CONTENTS

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Preface[v]
I.Caught in His Own Trap[1]
II.The Birch-bark Message[13]
III.From One Peril to Another[22]
IV.At the Mercy of the Flood[35]
V.Friends in Time of Need[48]
VI.Simon Girty, the Renegade[61]
VII.The Flint-tipped Arrow on the Roof[73]
VIII.The Treasure Box That Was Forgotten[87]
IX.The Spirit of the Pioneer[97]
X.The Cabin That Braved the Flood[109]
XI.Daniel Boone, the Pilot of the Settlers[120]
XII.Starting for the New West[131]
XIII.Blue Jacket Gives Warning[148]
XIV.A Target for Arrows and Bullets[157]
XV.A Hunt for Fresh Meat[169]
XVI.The Figures against the Sky[179]
XVII.Signal Shots[189]
XVIII.The Man with the Charmed Life[199]
XIX.Kenton, the Reckless Borderer[209]
XX.The Two-legged Wolf[218]
XXI.Bagging a Buffalo[228]
XXII.At the Setting of the Evening Star[241]
XXIII.What the Dead Ashes of a Fire Told[258]
XXIV.A New Home on the Mississippi[268]
XXV.The Peril of Kate[278]
XXVI.The Drifting Dugout[288]
XXVII.On the Trail[298]
XXVIII.Creeping Up on the Quarry[307]
XXIX.The Missing Wampum Belt[317]
XXX.The Mystery Solved—Conclusion[327]
Notes[339]