Fernando Stevens was a namesake of the cabin-boy of
Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to America, Hernando Estevan,
of whom he was a lineal descendant. The hero of this volume was a son of
Albert Stevens, a Revolutionary soldier, who was a son of Colonel Noah
Stevens, of the French and Indian War, who was a son of Elmer Stevens of
early Virginia history, a son of Robert Stevens of the time of Bacon's
Rebellion. He was a son of John Smith Stevens, of the early Virginia
history, who was the son of Philip Stevens, or Philip Estevan, the young
Spaniard who was the personal friend of Captain John Smith and helped
lay the foundation of Jamestown. He was a son of Francisco Estevan of
St. Augustine, who was a son of Christopher Estevan of Cuba, a companion
of Pizarro and De Soto, and he was a son of Hernando Estevan, who went
as cabin-boy with Columbus on his memorable first voyage in which he
discovered the Western Hemisphere.

This scion of a long line of stalwart but not famous ancestors is the
one whose adventures we now narrate. Like his ancestors, he was only one
of the rank and file of Americans, whose names are seldom seen in print,
but who, after all, go to make up the true history of our glorious
republic. Fernando's adventures, with those of Morgianna, the mysterious
waif of the sea, form the romance of this story.

JOHN E. MUSICK.

KIRKSVILLE, Mo., July 11th, 1893.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
THE YOUNG EMIGRANT

CHAPTER II.
MORGIANNA

CHAPTER III.
JEFFERSONIANISM

CHAPTER IV.
BRITISH CRUISERS

CHAPTER V.
FERNANDO'S JOURNEY EAST. HE MEETS WITH QUEER PEOPLE

CHAPTER VI.
WAR FEELING OF 1811

CHAPTER VII.
FERNANDO'S FRIEND GETS HIM INTO A SERIOUS SCRAPE

CHAPTER VIII.
THE BELLE OF THE BEACH

CHAPTER IX.
THE ENGLISHMAN'S DILEMMA

CHAPTER X.
THE SILENT GUNNER

CHAPTER XI.
SHIPWRECK, ESCAPE AND RETURN TO OHIO

CHAPTER XII.
WAR

CHAPTER XIII.
THE PEACE PARTY

CHAPTER XIV.
FERNANDO SEES SERVICE

CHAPTER XV.
ON LAND

CHAPTER XVI.
ON WATER

CHAPTER XVII.
THE CRUISER'S THREAT

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE SAVING SHOT

CHAPTER XIX.
NEW ORLEANS

CHAPTER XX.
CONCLUSION

HISTORICAL INDEX

CHRONOLOGY

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

They took a last look at the spots which were hallowed by association

Emigrants' wagon crossing a stream

Morgianna

Carried the ship by the board after a terrible hand-to-hand conflict

Stephen Decatur

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