"Romantic fiction, set in the central prairies and involving a young explorer and trapper, Charles, who falls in love with the half-Delaware daughter of a French trapper. Includes Pawnee, Delaware and Blackfeet characters."--Google Books

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Again all the shouts and exultations of those on board the Daniel Boone were hushed; and, standing mute and motionless, they looked after her, and as they looked, their hearts beat stronger and stronger, and deeper and deeper grew the cloud of doubt and dismay that settled down upon their anxious faces; for to all it was plainly evident that the Ben Franklin was nearing them again. The Kentuckian who had before spoken to the Captain when they seemed about to be beaten, and had succeeded in arousing him to action, again approached him.

Excerpt from The Trapper's Bride, or Spirit of Adventure On a clear, bright spring morning, in the year 18 in the month of April, a young man dressed in his best suit of homespun grey, might be seen traveling on foot, his bundle containing his little, but nevertheless his sole stock of world ly gear and wealth. At the time we speak of he had arrived to within a couple of miles of New York, which was his point of destination. He was about eighteen years of age, to judge from his appearance; a well built, hale, healthy youth, possessing much manly beauty of person, with a heart full of hope, swell ing with high resolves, and possessing great courage, he had left his home in the northern part of the State, and bidding adieu to his family who. Lived contentedly and pleasantly on a large and rich farm, he had come to New York to seek his for tune. Charles Stanley, for such was his name, had full confidence in his ability and power to win from dame fortune her smiles by his seeking, and if she frowned upn him at his first entrance into the great and busy world, he was prepared not to, be cast down or driven from his purpose. He had received an excellent education at home, for the period and part of the country where he had lived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.