| PART I |
| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | Mother and Son | [3] |
| II. | Meriwether and Theodosia | [15] |
| III. | Mr. Burr and Mr. Merry | [30] |
| IV. | President and Secretary | [36] |
| V. | The Pell-Mell and Some Consequences | [47] |
| VI. | The Great Conspiracy | [71] |
| VII. | Colonel Burr and His Daughter | [86] |
| VIII. | The Parting | [94] |
| IX. | Mr. Thomas Jefferson | [105] |
| X. | The Threshold of the West | [117] |
| XI. | The Taming of Patrick Gass | [128] |
| XII. | Captain William Clark | [137] |
| XIII. | Under Three Flags | [143] |
| XIV. | The Rent in the Armor | [153] |
| PART II |
| I. | Under One Flag | [167] |
| II. | The Mysterious Letter | [182] |
| III. | The Day’s Work | [191] |
| IV. | The Crossroads of the West | [199] |
| V. | The Appeal | [208] |
| VI. | Which Way? | [218] |
| VII. | The Mountains | [230] |
| VIII. | Trail’s End | [241] |
| IX. | The Summons | [250] |
| X. | The Abyss | [256] |
| XI. | The Bee | [272] |
| XII. | What Voice Had Called? | [280] |
| XIII. | The News | [292] |
| XIV. | The Guests of a Nation | [300] |
| XV. | Mr. Jefferson’s Advice | [308] |
| XVI. | The Quality of Mercy | [316] |
| XVII. | The Friends | [328] |
| XVIII. | The Wilderness | [336] |
| XIX. | Down to the Sea | [351] |