"Erskine Dale—Pioneer" is a classic novel that tells the story of Dave. Excerpt: "See any Injuns, Dave?" "Not more'n a thousand or two, I reckon." The boy laughed: "Well, I reckon you won't see any while I'm around—they're afeerd o' me." "I don't blame 'em, Bud. I reckon that blunderbuss o' yours would come might' nigh goin' through a pat o' butter at twenty yards." The sentinel rose towering to the full of his stature, stretched his mighty arms with a yawn, and lightly leaped