35, ST. BRIDE STREET LUDGATE CIRCUS
(From the Collected Novels—1860-1885.
Translation by Henry Llewellyn Williams - Edited by Percy B. St John)
CONTENTS
I.[THE CREST OF THE CONTINENT]
II.[THE FALSE PILOT]
III.[THE MOUNTAINEER'S SNUG CABIN]
IV.[THE MAN WHO RAN RIGHT INTO TROUBLE]
V.[THE LONE MAN'S STORY]
VI.[IN HOSTILE HANDS]
VII.[CHEROKEE BILL RECRUITING]
VIII.[THE GOLD GRABBERS]
IX.[THE RED RIVER HALF-BREEDS]
X.[THE STORM KING]
XI.[THE IRRESISTIBLE BAIT]
XII.[UNDER THE MARK]
XIII.[THE BEAUTIFUL PRISONER'S FRIEND]
XIV.[THE COMPACT]
XV.[AN INGENIOUS INTRODUCTION]
XVI.[THE THORN OF ROSES]
XVII.[HOW "FRENCH PAUL" GOT HURT]
XVIII.[ROSARIO BEGINS TO HOPE]
XIX.[THE NEST OF TRAITORS]
XX.[THE UNDERMINER]
XXI.[THE BEST WAY TO LEARN IS TO LOOK AND LISTEN]
XXII.[THE LATE VISITOR TO THE LADIES]
XXIII.[A FOREST LETTER]
XXIV.[THE YAGER'S "TREATY TALK" WITH OUR HERO]
XXV.[WE HEAR FROM CHEROKEE BILL]
XXVI.[THE ALL-POWERFUL EMBLEM]
XXVII.[THE MOUNTAIN MAN IS REINFORCED]
XXVIII.[DRAWING TO A HEAD]
XXIX.[ON THE EVE OF THE ATTACK]
XXX.[THE HALF-BREED DIES GAME]
XXXI.[THE WOMEN'S CAMP]

[CHAPTER I.]

THE CREST OF THE CONTINENT.

We stand on the loftiest peak of the Big Wind River Mountains, that highest and longest chain of the Northern Rockies, a chaos of granite fifteen thousand feet towards the firmament from the sea.