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A. C. McCLURG & CO. <
1908
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
All rights reserved
Published March 28, 1908
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

[FOREWORD]
CHAPTER
I [THE REQUEST FOR AID]
II [A PERILOUS VENTURE]
III [A VISIT TO THE FLAG-SHIP]
IV [WE HOLD A COUNCIL OF WAR]
V [ON THE DECK OF THE "SANTA MARIA"]
VI [THE ROLE OF PÈRE CASSATI]
VII [THE CHEVALIER DE NOYAN]
VIII [FAVORED OF THE GODS]
IX [THE BIRTH OF THE DEATH-DAWN]
X [A COVERT IN THE CANE]
XI [A NIGHT IN THE BOAT]
XII [WE LAND AN ODD FISH]
XIII [WE GAIN A NEW RECRUIT]
XIV [THE MOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS]
XV [A PASSAGE AT ARMS]
XVI [WE CHANGE OUR COURSE]
XVII [WE MEET WITH AN ACCIDENT]
XVIII [A HARD DAY'S MARCH]
XIX [DEMON, OR WHAT?]
XX [BACKS TO THE WALL]
XXI [THE STRONGHOLD OF THE NATCHEZ]
XXII [PRISONERS IN THE TEMPLE]
XXIII [THE VOTE OF DEATH]
XXIV [THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN]
XXV [A VISITANT FROM THE SUN]
XXVI [THE CHRONICLES OF THE NATCHEZ]
XXVII [A VENTURE IN THE DARK]
XXVIII [SPEECH WITH NALADI]
XXIX [IN AND OUT THE SHADOW]
XXX [UNDERGROUND]
XXXI [WE MOUNT THE CLIFF]
XXXII [CHIEF PRIEST OF THE SUN]
XXXIII [PERE ANDRÉ LAFOSSIER]
XXXIV [THE TALE OF THE PRIEST]
XXXV [NIGHT AND THE SAVAGES]
XXXVI [THE INTERFERENCE OF THE JESUIT]
XXXVII [THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ I could merely clasp the hands she gave so unreservedly into my keeping, gaze into the depths of her dark eyes, and murmur a few broken words of confidence and farewell.…… Frontispiece ]

[ Had I ventured upon a smile at his predicament he would have popped instantly forth again. ]

[ "I am the Daughter of the Sun. These are my children, given unto me by the great Sun-god.… None of white blood may set foot in this valley and live." ]

[ The woman stood gazing intently down, her red robe sweeping to her feet; below the flaring torches in the hands of her barbaric followers cast their light full upon her. ]

FOREWORD