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M. J. Canavan
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CHAPTER I
Ben is born in Lexington 1737—Schools and Schoolfellows 1
CHAPTER II
They trap Muskrats—Bishop Hancock and his Grandson John 14
CHAPTER III
In which are Details of a Great Fox Hunt 30
CHAPTER IV
Trading in those Days—Ben is apprenticed—The Enlisting Sergeant—Court Day at Concord 51
CHAPTER V
Pigeon Tuesday and its Exploits 64
CHAPTER VI
A Pauper's Funeral—Ben's Friend the Minister, and Ben's Victory in Wrestling 74
CHAPTER VII
Tales from the Frontier—Mr. Tythingman and his Services 88
CHAPTER VIII
Ben and Amos join Rogers's Rangers and march to the West 100
CHAPTER IX
In which the Rangers engage with the French and Indians 110
CHAPTER X
Lord Howe and his Death—The Loyalty of John Stark 120
CHAPTER XI
Fort Ticonderoga and the Assault 131
CHAPTER XII
The Fight at Fort Anne, and the Escape of Amos 142
CHAPTER XIII
Ben Comee Heap Big Paleface—Trapping Bob-cats in Primeval Woods 163
CHAPTER XIV
A Scouting Expedition in the Dead of Winter 187
CHAPTER XV
Camp Discipline—Amherst's Angels—A Brush with the French, and the Loss of Captain Jacob 197
CHAPTER XVI
The Rangers to the Front—Captain Stark's Tale of Capture —To attack the St. Francis Indians 208
CHAPTER XVII
March to the Village—The Retreat 224
CHAPTER XVIII
Starvation—Drifting down the Ammonusuc—Fort No. 4, and Good Fortune at Last 241

BEN COMEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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