CONTENTS
| BOOK I | ||
| WHEN RED MEN RULED | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I. | A Child is Born | [1] |
| II. | The Clark Home | [7] |
| III. | Exit Dunmore | [12] |
| IV. | The Wilderness Road | [14] |
| V. | A Barrel of Gunpowder | [17] |
| VI. | The Feudal Age | [19] |
| VII. | Kaskaskia | [24] |
| VIII. | The Spanish Donna | [28] |
| IX. | Vincennes | [32] |
| X. | The City of the Strait | [38] |
| XI. | A Prisoner of War | [41] |
| XII. | Two Wars at Once | [43] |
| XIII. | The Key of the Country | [47] |
| XIV. | Behind the Curtain | [50] |
| XV. | The Attack on St. Louis | [53] |
| XVI. | Old Chillicothe | [60] |
| XVII. | "Detroit must be Taken" | [63] |
| XVIII. | On the Ramparts | [69] |
| XIX. | Exit Cornwallis | [72] |
| XX. | The Old Virginia Home | [77] |
| XXI. | Down the Ohio | [81] |
| XXII. | Mulberry Hill | [87] |
| XXIII. | Mississippi Troubles | [91] |
| XXIV. | St. Clair | [97] |
| XXV. | The Sword of "Mad Anthony" Wayne | [102] |
| XXVI. | The Spaniard | [106] |
| XXVII. | The Brothers | [113] |
| XXVIII. | The Maid of Fincastle | [119] |
| XXIX. | The President's Secretary | [122] |
| XXX. | The President talks with Meriwether | [131] |
| BOOK II | ||
| INTO THE WEST | ||
| I. | The Louisiana Purchase | [139] |
| II. | The Knight of the White House | [144] |
| III. | Recruiting for Oregon | [149] |
| IV. | The Feud is Ended | [154] |
| V. | The Cession of St. Louis | [157] |
| VI. | Sergeant Ordway writes a Letter | [166] |
| VII. | Into the Land of Anarchy | [167] |
| VIII. | "The Sioux! The Sioux!" | [176] |
| IX. | The Romance of the Mandans | [185] |
| X. | The First Dakota Christmas | [192] |
| XI. | The British Fur Traders | [199] |
| XII. | Farewell to Fort Mandan | [204] |
| XIII. | Toward the Sunset | [208] |
| XIV. | The Shining Mountains | [214] |
| XV. | A Woman Pilot | [221] |
| XVI. | Idaho | [228] |
| XVII. | Down the Columbia | [235] |
| XVIII. | Fort Clatsop by the Sea | [242] |
| XIX. | A Whale Ashore | [249] |
| XX. | A Race for Empire | [257] |
| XXI. | "A Ship! A Ship!" | [259] |
| XXII. | Back to Civilisation | [265] |
| XXIII. | Camp Chopunnish | [272] |
| XXIV. | Over the Bitter Root Range | [277] |
| XXV. | Beware the Blackfeet | [279] |
| XXVI. | Down the Yellowstone | [283] |
| XXVII. | The Home Stretch | [288] |
| XXVIII. | The Old Stone Forts of St. Louis | [296] |
| XXIX. | To Washington | [303] |
| XXX. | The Plaudits of a Nation | [307] |
| BOOK III | ||
| THE RED HEAD CHIEF | ||
| I. | The Shadow of Napoleon | [315] |
| II. | American Rule in St. Louis | [319] |
| III. | Farewell to Fincastle | [322] |
| IV. | The Boat Horn | [327] |
| V. | A Bride in St. Louis | [331] |
| VI. | The First Fort in Montana | [335] |
| VII. | A Mystery | [337] |
| VIII. | A Lonely Grave in Tennessee | [343] |
| IX. | Trade follows the Flag | [344] |
| X. | Tecumseh | [352] |
| XI. | Clark guards the Frontier | [360] |
| XII. | The Story of a Sword | [369] |
| XIII. | Portage des Sioux | [376] |
| XIV. | "For our Children, our Children" | [386] |
| XV. | Too Good to the Indians | [390] |
| XVI. | The Red Head Chief | [397] |
| XVII. | The Great Council at Prairie du Chien | [404] |
| XVIII. | The Lords of the Rivers | [415] |
| XIX. | Four Indian Ambassadors | [421] |
| XX. | Black Hawk | [429] |
| XXI. | A Great Life Ends | [434] |
| XXII. | The New West | [438] |
THE CONQUEST
Book I
WHEN RED MEN RULED
I
A CHILD IS BORN
The old brick palace at Williamsburg was in a tumult. The Governor tore off his wig and stamped it under foot in rage.
"I'll teach them, the ingrates, the rebels!" Snatching at a worn bell-cord, but carefully replacing his wig, he stood with clinched fists and compressed lips, waiting.
"They are going to meet in Williamsburg, eh? I'll circumvent them. These Virginia delegates! These rebellious colonists! I'll nip their little game! The land is ripe for insurrection. Negroes, Indians, rebels! There are enough rumblings now. Let me but play them off against each other, and then these colonists will know their friends. Let but the Indians rise—like naked chicks they'll fly to mother wings for shelter. I'll show them! I'll thwart their hostile plans!"
Again Lord Dunmore violently rang the bell. A servant of the palace entered.