TO
MY SON
ROBERT H. CHAMBERS
CONTENTS
| I. | [SIR WILLIAM PASSES] | 11 |
| II. | [TWO PEERS SANS PEERAGE] | 13 |
| III. | [THE POT BOILS] | 23 |
| IV. | [TWO COUNTRY MICE] | 32 |
| V. | [A SUPPER] | 40 |
| VI. | [RUSTIC GALLANTRY] | 51 |
| VII. | [BEFORE THE STORM] | 60 |
| VIII. | [SHEEP AND GOATS] | 68 |
| IX. | [STOLE AWAY] | 81 |
| X. | [A NIGHT MARCH] | 86 |
| XI. | [SUMMER HOUSE POINT] | 94 |
| XII. | [THE SHAPE IN WHITE] | 102 |
| XIII. | [THE DROWNED LANDS] | 113 |
| XIV. | [THE LITTLE RED FOOT] | 124 |
| XV. | [WEST RIVER] | 132 |
| XVI. | [A TROUBLED MIND] | 141 |
| XVII. | [DEEPER TROUBLE] | 151 |
| XVIII. | [FIRELIGHT] | 169 |
| XIX. | [OUT OF THE NORTH] | 177 |
| XX. | [IN SHADOW-LAND] | 189 |
| XXI. | [THE DEMON] | 197 |
| XXII. | [HAG-RIDDEN] | 207 |
| XXIII. | [WINTER AND SPRING] | 220 |
| XXIV. | [GREEN-COATS] | 235 |
| XXV. | [BURKE'S TAVERN] | 253 |
| XXVI. | [ORDERS] | 267 |
| XXVII. | [FIRE-FLIES] | 283 |
| XXVIII. | [OYANEH!] | 292 |
| XXIX. | [THE WOOD OF BRAKABEEN] | 309 |
| XXX. | [A LONG GOOD-BYE] | 322 |
| XXXI. | ["IN THE VALLEY"] | 333 |
| [AFTERMATH] | 350 |
THE LITTLE RED FOOT
CHAPTER I
SIR WILLIAM PASSES
The day Sir William died there died the greatest American of his day. Because, on that mid-summer evening, His Excellency was still only a Virginia gentleman not yet famous, and best known because of courage and sagacity displayed in that bloody business of Braddock.