CONTENTS

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Preface[v]
I. The Alarm Bell[1]
II. Seeking Refuge at the Blockhouse[12]
III. The Bee Tree[24]
IV. Watching for the Honey Thief[40]
V. A Strange Bear Hunt[49]
VI. Serious News[60]
VII. The Three French Trappers[69]
VIII. Simon Kenton, the Borderer[83]
IX. The Moccasin Tracks that Toed-in[92]
X. Blue Jacket's Warning[106]
XI. Tending Their Traps[115]
XII. The Cruel Parting[127]
XIII. The Grand Hunt[138]
XIV. Black Beaver Strikes[150]
XV. On the Trail of the Iroquois[164]
XVI. The Bark of the Red Fox[173]
XVII. Perils of the Wilderness[185]
XVIII. The Big Water at Last[197]
XIX. A Bitter Disappointment[208]
XX. Pontiac in the Council[220]
XXI. Prisoners[235]
XXII. The Tables Turned[244]
XXIII. The Cavern of the Water Spirits[255]
XXIV. Kenton's Life with the Indians[266]
XXV. A Birch-bark Message[278]
XXVI. The War Dance[290]
XXVII. Pontiac's Peril[301]
XXVIII. When All Seemed Lost[312]
XXIX. The Word of an Indian Chief[323]
XXX. Safe at Last[335]