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]

CAPTURED BY THE NAVAJOS