Fort Mimms. Historical accounts include the Norfolk Bombardment of 1776, a Quakeress's patriotic activities, and various encounters with wildlife and peril. The work concludes with tales of horse thieves, gambling river-boat murders, and a desperado's escape during the Canadian Rebellion. Illustrated throughout with engravings depicting key narrative moments.