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  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO

  OR: CLEARING THE WILDERNESS

  THE YOUNG PIONEER SERIES

  BY HARRISON ADAMS

  ILLUSTRATED

  =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO=, Or: Clearing the Wilderness $1.25

  =THE PIONEER BOYS ON THE GREAT LAKES=, Or: On the Trail of the Iroquois 1.25

  =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSISSIPPI=, Or: The Homestead in the Wilderness 1.25

  =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSOURI=, Or: In the Country of the Sioux 1.25

  =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE YELLOWSTONE=, Or: Lost in the Land of Wonders 1.25

  =THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE COLUMBIA=, Or: In the Wilderness of the Great Northwest 1.25

  THE PAGE COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

  "'HERE WE ARE AT THE SPOT I PICKED OUT FOR YOURSETTLEMENT.'" (_See page 119._)]

  The Young Pioneer Series

  THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE OHIO

  OR: CLEARING THE WILDERNESS

  By HARRISON ADAMS Author of "The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes," etc.

  Illustrated and Decorated by CHARLES LIVINGSTON BULL

  BOSTON THE PAGE COMPANY PUBLISHERS

  _Copyright, 1912, by_ THE PAGE COMPANY

  _All rights reserved_

  First Impression, July, 1912 Second Impression, October, 1913 Third Impression, May, 1916

  THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS & CO. BOSTON, U. S. A.

  PREFACE

  MY DEAR BOYS:--As doubtless you well know, the early pioneer days weretimes that tried men's souls. And boys, hardly in their teens, weretaught, in the bitter school of experience, that they must always liveup to the old Puritan motto, "Trust in the Lord; but _keep your powderdry_." These same lads early learned to be self-dependent, and to fighttheir own battles.

  Steeped in this atmosphere, the names of many heroic early settlershave come down to us through the pages of history. We all delight toread of their bold achievements, for they were men of whom the countrymust ever be proud.

  But those stirring times before the Revolution also gave birth to manya valiant soul whose daring and sacrifices have never been recorded onthe scroll of Fame. Some of these heroes were mere striplings in pointof years, yet capable, in times of great stress, of proving themselves"chips of the old block."

  It is to record the intensely interesting adventures of severalof these young pioneers, whose axes helped to blaze the way ofcivilization in the then unknown region beyond the Alleghanies, that Ihave started to write this series of books. I sincerely trust that ifyou enjoy reading the present and first volume, you will welcome thestory to follow, to be called: "The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes;or, On the Trail of the Iroquois."

  Cordially yours, HARRISON ADAMS.

  _May 20th, 1912._