A First Latin Reader/69

by Herbertus Chester Nutting

Herbert Chester Nutting

A First Latin Reader

Lesson 69
Stories about Daniel Boone

1912

fons: librum vide

68. A Difficult Escape	70. An English Privateer

LESSON 69

Stories about Daniel Boone

Ille explōrātor clārus, cuius^[1] dē pueritiā paulō ante dīxī, inter ferās Indōsque paene tōtam ēgit aetātem^[2]. Ōlim ē Carolaenā Citeriōre^[3] trāns montēs ūnā cum aliīs explōrātōribus quīnque audācter in vallēs longinquās contendit; ubi ūnō cum comite ab Indīs captus, postquam ab eīs septem diēs summā diligentiā custōdītus est, noctū clam surrēxit, comiteque ē somnō excitātō, incolumis ad casam pervēnit, quam ipse cēterīque^[4] explōrātōrēs paulō ante fēcerant.

Paucīs post annīs eāsdem in regiōnēs colōnōs cum uxōribus līberīsque dēdūxit ad locum, quī castellō maximē idōneus vidēbātur. Ubi aliquamdiū fortūnā prōsperā ūsus est; sed quondam eius fīlia, quae errābat in agrīs, ut flōrēs carperet, ūnā cum puellīs aliīs ab Indīs capta, in silvās complūra mīlia passuum ducta est. Dum autem iter faciunt, puellae prūdentēs^[5] omnibus locīs^[6] aut rāmōs frēgērunt parvōs aut^[7] humī pannōs^[8] relīquērunt; quae rēs magnō ūsuī erat patribus īrātīs, quī haud longō intervāllō^[9] vestīgiīs^[10] īnsequēbantur. Barbarīs victīs, puellae laetae domum reductae sunt.

Paulō post ille explōrātor ipse iterum captus, diū apud Indōs vīvere coāctus est. Sed postrēmō, cum per aquam prōfluentem^[11] cucurrisset, nē vestīgia ūlla faceret, ad amīcōs incolumis pervēnit. Multīs autem ante mēnsibus uxor līberīque, patrem iam prīdem mortuum ratī^[12], ad propinquōs^[13] suōs in^[14] Carolaenam Citeriōrem^[15] maestī sē recēperant.

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1. cuius: modifier of pueritiā.
2. aetātem: not aestātem.
3. Citeriōre: (citerior, -ior, -ius): lit. Nearer; i.e. North; cf. the note on Ulteriōris, p. 70, l. 7.
4. cēterī: contrast the force of aliīs, l. 15.
5. prūdentēs: prūdēns, -entis: adj., wide-awake.
6. omnibus locīs: cf. the note on eōdem locō, p. 7, l. 4, everywhere.
7. aut . . . aut: cf. p. 36, l. 12.
8. pannōs: pannus, -ī: m., strip of cloth.
9. intervāllō: cf. the note on p. 57, l. 4.
10. vestīgiīs: cf. p. 71, l. 19.
11. prōfluentem: prōfluēns, -entis: part., lit. flowing forward, running.
12. ratī: modifying the whole phrase uxor līberīque.
13. propinquōs: here, as noun.
14. in: cf. the note on in silvās, p. 77, l. 12.
15. Citeriōrem: cf. p. 81, l. 15.