The Pearl of the Andes: A Tale of Love and Adventure

by Gustave Aimard

1884

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CONTENTS

	I.	[IN THE CABILDO]	XXIII.	[PLAN OF CAMPAIGN]
	II.	[JOAN]	XXIV.	[A DISAGREEABLE MISSION]
	III.	[THE PURSUIT]	XXV.	[THE KITE AND THE DOVE]
	IV.	[SERPENT AND VIPER]	XXVI.	[THE END OF DON RAMÓN'S JOURNEY]
	V.	[AN INDIAN'S LOVE]	XXVII.	[THE AUCA-COYOG]
	VI.	[PREPARATIONS FOR DELIVERANCE]	XXVIII.	[THE HUMAN SACRIFICE]
	VII.	[A COUNTERMINE]	XXIX.	[THE KING OF DARKNESS]
	VIII.	[EL CANYON DEL RIO SECO]	XXX.	[THE BATTLE OF CONDERKANKI]
	IX.	[BEFORE THE FIGHT]	XXXI.	[CONQUEROR AND PRISONER]
	X.	[THE PASSAGE OF THE DEFILE]	XXXII.	[AFTER THE BATTLE]
	XI.	[THE JOURNEY]	XXXIII.	[FIRST HOURS OF CAPTIVITY]
	XII.	[INFORMATION]	XXXIV.	[THE ULTIMATUM]
	XIII.	[THE AMBUSCADE]	XXXV.	[A FURY]
	XIV.	[THE FORTRESS]	XXXVI.	[A THUNDERCLAP]
	XV.	[PROPOSALS]	XXXVII.	[UPON THE TRACK]
	XVI.	[THE MESSENGER]	XXXVIII.	[THE LYNX]
	XVII.	[IN THE WOLF'S MOUTH]	XXXIX.	[THE BLACK SERPENTS]
	XVIII.	[THE CAPITULATION]	XL.	[THE HURRICANE]
	XIX.	[THE APPEAL]	XLI.	[LA BARRANCA]
	XX.	[THE COUNCIL]	XLII.	[THE QUIPU]
	XXI.	[DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND]	XLIII.	[THE ROCK]
	XXII.	[DELIRIUM]	XLIV.	[CÆSAR]

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THE PEARL OF THE ANDES

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CHAPTER I.

IN THE CABILDO

While Doña Rosario effected her escape by the assistance of Curumilla, as recorded in the "Adventurers," Don Tadeo was not long in regaining his senses. On opening his eyes he cast a bewildered look around him, but as soon as memory threw light into his brain, he let his head sink into his hands, and gave a free vent to his grief.