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... escape from the meshes of the law , with other characteristic events not included in our relation , are recollections still cherished in some parts of Kentucky , and made the theme of many a gleesome story . The story of Wandering ...
... escape from the meshes of the law , with other characteristic events not included in our relation , are recollections still cherished in some parts of Kentucky , and made the theme of many a gleesome story . The story of Wandering ...
Page 131
... escape from a position which he now felt to be embarrassing . He regretted , for the first time , his separation from the band of emigrants , and became doubly anxious to follow them : for , if it were true that so large a force of ...
... escape from a position which he now felt to be embarrassing . He regretted , for the first time , his separation from the band of emigrants , and became doubly anxious to follow them : for , if it were true that so large a force of ...
Page 178
... escape them ! " " And why should we believe there are Indians in the wood ? " demanded Roland ; " because that half - mad rogue , made still madder by his terrors , saw something which his fancy converted into the imagi- nary Nick of ...
... escape them ! " " And why should we believe there are Indians in the wood ? " demanded Roland ; " because that half - mad rogue , made still madder by his terrors , saw something which his fancy converted into the imagi- nary Nick of ...
Page 195
... escaping with his life . These calamities were the more distaste- ful to the worthy Dodge , whose inclina- tions were of no warlike cast , and whose courage never rose to the fighting point , as he freely professed , until goaded into ...
... escaping with his life . These calamities were the more distaste- ful to the worthy Dodge , whose inclina- tions were of no warlike cast , and whose courage never rose to the fighting point , as he freely professed , until goaded into ...
Page 196
... as well as of the Indians ; the wil- derness - road possessed fewer terrors , and , therefore , appeared to his imagination the more eligible route of escape . CHAPTER X. Their way Lies through the perplex'd paths of 196 NICK OF THE WOODS .
... as well as of the Indians ; the wil- derness - road possessed fewer terrors , and , therefore , appeared to his imagination the more eligible route of escape . CHAPTER X. Their way Lies through the perplex'd paths of 196 NICK OF THE WOODS .
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