Vol. V.] [No. 56.
AUGUST 19, 1876.


JOE NAPYANK;
OR,
THE RIVER RIFLES.

BY BILLEX MULLER.

NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS

[I. On the Ohio] 9 [II. Night on the Ohio.—A Visitor.—An Original Character.—Premonitions of Danger] 19 [III. Teddy O’Donnell and His Love Adventure. Startling Catastrophe] 28 [IV. On the Island.—Environed by Peril.—Sad Forebodings.—Young Smith’s Desperate Adventure] 33 [V. Sad News.—Recovery of a Rifle] 45 [VI. A Reckless Adventure.—Capture of Teddy.—A Visit to the Flat-boat.—Thoughts of Rescue] 52 [VII. Death and Capture.—The Companions in Captivity] 59 [VIII. A Night Voyage Down the River.—Singular Appearance.—The Departure] 65 [IX. In the Dark and Bloody Ground.—The Separation] 74 [X. A Vain Hunt.—The Indian Camp.—Discovery.—Pursuit.—Desperate Conflict.—A Meeting] 81 [XI. Teddy O’Donnell and Ruth McGowan—Irish Shrewdness—A Pugilistic Triumph—The Indian Fight—Liberation] 90 [XII. The End] 98

JOE NAPYANK.

CHAPTER I.
ON THE OHIO.