. Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibusteri
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. Conquering the wilderness; or, New pictorial history of the life and times of the pioneer heroes and heroines of America, a full account of the romantic deeds, lofty achievements, and marvellous adventures of Boone, Kenton, Clark, Logan, Harrod, the Wetzel brothers, the Bradys, Poe and other celebrated frontiersmen and Indian fighters ... with picturesque skteches of border life past and present, backwoods camp-meeting, schools and Sunday-schools; heoric fortitude and noble deeds of the pioneer wives and mothers, flatboating, the overland route and its horrors; the gold fever and filibustering expeditions; ... eccentricities and self-sacrificing labors of Cartwright, Axley and other celebrated pioneer preachers, and describing life and adventure on the plains .. . illon, his opponent, andother men of mark amongst the Leoncse faction. His term expir-ing in May, 1854, he felt himself so firmly fixed in power that hedeclared an extension of his term for an additional four years. At this tyrannical assumption of power, Castillon organized aparty to resist the usurper, issued his proclamation duly and namedhis following Democrats, just as Chamorro called his forces Legit-imists. The former, being out of power, m;ule great promises of lib-erality in government, firm adherence to the constitution and the other 674 DESCRIPTION OF NICARAGUA AND ITS ATFAIRS. 675 flourishes common to those who desire to attract adherents. Thouirhsomewhat too ready with his proclamations, as indeed are all of hiscountrymen, Castillon did not let the grass grow under his feet, butwith a few men marched on Realejo, a small port on the Pacific, andsurprised and captured it. He next fell upon Chiandaya, a placeoi considerable size, and having also captured it, marched to Leon, . DON FRANCISCO CASTTLLON. thirty miles distant, where he was received with open arms, andwhere he established his headquarters, having defeated Chaniorro inits vicinity. This battle or skirmish was a mere bagatelle and set-