WOMAN ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.

PREFACE.

ILLUSTRATIONS. A VIRGINIA MATRON ENCOURAGING THE PATRIOTISM OF

CONTENTS CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I. WOMAN AS A PIONEER

CHAPTER II. THE FRONTIER-LINE WOMAN'S WORK IN FLOODS AND STORMS

CHAPTER III. EARLY PIONEERS WOMAN'S ADVENTURES AND HEROISM.

CHAPTER IV. THE BLOCK HOUSE, AND ON THE INDIAN TRAIL.

CHAPTER V. THE CAPTIVE SCOUTS THE GUARDIAN MOTHER OF THE MOHAWK.

CHAPTER VI. PATRIOT WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER VII. MOVING WEST PERILS OF THE JOURNEY

CHAPTER VIII. HOMESTEAD-LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS AND ON THE PRAIRIE

CHAPTER IX. SOME REMARKABLE WOMEN

CHAPTER X. ROMANCE OF THE BORDER.

CHAPTER XI. PATHETIC PASSAGES OF PIONEER LIFE.

CHAPTER XII. THE HEROINES OF THE SOUTHWEST

CHAPTER XIII. WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE ON THE NORTHERN BORDER.

CHAPTER XIV. ENCOUNTERS WITH WILD BEASTS COURAGE AND DARING

CHAPTER XV. ACROSS THE CONTINENT ON THE PLAINS

CHAPTER XVI. WOMAN AS A MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS.

CHAPTER XVII. WOMAN AS A MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS (CONTINUED)

CHAPTER XVIII. WOMAN IN THE ARMY

CHAPTER XIX. ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER XX. THE COMFORTER AND THE GUARDIAN.

CHAPTER XXI. WOMAN AS AN EDUCATOR ON THE FRONTIER

Title: Woman on the American Frontier

Author: William Worthington Fowler

Edition: 10

Language: English

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