The Pioneers

by James Fenimore Cooper

For works with similar titles, see The Pioneers (Curtiss).

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The Pioneers
or
The Sources of the Susquehanna
A Descriptive Tale
by
the author of "Precaution"

Extremes of habits, manners, time and space,
Brought close together, here stood face to face,
And gave at once a contrast to the view,
That other lands and ages never knew. — Paulding

In Two Volumes
New-York
Published by Charles Wiley.
J. Seymour, Printer
1823

Dedication

TO
JACOB SUTHERLAND,
OF BLENHEIM, SCOHARIE,
ESQUIRE.

The length of our friendship would be a sufficient reason for prefixing your name to these pages; but your residence so near the scene of the tale, and your familiarity with much of the character and kind of life that I have attempted to describe, render it more peculiarly proper. You, at least, dear Sutherland, will not receive this dedication as a cold compliment, but as an evidence of the feeling that makes me,

Warmly and truly,
      Your friend,
            —— ——

Front matter

• Copyright notice, James Dill, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.
• Preface to first edition
• Introduction (1832)

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Chapter 1 →

James Fenimore Cooper,  The Pioneers,  Ch.1,  Ch.2,  Ch.3,  Ch.4,  Ch.5,  Ch.6,  Ch.7,  Ch.8,  Ch.9,  Ch.10,  Ch.11,  Ch.12,  Ch.13,  Ch.14,  Ch.15,  Ch.16,  Ch.17,  Ch.18,  Ch.19,  Ch.20,  Ch.21,  Ch.22,  Ch.23,  Ch.24,  Ch.25,  Ch.26,  Ch.27,  Ch.28,  Ch.29,  Ch.30,  Ch.31,  Ch.32,  Ch.33,  Ch.34,  Ch.35,  Ch.36,  Ch.37,  Ch.38,  Ch.39,  Ch.40,  Ch.41,  Characters.