MARCHING ON NIAGARA OR THE SOLDIER BOYS OF THE OLD FRONTIER Colonial Series BY EDWARD STRATEMEYER Author of "American Boys' Life of William McKinley," "Lost on the Orinoco," "On to Pekin," "Between Boer and Briton," "Old Glory Series," "Ship and Shore Series," "Bound to Succeed Series," etc. ILLUSTRATED BY A. B. SHUTE BOSTON: LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Copyright, 1902, by Lee and Shepard Copyright, 1902, by Lee and Shepard Published August, 1902 All rights reserved Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Norwood, Mass. U. S. A. J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith After him tumbled a wild cat. PREFACE "Marching on Niagara" is a complete story in itself, but forms the second of several volumes to be known by the general title of "Colonial Series." Marching on Niagara In the first volume of this series, entitled "With Washington in the West," we followed the fortunes of David Morris, the son of a hardy pioneer, who first settled at Will's Creek (now the town of Cumberland, Virginia), and later on established a trading post on one of the tributaries of the Ohio River. This was just previous to the breaking out of war between France and England, and when the French and English settlers in America,