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Souls. The Women of Wyoming. Silas Deane's Sister. Mrs. Corbin, the
Cannoneer. A Heroine on the Gun-deck. The Schoharie Girl. Women
of the Mohawk Wars. Concerning a Curious Siege. The Patriot
Daughter and the Bloody Scouts. What she Dared him to do. Brave
Deeds of Mary Ledyard. Ministering Angels. Heroism of "Mother
Bailey." Petticoats and Cartridges. A Thrilling Incident of Valley Forge.
Ready-witted Ladies. Miss Geiger, the Courier. How Miss Darrah
Saved the Army. Adventures of McCalla's Wife. Love and Constancy.
A Clergyman's Story of his Mother.

CHAPTER VII.
GOING WEST.--PERILS BY THE WAY, After the Revolution.
Starting for the Mississippi. Curious Methods of Migration. A Modern
Exodus. Incidents on the Route. Wonderful Story of Mrs. Jameson.
Forsaking all for Love. A Woman with One Idea. That Fatal Stream.
Alone in the Wilderness. A Glimpse of the Enemy. Strength of a
Mother's Love, Saved from a Rattlesnake. Individual Enterprise.
Migrating in a Flat-boat. A Night of Peril on the Ohio River. Terrifying
Sounds and Sights. A Fiery Scene of Savage Orgies. Coolness and
Daring of a Mother. An Extraordinary Line of Mothers and Daughters.
A Pioneer Pedigree and its Heroines.

CHAPTER VIII.
HOME LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS, The Nomads of the West.
Romance of a Pioneer's March. How the Cabin was Built. Where Mrs.
Graves Concealed her Babes. Husband and Wife at Home. Rather
Rough Furniture. Forest Fortresses. Fighting for her Children. Mrs.
Fulsom and the Ambushed Savage. Domestic Life on the Border. From
a Wedding to a Funeral. Among the Beasts and Savages. Little Ones in
the Wilds. Woman takes Care of Herself. Ann Bush's Sorrows. The

Bright Side of the Picture. Western Hospitality. A Traveler's Story.
"Evangeline" on the Frontier. An Eden of the Wilderness and its Eve.

CHAPTER IX.
SOME REMARKABLE WOMEN, Diary of a Heroine. The Border
Maid, Wife, Mother, and Widow. Strange Vicissitudes in the Life of
Mrs. W. Adopted by an Indian Tribe. Shrewd Plan of Escape. The
Hiding-place in the Glen. Surprised and Surrounded, but Safe.
Successful Issue of her Enterprise. Mrs. Marliss and her Strategy.
Combing the Wool over a Savage's Eyes. Marking the Trail. A
Captive's Cunning Devices. A Pursuit and a Rescue. Extraordinary
Presence of Mind. A Robber captured by a Woman. A Brave, Good
Girl. Helping "the Lord's People." A Home of Love in the Wilderness.
A Singular Courtship. The Benevolent Matron and her Errand. Story of
the Pioneer Quakeress.

CHAPTER X.
A ROMANCE OF THE BORDER, The Honeymoon in the Mountains.
United in Life and in Death. A Devoted Lover. Capture of Two Young
Ladies. Discovery and Rescue. The Captain and the Maid at the Mill.
The Chase Family in Trouble. The Romance of a Young Girl's Life.
Danger in the Wind. Hunter and Lover. Treacherous Savages. Old
Chase Knocked Over. The Fight on the Plains. An Unexpected Meeting.
Heroism of La Bonte. The Guard of Love. The Marriage of Mary. Miss
Rouse and her Lover. A Bridal and a Massacre. Brought back to Life
but not to Joy. A Fruitless Search for a Lost Bride. Mrs. Philbrick's
Singular Experience.

CHAPTER XI

PATHETIC SCENES OF PIONEER LIFE, Grief in the Pioneer's
Home. Graves in the Wilderness. The Returned Captive and the
Nursery Song. The Lost Child of Wyoming Little Frances and her
Indian Captors. Parted For Ever. Discovery of the Lost One. An
Affecting Interview. Striking Story of the Kansas War. The Prairie on
Fire. Mother and Children Alone. Homeless and Helpless. Solitude,
Famine, and Cold. Three Fearful Days. The Burning Cabin. A
Gathering Storm. A Dream of Home and Happiness. Return of Father
and Son. A Love Stronger than Death. The Last Embrace. A Desolate
Household.

CHAPTER XII.
THE HEROINES OF THE SOUTH WEST, Texas and the South West.
Across the "Staked Plain." Mrs. Drayton and Mrs. Benham. A Perilous
Journey. Sunstrokes and Reptiles. Death From Thirst Mexican Bandits.
A Night Gallop to the Rendezvous. Escape of our Heroines. A Ride for
Life. Saving Husband and Children. Surrounded by Brigands on the
Pecos. Heroism of Mrs. Benham. The Treacherous Envoy. The Gold
Hunters of Arizona. Mrs. D. and her Dearly Bought Treasure. Battling
for Life in the California Desert. The Last Survivor of a Perilous
Journey. Mrs. L., the Widow of the Colorado. Among the Camanches.
A Prodigious Equestrian Feat.

CHAPTER XIII.
WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE ON THE NORTHERN BORDER, March
of the "Grand Army" Peculiar Perils of the Northern Border. Mrs.
Dalton's Record. A Dangerous Expedition. Her Husband's Fate. A
Trance of Grief. Between Frost and Fire. A Choice of Deaths. Rescued
from the Flames. One Sunny Hour. The Storm-Fiend. Terrific
Spectacle. In the Whirlwind's Track. The Only Refuge. Locked in a
Dungeon. A Fight for Deliverance. Arrival of Friends. Another Peril.

Walled in by Flames. Passing Through a Fiery Lane. Closing Days of