CONTENTS
| [I.] | The Fight at the Savages’ Camp | [Page 11] |
| The reappearance of Harry in excitement. Explainingthe situation hurriedly. The arrival of a new band.Putting the wagon in position to resist attack. Absenceof John and George. The warning from theProfessor. The shot west of the camp. John andGeorge circling the camp. Unexpected meeting withthe warriors. The pursuit. The second band from thenorth. The Professor scouting to the north of thecamp. Discovers the approach of reinforcements. Theflight of George and John. Reaching the wagon.Searching for the Professor. Concentration of varioustribes. Discovering the wagon. Preparing for attack.The absence of John and the Professor. The boys’ruse. The attack and repulse. John and the Professorapproach the wagon. After the attack. Takinga hand. Results of the fight. | ||
| [II.] | The Reconnoitering Seat in the Tree | [Page 23] |
| Bringing in the wounded warriors. Ascertaining thatthe savages knew of their home at the Cataract. Firstnoticing the different headdresses. Distinguishing thedifferent tribes. The curly hair. The Kurabus. TheSaboros. The Tuolos who captured Ralph and Tom.The savages temporarily disappear. Waiting for reinforcements.Determined to resist. In the morning.Surrounded. The interview with the wounded captive.No attack during the day. Determine to reach theriver. The escape in the night. Discovered. Difficultyin moving through the brush. Sighting a smallstream. Erecting the fort. Awaiting the attack. Atrinket. The blue stone talisman. Angel reconnoitering.The adjacent tree. How he made a seat forGeorge. The rope ladder. Making observations. | ||
| [III.] | The Midnight Return to Defend Cataract | [Page 34] |
| A view of the besiegers. Angel’s gun. The surpriseof the savages at Angel’s antics with the gun. Twotribes. The Saboros and Kurabus. Ralph and Georgeas tree pickets. Symptoms of blood poisoning in thecaptive. Inflammation. Septic poisons. Infection.Toxins. Causes of fever. Chills. John’s midnightmaneuver. A shot. Excitement in the native camps.The noises coming nearer. John appears in nativegarb. His story. Encouraging strife between the besiegingtribes. Hostilities. The fight. The Kurabusdefeated. Cut off. Retreating to the north. Fearthey will go to the Cataract. Reinforcements for theKurabus. Discover the wagon. Learn of the fightwith the Saboros. Determine to return and defendCataract. The midnight march. | ||
| [IV.] | The Attack on Cataract | [Page 46] |
| Avoiding the warriors. Crossing the stream. Themarch through the forest. Sighting Cataract. Nonatives in sight. Cataract home intact. Concealingthe wagon. Preparing for the arrival of the war band.Trying to talk to the captive Saboros. The “Tree ofLife.” Oil. The savage use for ointment. Health andcomfort. Biblical use. The approach of the warriors.The Kurabus. Reinforced. They approach unsuspectingly.The volley. Consternation and retreat. Thesavages refuse to treat. Bringing in the woundedKurabus. Internal bleeding. Coagulation a safety.Nature’s way of protecting. Paralysis. Patient improving.The constant watch. An apparent conflictamong the besiegers. John’s reasoning. The attackdelayed. | ||
| [V.] | Trying to Establish Communications with theNatives | [Page 58] |
| Awaiting the night. How news travels among savagetribes. Questioning the Saboros. The pictures of theboys shown to the captives. Recognized by them. Theheaddresses. From their own tribes. The talk betweenthe Kurabus and the Saboros. John shows theSaboro the picture of a bearded man. Recognizes it.Knives and forks. Surprise of the captives. Nature’sknives and forks. The besiegers examining the waterwheel. Mischief on the part of Harry and Tom. Givingthe warriors an exhibition. Hitching up the sawmill.A startled audience. The accident to Harry.The decaying bodies of the dead warriors. The burial.Refusing to let Harry participate. The explanation.The terrible poison of putrefied human flesh. Whythe putrefied germs of a specie is so deadly to its ownkind. Utilizing the knowledge in the making ofserums. Trying to communicate with the besiegersthrough the captives. A litter. Harry’s inscriptionon it. Carrying out the wounded captive. Sabbath.How determined. The captives and the skeletons.Making trinkets. Disappearance of the besiegers. | ||
| [VI.] | Approaching the First Hostile Camp | [Page 71] |
| Significance of gifts. What are the real kinds. TheBible and the gun. Preparing weapons. Ammunition.Overhauling the wagon. Stut and Chump. Preparinga new expedition. Determining a course. TheOsagas. The Chief Uraso. Encamping on upper CataractRiver. The enemy’s country. John and Georgeas advance scouts. Observations from trees. Thetributary of West River. Angel’s danger signal.Sighting the inhabitants. Tribal warfare. A numberin sight. A village. The objective point. Campingfor the night. Familiar ground to John. Theirpolicy. A bold front. Caution. Absence of fires.Tribes at war. The hostile camp. John’s approach.Thoroughly examining the camp. Encircling theirposition. Peculiar picketing of the native camp. Anelevation. | ||
| [VII.] | John and Stut Rescuing Three Captives | [Page 85] |
| The lights beyond the elevation. The village to therear of the savages’ camp. Unusual commotion inthe camp. The arrival of new warriors. Hilarity incamp. Bringing in captives. The fire around thecaptives. Three bound victims. A bearded white man.Returning to the wagon. The Professor’s investigationof the camp. John determines to rescue thecaptives. The preparations. Stut assisting. Usingthe captives’ garments. Reaching the natives’ camp.Waiting for the fires to die down. John and Stutapproaching cautiously. Entering the camp circle.Lying down. The guard of the prisoners. SelectingStut for guard. John at the side of the captives.Stut encouraging the guards to sleep. John holds upa warning finger to the white man. Pushing over aknife. Releasing the cords of his fellow captives. Thecaptives’ stealthy movements from the camp. Discoveredby a guard. A dash for freedom. John andStut covering the retreat. The Professor accosts therescued captives. Stopping the pursuit. John andStut deceiving the warriors. Eluding them. Johnand Stut at the wagon. Stut recognizes his brother. | ||
| [VIII.] | The Rescued Chief Muro | [Page 97] |
| The white captive John’s shipmate and companion.Joy in the party. Giving Muro a spear. Blakelyadmiring the wagon. The Brabos. The Osagas. Theinterposing forest. Taking up the fort. Movingtoward the village. Fording the river. Morning. TheSaboros amused and surprised at Angel. The boystelling Blakely about Cataract. The hungry captives.Forming a picket line. The romance of wheels. Earlyorigin. John and Stut’s trip to the native village.Learn of another village to the south. Blakely’s storyof the captive boys. The savages carry a boat eastfrom the West River. Tuolos the bitterest foes. HowBlakely evaded the inhabitants. His home at theedge of the forest. Twice captured. | ||
| [IX.] | March to the South. The Message to theSaboro Tribe | [Page 109] |
| A council of war. The talk with Muro. Appearanceof a band of Brabos. Passing the fort. The tryingwinds. Monsoons twice each year. The night pickets.Why the inhabitants all lived in southwestern portionof the island. Climatic reasons. Spanish Missions.Indian village sites. Capacity of primitive races tofind the best locations. The deference shown Muro.The guns fascinating him. Muro’s admiration forHarry. Muro’s sign of eternal friendship. Gratitudesacred in savage minds. Blakely training the force.The Saboros taught how to use the guns. A fightingforce of eleven. The Saboros forming the camp guard.Tracking the wagon by the wheel imprints. Puttingup the fort. Muro delegates Stut to go to his tribe.His departure. | ||
| [X.] | The Capture of the Professor | [Page 121] |
| The long watch by night. Subjects discussed. Savagepersistency discussed. Cardinal points in humannature. The savages seen to the north. The “FireFiends.” Muro exhibiting himself to his late captors.He sees the work of the guns for the first time. Thesiege of the wagon. Surprise parties in the night.Taking up the fort. Continuing the advance to thesouth. Muro advises avoiding the Kurabus territory.The camp surrounded the second night. Mysteriousdisappearance of the Brabos during the night. TheProfessor prospecting in the hills. The noon hour. Captured.John sees the natives to the South. The effect ofthe Professor’s capture on the boys. The pursuit. Theforest where Blakely made his home. Uncertainty asto the tribe which captured the Professor. John, Muro,and the other Saboros follow the trail of the natives.The wagon following. How the Professor was captured.Taken to the Berees’ village. The meetingwith the chief. Curing the chief’s daughter. Gratitude.The chief indicates that the Professor mayreturn to his people. He refuses. Examines the village.Treats the wounded. Synthetic food. Refusesto take food. Wonder of the natives. Mystery andits part in savage life. The medicine men. Impressingthem with his power. John finds himself beforea hostile party. | ||
| [XI.] | Finding More of the “Investigator’s” Boys | [Page 136] |
| Another tribe coming up. Two tribes at war in theirfront. Barring the way. The next day. Still fighting.The Professor’s doubts and perplexities aboutJohn and the boys. His discovery of the prisoners’stockade. Finds two boys who belonged to the Investigator.Removes them from the enclosure. Takesthem to the chief. The Professor explains why he isthere. The boys understand the language. Teachthe Professor. The boys take a bath. Furnishedclothes by the chief. Finding a soap plant. Explainswhy he uses the food tablets. Living without eating.The boys tell their story. The elaborate meal set outby the chief. Furnishing the Professor and the boyswith a hut. Learning the principal words in theBerees’ language. A small vocabulary. Finding peculiarnuts. The uses of salt. | ||
| [XII.] | The Pursuit Intercepted by Fight BetweenTribes | [Page 145] |
| An exasperating situation. The fighting tribes preventingJohn from continuing the search. John approachesthe camps at night. Fails to find evidencesof captives. The Berees. No news from John in fivedays. Muro and Nomo, disguised as Berees, approachtheir camp. No captives there. Visit the Osagas withlike results. Nomo captured. John determines toenter the Osagas’ camp alone. Instructions to befollowed. Angel in the tree. The telltale chatter.Looking to the north. Kurabus. No word from Stut.Perplexed. With whom were the Kurabus allied?The advance scouts of their tribe. Discovering thewagon. The fight between the Berees and the Osagas.The Kurabus making a detour. The fort taken down.Hurrying the team to the east. John’s reasons forescaping from the vicinity. John and Muro as rearguards. Making tracks in the wrong direction. Crossingthe ridge to safety. | ||
| [XIII.] | The Berees Warriors Under Command of theProfessor | [Page 157] |
| Names of the rescued boys in the camp of the Berees.Commotion in the village. Learning about a bitterfight. News from the Osagas. Calling on the chief.Uraso’s name startles the chief. The Professor learnsthat the Berees believe the white men sacrificedUraso. Fighting for revenge. The Professor explainsthe situation to the chief. The warriors instructedto follow the Professor. His talk with the chief aboutthunder and lightning. The Great Spirit. The goodand the bad. The chief’s peculiar theology. Growing,or being made. Sacrificing captives. Reasonsfor it. The wise men. Prayer, asking. Sacrificing,giving. Ralsea, sub-chief. John and his party. Along night. How war prevents agricultural pursuits.Promoting the island. Rich soil. Utilizing the inhabitants.The law of least resistance. Property.Its sacred character. Want one of the first signs ofcivilization. Law. A party of Brabos going throughKurabus’ country. The Brabos attack. A stingingdefeat. The charge on the enemy. Pineapples. | ||
| [XIV.] | The Wagon in the Fighting Zone of FourTribes | [Page 170] |
| Getting the number of the different tribes. Learningabout their quarrels. The Professor tells aboutthe white man’s power. The chief’s questions. A litterfor the Professor. On the march. Ralsea agreeable.More Berees from the north. Learning aboutthe actions of the Kurabus. The Professor decides to goto the Osaga’s village. Refuse to permit any of theirpeople to be injured. Learn the route of the Osagas’warriors. Going forward. Decides to send a runner toJohn. Ralsea picks Sutoto. The message to John. Howand on what it was written. Sutoto’s character. Hisdeparture. John learns that Muro’s wife is Uraso’ssister. The Berees good people. Suros chief of theBerees. The Illyas near the mountains. Only Illyas,Tuolos and Kurabus kill captives. The wagon goingsoutheast. Kurabus appearing in front. A hurriedretreat to the east. Warriors ahead of them. TheBrabos. The wagon in the central fight zone of thefour tribes. Determine to fight. | ||
| [XV.] | Uraso Captured by the Berees. Welcomed bythe Professor | [Page 182] |
| The Professor within Osaga’s territory. Advises thepeople they will not be injured. Telling them Urasowas not injured by the white people. Following theOsagas to prevent them from attacking the wagon.Blakely and John notice the peculiar manner in whichthe tribes march. Characteristics of people. Unawareof the presence of the wagon. Discovered by the lasttribe. The fort ready for the fight. Kurabus circlingthe fort. Muro’s first shot with the gun. A goodmarksman. Defeat of attacking party. Rain. Inabilityto use the bows. An uncomfortable night. Acall in the darkness. An object held up outside thefort. Sutoto arrives with the message from the Professor.Helping him into the fort. A royal welcome.Tells the story of the Professor. Recognizes Muro.Blakely recalls Sutoto. The Professor hurrying forward.A lurking native. Cries of Osaga. RecognizesUraso. Captured and escaped. Uraso’s surprise atthe Professor in command of the Berees. Uraso explains.Tells the people about the Professor. | ||
| [XVI.] | A Perplexing Mix-up | [Page 195] |
| Preparing to attack the wagon. Sutoto recognizes theBrabos. Natives on four sides. A mix-up. Theattack from all sides. The first volley. A charge.The terrible fire from the fort. Repulsed. Sutoto’sdelight. The Kurabus sight the Brabos. The peculiarmovements of the Brabos. Going to the south. TheIllyas in pursuit. The charge of John and partyon the Kurabus. Flight to the north. The Professorhears the boom of the guns. Intense haste. Fearing theOsagas have attacked. The firing continues. Sendingout a scout for John. No word from the front. Midnight.The Professor learns that the Osagas are notengaged. Showing feeling by expressions. How differentpeople express their emotions. National characteristics.Who is the wise man? What is wisdom?Learning who are the people to the west of them.Ralsea and Uraso go to the north. The Kurabus againattacking the fighting parties. Decide to go west andcross the river. Evading the warring factions. | ||
| [XVII.] | The Saboros Coming to the Rescue | [Page 208] |
| The Kurabus joining the Illyas. The Brabos to thesouth of the Illyas. The wagon arrested in its westwardflight. The tribes opposing each other. Thearrival of the tribe from the east. A surprise. Believeit to be the Saboros. The defeat of the Illyas andKurabus. The retreating forces. The Professor getsno word from Ralsea and Uraso. Other scouts goforward. A scout returns. No sounds of guns forthree days. A war party east of the Professor. TheSaboros appear. The Professor appears before them.Their astonishment. Stut rushes forward. Recognizesthe Professor. Combining their forces. Stut’s story.Causes of the war. Escaped when Brabos attackedKurabus’ village. Indications that the Osagas hadjoined the Brabos. Stut surprised to know that Urasohad been captured by the Illyas. Learning of a treatybetween the Illyas, Tuolos and Kurabus. News of thedefeat of the Illyas and Kurabus. The advance. | ||
| [XVIII.] | The Terrible Fight and Final Victory | [Page 219] |
| The retreating tribes approaching the wagon. Angeldiscovers a tribe coming from the north. The Tuolos.Going to the assistance of the Illyas and Kurabus.Again in the path of the hostiles. Trying to escapeto the river. The Kurabus driven to the river. Theintercepted journey. Erecting the fort. The Brabospursuing the Kurabus. A stealthy warrior. Murosees him. Recognizes Uraso. The boys wild withexcitement. Uraso points out the Osagas nearest theriver. Tells them about the Professor. The Tuoloscoming from the north. Reasons why Uraso couldnot return to the Professor. Tells why the Professorwent to the Osaga’s village. The Professor and thetwo tribes passing over the battlefield of the previousday. Ralsea returns with news of the wagon and itssafety. News that the Brabos and Osagas were wreakingvengeance. The sound of the guns from the fort.The Professor advancing in haste. The Tuolos chargingthe wagon. The frightful volley. The Kurabuscoming to assist. The Illyas driven back by theSaboros and the Osagas. A combined attack. Completedefeat of the allied tribes. The Professor andhis allies surround the wagon. The happy reunion. | ||
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CAPTURE AND PURSUIT
CHAPTER I
THE FIGHT AT THE SAVAGES’ CAMP
The Professor, Harry and Tom were dumbfounded at the excited condition of Ralph, as he emerged from the wood and told them to reach the wagon as quickly as possible.
“Where are John and George?” asked the Professor, as all hurriedly ran to the rear.