The Riflemen of the Ohio — Joseph Altsheler

This is the Sixth book in the Young Trailers series. We follow the Five, Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif'less Sol Hyde, Long Jim Hart, and Silent Tom Ross as they help Adam Colfax bring arms to the East via the Ohio River. However, the the Indian tribes, led by Timmendiquas of the Wyandots, plan on seizing the arms, destroying the fleet, and taking a fort on the river. Henry Ware meets Timmendiquas for the first time when he is captured by Wyandots. With the help of Daniel Boone and the Five, the fleet and men of the fort must vanquish the combined forces of the Indians and the renegades, including Simon Girty and Braxton Wyatt.