EDWARD S. ELLIS

AUTHOR OF "BILL BIDDON, TRAPPER," "FAMOUS AMERICAN
NAVAL COMMANDERS," "GOLDEN ROCK," ETC.

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1910,
BY
HURST & COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.The Night before the Departure[9]
II.The Fate of the Flat-Boat[21]
III.The Two Scouts[46]
IV.The Faint Hope[59]
V.The Mysterious Warning[70]
VI.The Frontier Angel—The Shawnees[83]
VII.The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties[90]
VIII.A Man in Trouble[105]
IX.Peter Jenkins—A Couple of Speeches[127]
X.In which there is a Future Account of the Shawnees,the Speakers, and Jenkins[139]
XI.A Prize Gained and Lost[151]
XII.A Mingling of Fear, Doubt, and Hope[174]
XIII.Dark[189]
XIV.The Attack in the Wood[201]
XV."All's Well that Ends Well."[225]