"Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections. Let thes…"

"Situated, many hundred miles from our families in the howling wilderness, I believe few would have equally enjoyed th…"

"I can't say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once for three days."

"I've opened the way for others to make fortunes, but a fortune for myself was not what I was after."

"Nothing embitters my old age [like] the circulation of absurd stories that I retire as civilization advances, that I …"

"Many heroic actions and chivalrous adventures are related of me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the…"

"Ain't nobody ever cut 5 centers, lessen' it were Dan'l Boone."

"Of all men, saving Sylla, the man-slayer, Who passes for in life and death most lucky Of the great names which in our…"

"Westward lay the march of American Empire. Within thirty years of the establishment of the Union nine new states had …"

"The Indian-fighting frontiersmen and the "valiant" settlers in their circled covered wagons are the iconic images of …"