CHAPTER I.
Early Training.
Birth of Christopher Carson .-- Perils of the Wilderness .-- Necessary Cautions .-- Romance of the Forest .-- The Far West .-- The Encampment .-- The Cabin and the Fort .-- Kit an Apprentice .-- The Alarm .-- Destruction of a Trading Band .-- The Battle and the Flight .-- Sufferings of the Fugitives .-- Dreadful Fate of Mr.
Schenck .-- Features of the Western Wilderness .-- The March..