E. R., Baltimore, January, 1900.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.AS THE SUN WENT DOWN[1]
II.TWO FOR BREAKFAST[13]
III.IN INDIAN ATTIRE[27]
IV.THE WHITE BOW[38]
V.HORSES: WHITE AND BLACK[50]
VI.THE THREE GIFTS[64]
VII.A THREEFOLD CORD IS STRONGEST[77]
VIII.AN ISLAND RETREAT[91]
IX.AT MUCK-OTEY-POKEE[107]
X.THE CAVE OF REFUGE[124]
XI.UNDER A WHITE MAN’S ROOF[138]
XII.AFTER FOUR YEARS[156]
XIII.THE HARVESTING[169]
XIV.ONCE MORE IN THE OLD HOME[180]
XV.PARTINGS AND MEETINGS[194]
XVI.THE SHUT AND THE OPEN DOOR[209]
XVII.A DAY OF HAPPENINGS[231]
XVIII.WESTWARD AND EASTWARD OVER THE PRAIRIE[247]
XIX.THE CROOKED LOG[260]
XX.ENEMIES, SEEN AND UNSEEN[272]
XXI.FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH[284]
XXII.GROWING UP[296]
XXIII.HEROES[306]
XXIV.CONCLUSION[315]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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FORT DEARBORNTitle-page
BLACK PARTRIDGE AND THE SUN MAID [6]
KITTY AND THE SNAKEFrontispiece[22]
THE GIFT OF THE WHITE BOW [48]
SNOWBIRD AND THE SUN MAID [68]
GASPAR AND KITTY REACH THE FORT [188]
“KITTY! MY KITTY!” [258]
OSCEOLO AND GASPAR [276]