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THE OUTLAWS
OF
CAVE-IN-ROCK
Cave-in-Rock
(From an original oil painting by J. Bernhard Alberts, made in 1916)
THE OUTLAWS OF
CAVE-IN-ROCK
Historical Accounts of the Famous Highwaymen
and River Pirates who operated in
Pioneer Days upon the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers
and over the old
Natchez Trace
by
Otto A. Rothert
Secretary, The Filson Club
The Arthur H. Clark Company
Cleveland: 1924
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
OTTO A. ROTHERT
All Rights Reserved
TO MY FRIEND
YOUNG E. ALLISON
Contents
| The Purpose of this Narrative | 13 |
| The Lair of the Outlaws | 17 |
| Piracy and Rough Life on the River | 37 |
| The Harpes—A Terrible Frontier Story | 55 |
| The Harpes—Renewal of the Terror | 83 |
| The Harpes—Big Harpe’s Ride to Death | 107 |
| The Harpes—Mysteries and Fate of Survivors | 139 |
| Mason—Soldier, Pirate, Highwayman | 157 |
| Mason—On the Natchez Trace | 179 |
| Mason—Trapped and Tried | 207 |
| Mason and Harpe—Double-Cross and Double Death | 241 |
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