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ESTHER:
A STORY OF THE OREGON TRAIL.

LONDON:

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,

THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE.

CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I.]WESTWARD.
[CHAPTER II.]NATURE’S NOBLEMAN—WALTERMYER.
[CHAPTER III.]THE APOSTLE.
[CHAPTER IV.]CLAUDE AND ELLEN.
[CHAPTER V.]THE PRISONER OF THE DACOTAHS.
[CHAPTER VI.]WATER!
[CHAPTER VII.]THE MORMON’S RIDE.
[CHAPTER VIII.]PRAIRIE FIRE.
[CHAPTER IX.]TRUE HEART.
[CHAPTER X.]CANT—A STRUGGLE—A SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE.
[CHAPTER XI.]PARTING—A LONELY RIDE—A NIGHT STORM IN THE MOUNTAINS.
[CHAPTER XII.]LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS—AN UNEXPECTED GUIDE—REST.
[CHAPTER XIII.]THE DACOTAH’S CAMP—LOVE’S TRIUMPH.
[CHAPTER XIV.]WALTERMYER—A CHAMPION.
[CHAPTER XV.]REVOLT—ALONE ON THE HEIGHTS—TRIAL.
[CHAPTER XVI.]THE HOMEWARD TRAIL—THE STRANGE MEETING—FOEMEN.
[CHAPTER XVII.]A DUEL IN THE WILDERNESS—A STARTLING REVELATION.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]HOME.

ESTHER: