Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 208
nnessee; Shelby, who afterwardbecame governor of Kentucky; and Campbell,the Virginian, who died in the Revolutionary the stump-dotted clearings, and the huntersfrom their smoky cabins in the deep woods. The meeting-place was at the SycamoreShoals. On the appointed day the backwoods-men gathered,… … THE CHARGE OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIERSMEN AT KING 5 MOUNTAIN War. Sevier had given a great barbecue,where oxen and deer were roasted whole,horse-races were run, and the backwoodsmentried their skill as marksmen and wrestlers. Inthe midst of the feasting Shelby appeared, hotwith hard riding, to tell…
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