I.[THE PRAIRIE]
II.[THE HUNTERS]
III.[THE TRAIL]
IV.[THE TRAVELLERS]
V.[THE COMANCHES]
VI.[THE PRESERVER]
VII.[THE SURPRISE]
VIII.[INDIAN VENGEANCE]
IX.[THE PHANTOM]
X.[THE ENTRENCHED CAMP]
XI.[THE BARGAIN]
XII.[PSYCHOLOGICAL]
XIII.[THE BEE-HUNT]
XIV.[BLACK ELK]
XV.[THE BEAVERS]
XVI.[TREACHERY]
XVII.[EAGLE HEAD]
XVIII.[NÔ EUSEBIO]
XIX.[THE COUNCIL OF]
THE GREAT CHIEFS
XX.[THE TORTURE]

PART II.

I.[LOYAL HEART]
II.[THE PIRATES]
III.[DEVOTEDNESS]
IV.[THE DOCTOR]
V.[THE ALLIANCE]
VI.[THE LAST ASSAULT]
VII.[THE BATTLE]
VIII.[THE CAVERN OF VERDIGRIS]
IX.[DIPLOMACY]
X.[LOVE]
XI.[THE PRISONERS]
XII.[A RUSE DE GUERRE]
XIII.[THE LAW OF THE PRAIRIES]
XIV.[THE CHASTISEMENT]
XV.[THE PARDON]

[EPILOGUE]

[CHAPTER I.]

HERMOSILLO.

The traveller who for the first time lands in the southern provinces of America involuntarily feels an undefinable sadness.

In fact, the history of the New World is nothing but a lamentable martyrology, in which fanaticism and cupidity continually go hand in hand.