TO
MY FATHER AND MOTHER
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | [The Raiders ] | 1 |
| II | [Foiled ] | 10 |
| III | [Out of the Storm ] | 21 |
| IV | [Warning ] | 31 |
| V | [Secret Depths ] | 42 |
| VI | [Rejected ] | 51 |
| VII | [Tokens ] | 65 |
| VIII | [The Vanguard ] | 73 |
| IX | [Chivalry ] | 85 |
| X | [The Pawn in the Game ] | 94 |
| XI | [Foes Without and Within ] | 106 |
| XII | [The Messenger ] | 115 |
| XIII | [A Maiden's Will ] | 124 |
| XIV | [Captured ] | 134 |
| XV | [The Spirit of Klota ] | 145 |
| XVI | [The Voice of the Deceiver ] | 161 |
| XVII | [In the Forest Depths ] | 174 |
| XVIII | [Loyalty ] | 188 |
| XIX | [Shrouded Light ] | 197 |
| XX | [The Call of the Heart ] | 206 |
| XXI | [By the Water-Gate] | 216 |
| XXII | [Traitors ] | 225 |
| XXIII | [The Fettered Chief ] | 237 |
| XXIV | [Out from the Hills ] | 247 |
| XXV | [Into the Unknown ] | 258 |
| XXVI | [Regions Beyond ] | 271 |
| XXVII | [Fort Yukon ] | 280 |
| XXVIII | [At Last ] | 291 |
THE CHIEF OF THE RANGES
[CHAPTER I]
THE RAIDERS
The crooked river wound its lazy way between gently shelving banks. The pebbles along the shore sparkled like mirrors beneath the sun's bright rays. The whole land stood agleam on this fair summer afternoon in the far Canadian Northland. Only a gentle whisper rose from the dark forest as the drifting breeze stirred the crests of battalions of rugged spruce and fir trees. The wind, floating along the river and rippling the surface of the water, caused the small canoe lying near the shore to chafe fretfully upon the beach.