I. In the Creek Country[ 7]
II. The Coming of Tecumseh[ 21]
III. The Wilderness Trapper[ 37]
IV. Attacked by Indians[ 53]
V. The Fight on the Knoll[ 63]
VI. Sighting the Enemy[ 77]
VII. The Onslaught at Fort Mims[ 93]
VIII. Old Hickory Appears[ 108]
IX. The Blow at Tallushatchee[ 124]
X. An Indian Messenger[ 132]
XI. Captured by the Creeks[ 141]
XII. A Fight—and a Revolt[ 160]
XIII. The Beginning of the End[ 175]
XIV. The Battle of the Horseshoe [ 185]
XV. Life of Andrew Jackson[ 194]

Illustrations

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“So the Indians are Still Gathering?”[ Frontispiece]
The Trapper was Seated in the Doorway[ 45]
They Sighted the Fort[ 99]
The Arrows of the Creeks Rained About Them[ 163]

On the Border With
Andrew Jackson

CHAPTER I
IN THE CREEK COUNTRY

“Much good place for camp! Heap fine water!”

It was a young Cherokee brave who spoke; from the back of his wiry little sorrel horse he pointed ahead to a small stream which could be seen winding its way among the trees.

“Yes; it looks as if it had been made for a camp, Running Elk,” replied a bronzed athletic white boy. “What do you say, Frank, shall we pitch the tent there to-night?”

Frank Lawrence glanced toward the sun, which was already lowering toward the horizon.

“We might as well, Jack,” replied he. “We couldn’t go much farther, anyway.”