The Trail of the Seneca
“THE CUSTOM IS THAT THE WITCH MUST DIE.”
THE TRAIL OF THE SENECA
JAMES A. BRADEN
AUTHOR OF
“CONNECTICUT BOYS IN THE WESTERN RESERVE,” “FAR PAST THE FRONTIER,” “CAPTIVES THREE,” Etc.
ILLUSTRATED BY R. G. VOSBURGH
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
NEW YORK—AKRON, OHIO—CHICAGO
COPYRIGHT, 1907
by THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY
ILLUSTRATIONS
A hatchet of stone, cumbersome and crude, but a dangerous weapon once, though now it is only a silent memento of the days of Captain Pipe, of Lone-Elk, of Fishing Bird, the scowling Big Buffalo and the graceful, pretty Gentle Maiden as well, lies on my table as I write.
James A. Braden
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Contents
CHAPTER I—THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL
CHAPTER II—A SENTENCE OF DEATH—ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
CHAPTER III—THE WARNING
CHAPTER IV—WATCHED
CHAPTER V—IN DRIPPING RAIN AND DARKNESS
CHAPTER VI—“THE WITCH IS HIDDEN HERE.”
CHAPTER VII—THE SECRET LEAD MINE
CHAPTER VIII—THE SALT SPRINGS—A STARTLING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER IX—THE EVIL POWER OF LONE-ELK
CHAPTER X—“MORE BULLETS, MORE LEAD.”
CHAPTER XI—THE HIDDEN TOMAHAWK
CHAPTER XII—KINGDOM ALSO MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIII—THE SENECA OUTWITTED
CHAPTER XIV—THE MYSTERIOUS CAMP IN THE GULLY
CHAPTER XV—THE GIFT OF WHITE WAMPUM
CHAPTER XVI—A MIDNIGHT SUPPER
CHAPTER XVII—THE EXPLOSION
CHAPTER XVIII—FISHING BIRD IN TROUBLE
CHAPTER XIX—AN INTERVIEW WITH “MAD ANTHONY”
CHAPTER XX—DELIVERED TO THE DELAWARES
CHAPTER XXI—THE BURNING OF THE CABIN
CHAPTER XXII—THE MAN IN THE RAVINE
CHAPTER XXIII—ONE MYSTERY CLEARED AWAY
CHAPTER XXIV—WHO KILLED BIG BUFFALO
CHAPTER XXV—FAREWELL FOREVE
CHAPTER XXVI—DOWN THE SUN-KISSED SLOPE TOGETHER
