Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1883 — CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS [ARTICLE]

CONQUERING THE WILDERNESS

In American history there are no ( tore interesting figures than the He* j >es and Heroines of the Border.— old, dashing, adveuturous and pati otic; loyal to friends, to country *d to the lmerests of society, their ork was Bingnlarlv eff-ctivt* in the . Ivanoetneni of American civiiizas on. Wi ti seeming recklessnets, ■eir efforts were iu the interest of w and order, and the people ewe em a debt of gratitude they do not eget. Their rage in history is as scinattng an it is honorable, and eie is a peculiar pie .sure in read i ? the narrative of their wonderful ploits, Che tion s which produced roes and heioiu-s mark a period in nerican hisio*y of autoi tdug intert alike to ol« and young. It io ' oper that it should be so. Thes? rdy pioneers coupled viriue with urage. nurnanity and lu>v of uounr with tb» stern >iuties o* frontier i and battle and the example of dr lives not only interest but engtheus our faith and admiration human courage and unselfish rpose. Cn American pioneer history there s three distinct eras marked as itinotly by throe geographical didons; from the Allegheny Moun ns to the Mississippi, marking the it; ’from the Mississippi to the >cky Mountains the second; Califors i and the Pacific Slope the 3rd. The rtlement of these vast regions dov>ped great leaders, whose achievemts have made them justly and dely famous. They hare a warm ice in the hearts of the people, and orominent one in their admiration, is appropriate that their achievemts should be recorded, aud we te with pleasure the forthcoming of it wbook, now ready, from "he press N. D, Thompson & Co., Publishers, w York and St. Louis, Mo., called: nquering the Wilderness, oi New itorial History of the Life and nes of The Pioueer Heroes and retries of America t is written by Col. Frank Triplett, aecomplished writer, whose literI qualifications and great exper•ce on the frontiers, are said to em•ntly fit him for so noble a task. A special feature of the book is its f and profuse illustration, embrac j 220 superb engravings, rllustrat- ' incidents and persons—the lattei ibracing neatly 100 lifelike permits, of pioneer leaders, never be e given—men and womtu which ike it a sort o f picture gallery, as II as a book of tnrilling t arratiyes. it will lend to the book a charm 1 interest not to he resisted. Et is sold by subscription, through avassiog agents, and |prese..ts ai. portunity to ag nt". to unite mone.i jecialiy invitinWe advertise i anothei column