CONTENTS

	CHAP.	PAGE

I.	[Introduces the Boys]	[1]
II.	[Attacked by Navajos]	[22]
III.	[Warlike Pueblos]	[38]
IV.	[In a Navajo Trap]	[52]
V.	[A Siege and an Ambuscade]	[66]
VI.	[Crossing the River]	[83]
VII.	[A Swollen Stream and Stolen Pony]	[97]
VIII.	[Over the Divide—a Corporal Missing]	[112]
IX.	[The Rescuing Party]	[131]
X.	[The Corporals are Promoted]	[148]
XI.	[Both Ponies are Stolen]	[162]
XII.	[Indians on the War-Path]	[178]
XIII.	[The Boy Sergeants Do Good Service]	[196]
XIV.	[On the Desert Without Water]	[210]
XV.	[The Ponies are Found]	[227]
XVI.	[Apaches in Skull Valley]	[246]
XVII.	[Pursuit of the Apaches]	[258]
XVIII.	[On the Trail of the Apaches]	[271]
XIX.	[The Attack on the Apache Camp]	[281]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"EVERY ONE HELD HIS RIFLE IN READINESS TO SHOOT THE ESCAPING APACHES"		[Frontispiece]
"MOUNTED, THE BOYS PRESENTED A WARLIKE APPEARANCE"	Facing p.	[88]
"CORPORAL HENRY ASKED CAPTAIN BAYARD TO INQUIRE FOR MANUEL PEREA"	"	[122]
"'GOD HAS GIVEN ME AMONG MANY FRIENDS, TWO THAT ARE SOMETHING MORE'"	"	[154]