CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[Prelude]1
I.[From the Gray To the Blue]11
II.[The First Call]30
III.[Away To the West]39
IV.["I'm Ready Now"]49
V.[First Night on the Range]61
VI.[First Aid To the Wounded]76
VII.[A Balked Arrest]89
VIII.[A Race To the Fort]102
IX.[Bad News From the Mines]114
X.[First Shots of the Summer]128
XI.[A Night on Guard]142
XII.[The Man of the Siege]156
XIII.[Away on the Warpath]168
XIV.[A Scout for the Sioux]180
XV.[First Sight of the Foe]198
XVI.[Proof Positive of Guilt]213
XVII.[The War-dance and the Charge]224
XVIII.[Battle and Victory]239