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THE
MYSTERIES
OF
THE BACKWOODS;
OR,
SKETCHES OF THE SOUTHWEST:

INCLUDING
CHARACTER, SCENERY, AND RURAL SPORTS.

BY T. B. THORPE, AUTHOR OF “TOM OWEN THE BEE-HUNTER,” &c. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FELIX O. C. DARLEY.
PHILADELPHIA:
CAREY AND HART.
© 1846.