Originally Published: September, 1867 Genres: Western Dime Novel Bibliography: https://dimenovels.org/Item/20281/Show Gutenberg link:...

The clear ring of an ax was echoing through the arches of a forest, three-quarters of a century ago; and an athletic man was swinging ...

Among the earliest settlements of Kentucky was that which figures in our story. At the time of the following events, it contained some ...

"I say, stranger, did you see anything of a confounded big b'ar passing this way?" The question was uttered by Davy Crockett, the ...

"Ef yer strike that gal, by ther heavings erbove I'll send er bullet through yer skull or bury my knife in yer heart," and the speaker's ...

"Haow dew yeou dew, cap.?" "Fine, yer honor; and how is yerself?" A tall, spare specimen of the backwoodsman, who was sitting by a ...

“Who fired that gun?” demanded Captain Parks, as he turned around and faced his terrified black man, Pompey. “Hang me, if I don’t ...

It was now quite late in the afternoon, and Fred Wainwright reined up his Mustang, and from his position took a survey of the ...

“I’ve had a pretty good tramp today, that’s sartin!” Such was the exclamation of a tall, gaunt, ungainly hunter,—Joe Napyank, as he ...

Young Harry Northend remained by his lonely camp-fire in the wilderness, long after the dull, dismal day had dawned, in the hope that ...

Along the shores of one of the branches of the Upper Columbia, a lad was making his way with care and stealth that showed he was on the ...

“To the Commandant at Fort Adams: “For God’s sake send us help at once. We have been fighting the Comanches for two days; half our men ...

The wind was howling over the prairie, with a sharp, penetrating power, while a few feathery flashes eddying through the air, showed ...

One day in the spring of 1820, a singular occurrence took place on one of the upper tributaries of the Mississippi. The bank, some ...

"Howly vargin! what is that?" exclaimed Mickey McSquizzle, with something like horrified amazement. "By the Jumping Jehosiphat, naow if ...