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Charles Wilkins Webber

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Description:Charles Wilkins Webber (1819 – 1856) was a United States journalist and explorer. In 1838, Webber went to Texas, then struggling for independence; was for several years connected with the famous Texas Rangers, seeing much of wild and adventurous life on the frontier. He was engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to lead an exploring and mining expedition to the region of the Colorado and Gila rivers. A principal reason for the failure of the expedition to the west was the seizure of the horses by Comanche Indians. In 1848 Webber published a book of his adventures in Texas entitled "Old Hicks, the Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine." Our author, finding the life of a settler in Texas becoming monotonous for lack of adventure, started, with eight Rangers as restless as himself, in search of a traditionary gold mountain in the Camanche country. The rude and simple honesty of the frontier-man is well delineated in the characters of his companions; particularly in that of the hero, "Old Hicks." One offshoot from civilization deserves particular notice, a reckless fellow, who disputed with an Irish rival the palm of wit—who seems to have been the good-tempered " butt" of the expedition, and whose quaint antics enlivened the tediousness of the long march. The Doctor is a man worth knowing; himself and his air-gun were perfect godsends to the company; and the account of his strange exploits forms not the least entertaining portion of the volumes. After many "hair-breadth 'scapes," through which we have not time to follow this little band of merry vagabonds; and after having increased their number by the addition of a woman, who sprung up like an angel in the wilderness, and whom they rescued from a horde of marauding Camanches, the whole party suddenly find themselves taken prisoners by some confederated tribes of Indians under the command of a redoubted French emigre noble. The exploits and partial history of this strange man are, we believe, notorious in Texas. His character is well drawn by Mr. Webber. He was a kind of Rob Roy on a large scale; levying tribute on the Mexican border. The lady who was rescued by our author, and who appears to have repaid his gallantry by captivating him, is one of the most romantic and witching creations of womankind it has ever been our happiness to meet with. Possessed of masculine courage, yet full of womanly delicacy and tenderness, she exerts an irresistible charm over the mind of the reader, so that it is little wonder she should have led the gallant captain captive. The capture of our party happily results in their adoption into one of the tribes of the strange confederation of which Count Albert was the originator. Our captain is then suddenly promoted as war chieftain of this Tribe, and our party set out in prosecution of their common object—the discovery of the gold mountain. . . . The Camanches, however, have strange superstitions connected with this gold; they regard their national existence as dependent upon keeping the mountain sacred from the profane cupidity of the white man; therefore they collected, in thousands, to impede the progress of the band of Rangers and their newly-made allies. Contents I. THE TRINITY COLONY. II. The Rescue III. A New Annoyance IV. THE START V. JOURNAL CONTINUED. VI. THE JOURNAL. VII. THE JOURNAL. VIII. JOURNAL CONTINUED. IX. THE CAMP. X. THE PEACEFUL VALLEY. XI. The Adventure. XII. The Frenchwoman XIII. A STRANGE Recognition. XIV. PRISONERS, ALL HANDS. XV. THE RANCHO. XVI. THE council. XVII. THE SUDDEN PROMOTION. XVIII. The Games XIX. THE PURSUIT. XX. T H E O L D MISSION. XXI.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Old Hicks, the Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine (1848) (Linked Table of Contents). To get started finding Old Hicks, the Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine (1848) (Linked Table of Contents), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Charles Wilkins Webber (1819 – 1856) was a United States journalist and explorer. In 1838, Webber went to Texas, then struggling for independence; was for several years connected with the famous Texas Rangers, seeing much of wild and adventurous life on the frontier. He was engaged in an unsuccessful attempt to lead an exploring and mining expedition to the region of the Colorado and Gila rivers. A principal reason for the failure of the expedition to the west was the seizure of the horses by Comanche Indians. In 1848 Webber published a book of his adventures in Texas entitled "Old Hicks, the Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine." Our author, finding the life of a settler in Texas becoming monotonous for lack of adventure, started, with eight Rangers as restless as himself, in search of a traditionary gold mountain in the Camanche country. The rude and simple honesty of the frontier-man is well delineated in the characters of his companions; particularly in that of the hero, "Old Hicks." One offshoot from civilization deserves particular notice, a reckless fellow, who disputed with an Irish rival the palm of wit—who seems to have been the good-tempered " butt" of the expedition, and whose quaint antics enlivened the tediousness of the long march. The Doctor is a man worth knowing; himself and his air-gun were perfect godsends to the company; and the account of his strange exploits forms not the least entertaining portion of the volumes. After many "hair-breadth 'scapes," through which we have not time to follow this little band of merry vagabonds; and after having increased their number by the addition of a woman, who sprung up like an angel in the wilderness, and whom they rescued from a horde of marauding Camanches, the whole party suddenly find themselves taken prisoners by some confederated tribes of Indians under the command of a redoubted French emigre noble. The exploits and partial history of this strange man are, we believe, notorious in Texas. His character is well drawn by Mr. Webber. He was a kind of Rob Roy on a large scale; levying tribute on the Mexican border. The lady who was rescued by our author, and who appears to have repaid his gallantry by captivating him, is one of the most romantic and witching creations of womankind it has ever been our happiness to meet with. Possessed of masculine courage, yet full of womanly delicacy and tenderness, she exerts an irresistible charm over the mind of the reader, so that it is little wonder she should have led the gallant captain captive. The capture of our party happily results in their adoption into one of the tribes of the strange confederation of which Count Albert was the originator. Our captain is then suddenly promoted as war chieftain of this Tribe, and our party set out in prosecution of their common object—the discovery of the gold mountain. . . . The Camanches, however, have strange superstitions connected with this gold; they regard their national existence as dependent upon keeping the mountain sacred from the profane cupidity of the white man; therefore they collected, in thousands, to impede the progress of the band of Rangers and their newly-made allies. Contents I. THE TRINITY COLONY. II. The Rescue III. A New Annoyance IV. THE START V. JOURNAL CONTINUED. VI. THE JOURNAL. VII. THE JOURNAL. VIII. JOURNAL CONTINUED. IX. THE CAMP. X. THE PEACEFUL VALLEY. XI. The Adventure. XII. The Frenchwoman XIII. A STRANGE Recognition. XIV. PRISONERS, ALL HANDS. XV. THE RANCHO. XVI. THE council. XVII. THE SUDDEN PROMOTION. XVIII. The Games XIX. THE PURSUIT. XX. T H E O L D MISSION. XXI.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Old Hicks, the Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine (1848) (Linked Table of Contents). To get started finding Old Hicks, the Guide: Or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine (1848) (Linked Table of Contents), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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