[PREFACE.]

The "Gold-Seekers" must be regarded as forming the connecting link between the "Tiger-Slayer" and the "Indian Chief," the concluding volume of this series. It must not be forgotten that the author is dealing with real characters, and that the hero lived and died in the way hereafter to be described; and the three volumes may be considered a life-history of a very remarkable man. Although they may be perused separately with equal interest, I feel confident that those readers who have gone so far with me will desire to know the conclusion of this strange eventful history.

LASCELLES WRAXALL.

[CONTENTS.]

PROLOGUE:—

I.[THE MEETING]
II.[EL MESÓN DE SAN JUAN]
III.[THE GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD]
IV.[THE BARRANCA DEL MAL PASO]
I.[THE NIGHT HALT]
II.[FIFTEEN YEARS' SEPARATION]
III.[A SAD MISTAKE]
IV.[EXPLANATIONS]
V.[THE CONSEQUENCES OF A LOVE SONG]
VI.[DELILAH]
VII.[A RETROSPECT]
VIII.[A MEXICAN'S PROGRESS]
IX.[THE NEXT DAY]
X.[IN WHICH THE SALE OF THE HERD
IS DISCUSSED]
XI.[A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION]
XII.[CONVERSATION]
XIII.[PREPARATIONS]
XIV.[VALENTINE'S RETURN]
XV.[THE DEPARTURE]
XVI.[TWO MEN MADE TO UNDERSTAND
EACH OTHER]
XVII.[GUAYMAS]
XVIII.[THE FIRST FORTNIGHT]
XIX.[PITIC]
XX.[DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND]
XXI.[TAPADA]
XXII.[THE REVOLT]