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Title: Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15)
The Romance of Reality

Author: Charles Morris

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Historical Tales
The Romance of Reality

By
CHARLES MORRIS

_Author of "Half-Hours with the Best American Authors," "Tales from the
Dramatists," etc._

IN FIFTEEN VOLUMES
Volume II

American
2

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON

Copyright, 1904, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

Copyright, 1908, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

_CONTENTS._

PAGE

PONCE DE LEON AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH 7

DE SOTO AND THE FATHER OF WATERS 13

THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE 23

THE THRILLING ADVENTURE OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 29

THE INDIAN MASSACRE IN VIRGINIA 40

THE GREAT REBELLION IN THE OLD DOMINION 49

CHEVALIER LA SALLE THE EXPLORER OF THE MISSISSIPPI 62

THE FRENCH OF LOUISIANA AND THE NATCHEZ INDIANS 76

THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE 88

HOW OGLETHORPE SAVED GEORGIA FROM SPAIN 95

A BOY'S WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE WILDWOOD 104

PATRICK HENRY, THE HERALD OF THE REVOLUTION 113

GOVERNOR TRYON AND THE CAROLINA REGULATORS 124

LORD DUNMORE AND THE GUNPOWDER 135

THE FATAL EXPEDITION OF COLONEL ROGERS 145

HOW COLONEL CLARK WON THE NORTHWEST 153

KING'S MOUNTAIN AND THE PATRIOTS OF TENNESSEE 166

GENERAL GREENE'S FAMOUS RETREAT 171

ELI WHITNEY, THE INVENTOR OF THE