It was not probable, therefore, that the mountain-man often was detected in complaining at his lot.
But "luck," the mountain-man's Providence, seemed to have deserted Smith.
Of many a mountain-man, the same might be said; and many an Indian too.
Here one of those sudden reverses to which the "mountain-man" is liable at any moment, overtook him.
Many a brave “mountain-man” has already fallen a victim to their fiendish grasp.
