The Lords of the Wild - A Story of the Old New York Border

Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

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Title: The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New
York Border
Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
Release Date: April 8, 2004 [EBook #11961]
Language: English
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Distributed ProofreadersTHE LORDS OF THE WILD
A Story of the Old New York Border
BY
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
1919FOREWORD
"The Lords of the Wild" tells a complete story, but it
is also a part of the French and Indian War Series,
of which the predecessors were "The Hunters of
the Hills," "The Shadow of the North," "The Rulers
of the Lakes" and "The Masters of the Peaks."
Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, St. Luc, Tandakora
and all the principal characters of the earlier
volumes reappear.CHARACTERS IN THE FRENCH
AND INDIAN WAR SERIES
ROBERT LENNOX A lad of unknown origin
TAYOGA A young Onondaga warrior
DAVID WILLET A hunter
RAYMOND LOUIS DE ST. LUC A brilliant French
officer
AGUSTE DE COURCELLES A French officer
FRANÇOIS DE JUMONVILLE A French officer
LOUIS DE GALISONNIÈRE A young French
officer
JEAN DE MÉZY A corrupt Frenchman
ARMAN GLANDELET A young Frenchman
PIERRE BOUCHER A bully and bravo
PHILIBERT DROUILLARD A French priest
THE MARQUIS DUQUESNE Governor-General
of Canada
MARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL Governor-General of
Canada
FRANÇOIS BIGOT Intendant of Canada
MARQUIS DE MONTCALM French commander-
in-chief
DE LEVIS A French general
BOURLAMAQUE A French general
BOUGAINVILLE A French general
ARMAND DUBOIS A follower of St. Luc
M. DE CHATILLARD An Old French Seigneur
CHARLES LANGLADE A French partisan
THE DOVE The Indian wife of Langlade
TANDAKORA An Ojibway chief DAGONOWEDA A young Mohawk chief
HENDRICK An old Mohawk chief
BRADDOCK A British general
ABERCROMBIE A British general
WOLFE A British general
COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON Anglo-American
leader
MOLLY BRANT Col. Wm. Johnson's Indian wife
JOSEPH BRANT Young brother of Molly Brant,
afterward the great
Mohawk
chief, Thayendanegea
ROBERT DINWIDDIE Lieutenant-Governor of
Virginia
WILLIAM SHIRLEY Governor of Massachusetts
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Famous American Patriot
JAMES COLDEN A young Philadelphia captain
WILLIAM WILTON A young Philadelphia
lieutenant
HUGH CARSON A young Philadelphia lieutenant
JACOBUS HUYSMAN An Albany burgher
CATERINA Jacobus Huysman's cook
ALEXANDER MCLEAN An Albany schoolmaster
BENJAMIN HARDY A New York merchant
JOHNATHAN PILLSBURY Clerk to Benjamin
Hardy
ADRIAN VAN ZOON A New York merchant
THE SLAVER A nameless rover
ACHILLE GARAY A French spy
ALFRED GROSVENOR A young English officer
JAMES CABELL A young Virginian
WALTER STUART A young Virginian
BLACK RIFLE A famous "Indian fighter"
ELIHU STRONG A Massachusetts colonel ALAN HERVEY A New York financier
STUART WHITE Captain of the British sloop,
Hawk
JOHN LATHAM Lieutenant of the British sloop,
Hawk
EDWARD CHARTERIS A young officer of the
Royal
Americans
ZEBEDEE CRANE A young scout and forest
runner
ROBERT ROGERS Famous Captain of American
RangersCONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.—THE BLUE BIRD
II.—THE LIVE CANOE
III.—IN THE CLIFF
IV.—THE DARING ATTEMPT
V.—TAYOGA'S REVENGE
VI.—BLACK RIFLE
VII.—THE FOREST BATTLE
VIII.—THE BOAT BUILDERS
IX.—THE MASKED ATTACK
X.—IN THE FOG
XI.—THE HAPPY ESCAPEXII.—THE FRENCH CAMP
XIII.—EVE OF BATTLE
XIV.—TICONDEROGATHE LORDS OF THE WILD
A STORY OF THE OLD NEW YORK BORDER