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Produced by Al Haines.




[Illustration: Cover art]




[Illustration: "Jack saw that it was a boy not much older than himself"
(_see page_ 43).]




                                  *THE
                              BOY HUNTERS
                              OF KENTUCKY*


                                   BY

                           *EDWARD S. ELLIS*

  _Author of "Red Feather," "Blazing Arrow," "The Forest Messengers,"
                   "Wolf Ear, the Indian," etc, etc._



                           SIXTIETH THOUSAND



                        CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
                 London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney
                                  1889




                        Uniform With This Volume

                          _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

                          Lost in the Rockies
                          Captured by Indians
                     The Daughter of the Chieftain
                              Red Feather
                          Wolf Ear, the Indian
                          Astray in the Forest
                              Bear Cavern
                            River and Forest
                             The Lost River
                      The Boy Hunters of Kentucky



                       _Printed in Great Britain_




                              *CONTENTS.*


                               CHAPTER I.

A YOUNG PIONEER

                              CHAPTER II.

TRAINING A KENTUCKY RIFLEMAN

                              CHAPTER III.

THE MEETING ON THE BRIDGE

                              CHAPTER IV.

THE HOME OF JACK

                               CHAPTER V.

THE YOUNG WYANDOT

                              CHAPTER VI.

THE WRESTLING BOUT

                              CHAPTER VII.

JACK RESUMES HIS JOURNEY

                             CHAPTER VIII.

TRAVELLING SOUTHWARD

                              CHAPTER IX.

ROYAL GAME

                               CHAPTER X.

HUNTING THE HUNTERS

                              CHAPTER XI.

GEORGE MAKES A SHOT

                              CHAPTER XII.

THE STRANGE CAMP