Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Life and Adventures of L. D. Lafferty
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Life and Adventures of L.D. Lafferty
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 219
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Life and Adventures of L. D. Lafferty
Author: A H AbneyPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498151641
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1875 Edition.
Life and Adventures of L.D. Lafferty
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Life and Adventures of L. D. Lafferty
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Life and Adventures of L. D. Lafferty
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Life and Adventures of L. D. Lafferty; Being a True Biography of One of the Most Remarkable Men of the Great Southwest, from an Adventurous Boyhood In
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230287942
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVHI. DOMESTIC TROUBLES CAUSE HIM TO LEAVE ARKANSAS IN 1855, NEVER AGAIN TO RETURN HIS EXPLORATIONS, AND FINAL SETTLEMENT IN TEXAS IN 1859 STARTS TO MEXICO TO PURCHASE LIVE STOCK STOPS AT EAGLE PASS GOES WITH A GENTLEMAN TO LOOK AT A STOCK OF CATTLE IN THE COUNTRY, IN CHARGE OF MR. WORMAN WHILE THERE, IN- DIANS AND MEXICANS ATTACK THE HOUSE, KILL WORMAN, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW, AND TWO SISTERS- IN-LAW, AND CARRY OFF MRS. WORMAN AND HER LITTLE DAUGHTER LAFFERTY HAS A TERRIBLE FIGHT, IN WHICH HE IS DREADFULLY WOUNDED, AND REMAINS THREE DAYS UNATTENDED IS FINALLY RESCUED AND TAKEN TO EAGLE PASS HIS BROTHER SENDS HIM ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE MASONIC FRATERNITY SETTLES NEAR EAGLE PASS, AND ENGAGES IN STOCK RAISING AT THE OPENING OF THE CONFEDERATE WAR, MOVES OUT TO THE VI- CINITY OF FORT CLARKE, FOR PROTECTION AGAINST INDIANS AND OUTLAWS INDIAN TROUBLES HIS FIGHT WITH THEM, IN WHICH HE GETS WOUNDED IN ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE SOME WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOLLOWS OUTLAWS INTO MEXICO LEAVES THE FRONTIER, AND SETTLES BELOW SAN ANTONIO CONCLUSION. In the year A.d. 1855, amidst all of his prosperity, and when every enterprise in which he was engaged seemed to respond to his talismanic touch in golden gains, a cloud came suddenly athwart his domestic sky, and rendered cheerless and desolate his once happy home. A serpent had crept into his little Eden, and like a pestilential wind laden with the miasmata of death, blasted all his hopes of marital felicity, and left him miserable indeed. In a moment of desperation he slew the vile reptile that had dishonored him, and at once abandoned his home, never again to return. With a handsome sum in cash, he turned his face Texasward, resolved to explore the upper portion of the State, with a view to making it his...
The Rover
Author: A. H. AbneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arkansas
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
The Rover
Author: Bill Dwayne BlevinsNarratives of Captivity Among the Indians of North America
Author: Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library)Publisher: Chicago : Newberry Library
ISBN:
Category : Captivity narratives
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description