{"product_id":"2940013270190","title":"THE RIFLEMEN OF THE OHIO","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        I.--THE EYE OF THE FLEET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       II.--THE WYANDOT CHIEF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      III.--THE SONG OF THE LEAVES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IV.--THE FOREST VILLAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        V.--PLAY AND COUNCIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       VI.--THE GANTLET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VII.--ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII.--THE SHADOW IN THE WATER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       IX.--THE GATHERING OF THE FIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        X.--THE GREAT BORDERER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XI.--THE RACE OF THE FIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XII.--THE ONE WHO ARRIVED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIII.--AT THE FORT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XIV.--SIX FIGURES IN THE DUSK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XV.--THE DEED IN THE DARK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XVI.--THE RETURN TRAIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XVII.--PICKING UP THE STRANDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVIII.--THE HALTING OF THE FLEET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XIX.--THE WATERY PASS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XX.--THE TRUMPET'S PEAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXI.--FORCES MEET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXII.--THE SPEECH OF TIMMENDIQUAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXIII.--ON THE OFFENSIVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXIV.--THE DECISIVE BATTLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RIFLEMEN OF THE OHIO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EYE OF THE FLEET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fleet of boats and canoes bearing supplies for the far east turned\u003cbr\u003efrom the Mississippi into the wide mouth of the Ohio, and it seemed, for\u003cbr\u003ea time, that they had come into a larger river instead of a tributary.\u003cbr\u003eThe splendid stream, called by the Indians \"The Beautiful River,\" flowed\u003cbr\u003esilently, a huge flood between high banks, and there was not one among\u003cbr\u003ethe voyagers who did not feel instinctively the depths beneath him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA single impulse caused every paddle and oar to lie at rest a few\u003cbr\u003emoments, and, while they swung gently with the slow current just beyond\u003cbr\u003ethe point where one merged into the other, they looked at the two mighty\u003cbr\u003erivers, the Mississippi, coming from the vast unknown depths of the\u003cbr\u003enorthwest, rising no man knew where, and the Ohio, trailing its easy\u003cbr\u003elength a thousand miles through thick forests haunted by the most\u003cbr\u003ewarlike tribes of North America. The smaller river--small only by\u003cbr\u003ecomparison--bore the greater dangers, and they knew it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was the fleet of Adam Colfax, and the five who had gone to New\u003cbr\u003eOrleans and who had come back, triumphing over so many dangers in the\u003cbr\u003ecoming and the going, were still with him. Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, and\u003cbr\u003eShif'less Sol Hyde sat in the foremost boat, and the one just behind\u003cbr\u003ethem contained Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart. After the great battle\u003cbr\u003eon the Lower Mississippi in which they defeated the Indians and\u003cbr\u003edesperadoes under Alvarez, the voyage had remained peaceful as they\u003cbr\u003epulled up to the Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's our own river again, Henry,\" said Paul. Both felt a sort of\u003cbr\u003eproprietary interest in the Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's so, and I'm glad to look on it again,\" replied Henry, \"but the\u003cbr\u003eShawnees, the Miamis, the Wyandots, and others will never let us by\u003cbr\u003ewithout a fight.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe spoke with gravity. But a boy in years, the many stern scenes through\u003cbr\u003ewhich he had passed and his natural instinct for the wilderness made him\u003cbr\u003esee far. He was thinking of the thousand miles, every one with its\u003cbr\u003edangers, that they must travel before they could unload their supplies\u003cbr\u003eat Pittsburgh for the struggling colonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo concern of the future troubled the soul of Long Jim Hart. He was once\u003cbr\u003emore in the region that he loved. He looked at one river and then at the\u003cbr\u003eother, and his eyes glowed.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172029055216,"sku":"2940013270190","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013270190_p0.jpg?v=1763579041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013270190","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}