boy of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage of discovery. The Stevens family is large; the name may be found in every state and in almost every walk of life; but no doubt thousands of them have forgotten their genealogy. The same care has been exercised in this as in other stories to keep separate fact from fiction; while the fiction is designed to aid in the arranging and comprehending of the fact. Sincerely thanking a generous reading public for its appreciation of the former volumes of this series, I present Braddock to their notice. JOHN R. MUSICK. KIRKSVILLE, Mo., January 1st, 1893. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Death of La Salle, General Braddock wounded near Fort Du Quesne (see page 309), "Sail ho!" The boys hurried on deck with the others, Father Rale,. Frontispiece 1 5 Pierre De Vere and his daughter on the way to see "They are going to betray my countrymen! How can I prevent them?" . There was a large assembly of men at the old meeting house, Colonel Oglethorpe, "Do you contemplate a settlement in the south?" "Don't ye go to givin' up in despair, for deliverance is comin'," "It is Monsieur Dupre," "What do you wish with me?" 217 A lad of fifteen stood before the fire, 233 He commenced a march, which for boldness and dar ing has never had an equal, 253 "Zounds! but dub me general, and I will tumble in head first every day in the week," 275 "Black Rifle," 293 "If they are to fight, they are too few; if to be killed, they are too many," 323 |