Lewis Wetzel (1763–1808) was an American scout and frontiersman. Because of how feared he was by the Native American Tribes, he was nicknamed "Death Wind". He stood about 5ft 10in with knee length black hair. He was an expert with a knife and tomahawk and was even deadlier with a black powder rifle, or musket. While running at full speed, Death Wind could load powder from his powder horn, a ball round and pack it, aim it and fire with expert marksmanship every time. Raised in what is now the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, his exploits were once hailed as similar to those of Daniel Boone. (From Wikipedia)
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Betty Zane, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)- Betty Zane (with illustrations by the author; New York: C. Francis Press, c1903), by Zane Grey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Betty Zane (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1903), by Zane Grey, illust. by Louis F. Grant (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Last Trail, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
- The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
- The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer; With Sketches of Simon Kenton, Lewis Wetzel, and Other Leaders in the Settlement of the West (Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, c1884), by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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Life and adventures of Lewis Wetzel, the Virginia ranger; to which are added biographical sketches of General Simon Kenton, General Benjamin Logan, Captain Samuel Brady, Governor Isaac Shelby, and other heroes of the West. (G.G. Evans, 1860), by Cecil B. Hartley (page images at HathiTrust)- Heroes and hunters of the West: comprising sketches and adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. (H.C. Peck & T. Bliss, 1858), by John Frost (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life and adventures of Lewis Wetzel, the Virginia ranger; to which are added biographical of General Simon Kenton, General Benjamin Logan, Captain Samuel Brady, Governor Isaac Shelby, and other heroes of the West. (D.W. Evans & co., 1860), by Cecil B. Hartley (page images at HathiTrust)
- Wetzel the scout and Indian fighter : being the life and adventures of Lewis Wetzel, the renowned Virginia ranger and scout. (Hurst, 1904), by Robert Cornelius V. Meyers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)