CONTENTS
Chapter Page [I. The Watchers of the Trail] 1 [II. The Cabin in the Clearing] 18 [III. The Exiles from the Settlement] 30 [IV. Miranda and the Furtive Folk] 46 [V. Kroof, the She-bear] 64 [VI. The Initiation of Miranda] 76 [VII. The Intimates] 88 [VIII. Axe and Antler] 107 [IX. The Pax Mirandæ] 121 [X. The Routing of the Philistines] 133 [XI. Miranda and Young Dave] 145 [XII. Young Dave at the Clearing] 162 [XIII. Milking-time] 173 [XIV. Moonlight and Moose-call] 187 [XV. A Venison Steak] 203 [XVI. Death for a Little Life] 225 [XVII. In the Roar of the Rapids] 245 [XVIII. The Forfeit of the Alien] 262