LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A Startling Experience[Frontispiece]
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A Gallant Rescue[20]
A Narrow Escape[40]
A Plucky Rescue[52]
A Bully Well Served[64]
A Game at Ball[76]
The Snow-shoe Dance of the Red Indians[92]
A Fierce Retort[126]
Almost a Tragedy[186]
Red Indian Attack on a Store[198]
A Bison Surround[220]
Stocking the Larder[234]
A Primitive System of Telegraphy[286]
A Novel Bridal Ceremony[298]
An Arduous Task[312]
Crane Stalking-Masks[346]

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ADVENTURES AMONG RED INDIANS

CHAPTER I

CHEROKEE WARFARE

It has been said by certain historians that, after the American War of Independence, British agents were employed not only to poison the minds of those Siouan and Iroquoian tribes that dwelt on the United States side of the Boundary, but even to keep them supplied with rifles and ammunition.