Produced by David Kline, Greg Bergquist and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.] Edition d'Elite 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 COTTON-GIN 185 HOW OLD HICKORY FOUGHT THE CREEKS 193 THE PIRATES OF BARATARIA BAY 206 THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO 217 HOW HOUSTON WON FREEDOM FOR TEXAS 225 CAPTAIN ROBERT E. LEE AND THE LAVA-BEDS 231 A CHRISTMAS DAY ON THE PLANTATION 241 CAPTAIN GORDON AND THE RACCOON ROUGHS 252 STUART'S FAMOUS CHAMBERSBURG RAID 261 FORREST'S CHASE OF THE RAIDERS 277 EXPLOITS OF A BLOCKADE-RUNNER 291 FONTAIN, THE SCOUT, AND THE BESIEGERS OF VICKSBURG 302 GORDON AND THE BAYONET CHARGE AT ANTIETAM 311 THE LAST TRIUMPH OF STONEWALL JACKSON 319 JOHN MORGAN'S FAMOUS RAID 331 HOME-COMING OF GENERAL LEE AND HIS VETERANS 347 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. AMERICAN. VOLUME II. PAGE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM _Frontispiece._ ALONG THE COAST OF FLORIDA 9