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Excerpt from Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel: The Renowned Virginia Rancher and Scout; Comprising a Thrilling History of This Celebrated Indian Fighter, With His Perilous Adventures and Hair-Breadth Escapes, and Including Other Interesting Incidents of Border-Life; Largely Compiled From Authentic Rec From these various sources the author has collated the scenes and incidents and thrilling adventures of the celebrated scout. And with all due sense of his faults and no one can feel these more than the author himself he cherishes the hope, both that he has succeeded in form ing such an idea of the times of Lewis Wetzel as is most consonant to the truth, and in representing these times in an intelligent and entertaining manner to the reader. The author has not been able to rsgard Wetzel as a. Paragon of Virtue, an erring devotee of a mistaken fanaticism, or so void Of principle as to account the blood of his fellow-creatures cheap, provided it was flowing beneath a red skin. But he was a man of the times, one who proved a bulwark for the infant settlements, and a right arm for their defense - and in this sense, truly a hero. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.