WILKES-BARRE, PA.

THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS

BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Valley of Wyoming[1]
II.The Cruel Enlightenment[7]
III.The Forest Walk[15]
IV.The Island Cove[21]
V.The Tempter and the Tempest[33]
VI.The Missionary’s Cabin[46]
VII.My Father’s Ward[58]
VIII.Struggles and Penalties[69]
IX.The Lost Year[79]
X.Queen Esther[92]
XI.The Marriage Contract[102]
XII.The Cherry-Tree Spring[124]
XIII.The Merited Lesson[133]
XIV.Aunt Polly Carter[148]
XV.The Serpent Bracelet[164]
XVI.The Old Johnson House[174]
XVII.The Lake by Starlight[207]
XVIII.Walter Butler’s Capture[215]
XIX.The Wife’s Struggle[227]
XX.Household Talk[236]
XXI.The Jail at Albany[248]
XXII.The Gathering Storm[258]
XXIII.The First Skirmish[273]
XXIV.The Chief’s Burial[288]
XXV.The White Queen’s Gift[302]
XXVI.The Battle-Field[315]
XXVII.The Warning and Flight[333]
XXVIII.The Island Grave[345]
XXIX.The Double Wedding[352]
XXX.The Father and Daughter[366]
XXXI.The Inheritance[379]
XXXII.The Ashes of Power[387]

A Map Showing the location of the early settlements in the Wyoming and Mohawk River Valleys, which were the Scene of this drama of early pioneer life.—Mary Derwent.

WYOMING

On Susquehanna’s side, fair Wyoming!

Although the wild flower on the ruined wall,