Far past the frontier
By: By James A. Braden
Series: [Boys' Indian series]
Publisher: Saalfield Pub. Co.
Published: 1936
Place of publication: Akron, O
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Juvenile fiction; Pioneer children; Frontier and pioneer life; Indians of North America
Description: "This is the exciting story of Ree Kingdom and John Jerome, two courageous lads who start out from their Connecticut homes in 1790 on a perilous trip through the forests to live with the Indians in the Ohio River Valley, and trade with them.  The journey is packed with unusual adventures, and not a little danger.  When they finally reach the chosen territory, the veteran frontiersman, Tom Fish, helps them to find suitable location for a cabin near a Delaware village.  Fishing Bird whose life Ree saves, becomes a staunch and loyal friend to the youthful pioneers, and in turn he saves the lives of young "Long Knives," as the Indian call Ree and John"--Dust jkt.