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| I. | In Which the Reader Will Find a Sketch of a Village in the West, and Will Be Introduced to Some of the Dramatis Personæ. | [1] |
| II. | Containing an Account of the Marriage of Colonel Brandon, and Its Consequences. | [8] |
| III. | Containing Some Further Account of Colonel and Mrs. Brandon, and of the Education of Their Son Reginald. | [15] |
| IV. | Containing Sundry Adventures of Reginald Brandon and His Friend Ethelston on the Continent; Also Some Further Proceedings at Squire Shirley’s; and the Return of Reginald Brandon to His Home.—in This Chapter the Sporting Reader Will Find an Example of an Unmade Rider On a Made Hunter. | [20] |
| V. | An Adventure in the Woods.—reginald Brandon Makes the Acquaintance of an Indian Chief. | [31] |
| VI. | Reginald and Baptiste Pay a Visit to War–eagle.—an Attempt at Treachery Meets With Summary Punishment. | [39] |
| VII. | Containing Some Particulars of the History of the Two Delawares and of Baptiste. the Latter Returns With Reginald to Mooshanne, the Residence of Colonel Brandon. | [50] |
| VIII. | Containing a Sketch of Mooshanne.—reginald Introduces His Sister to the Two Delawares. | [59] |
| IX. | How Reginald Brandon Returned to Mooshanne With His Sister, Accompanied by Wingenund; and What Befell Them On the Road. | [71] |
| X. | In Which the Reader Is Unceremoniously Transported to Another Element in Company With Ethelston; the Latter Is Left in a Disagreeable Predicament. | [79] |
| XI. | Ethelston’s Further Adventures at Sea, and How He Became Captor and Captive in a Very Short Space of Time. | [87] |
| XII. | Visit of Wingenund to Mooshanne.—he Rejoins War–eagle, And They Return to Their Band in the Far West.—m. Perrot Makes an Unsuccessful Attack on the Heart of a Young Lady. | [97] |
| XIII. | In Which the Reader Will Find That the Couch of an Invalid Has Perils Not Less Formidable Than Those Which Are to Be Encountered at Sea. | [107] |
| XIV. | Narrating the Trials and Dangers That Beset Ethelston; And How He Escaped from Them, and from the Island of Guadaloupe. | [117] |
| XV. | What Took Place at Mooshanne During the Stay of Ethelston In Guadaloupe.—departure of Reginald For the Far–west. | [128] |
| XVI. | The Escape of Ethelston from Guadaloupe, and the Consequences Which Ensued from That Expedition. | [136] |
| XVII. | Excursion on the Prairie.—the Party Fall in With a Veteran Hunter. | [148] |
| XVIII. | Reginald and His Party Reach the Indian Encampment. | [156] |
SECOND VOLUME
| I. | Reginald and His Party at the Indian Encampment. | [165] |
| II. | Reginald Holds a Conversation With the Missionary. | [173] |
| III. | An Arrival at Mooshanne.—a Calm Ashore After a Storm At Sea. | [181] |
| IV. | An Elk–hunt.—reginald Makes His First Essay in Surgery.—the Reader Is Admitted Into Prairie–bird’s Tent. | [193] |
| V. | Symptoms of a Rupture Between the Delawares and Osages.—mahéga Comes Forward in the Character of a Lover.—his Courtship Receives an Unexpected Interruption. | [212] |
| VI. | Ethelston Prepares to Leave Mooshanne.—mahéga Appears As An Orator, in Which Character He Succeeds Better Than in That of a Lover.—a Storm Succeeded by a Calm. | [222] |
| VII. | In Which the Reader Will Find a Moral Disquisition Somewhat Tedious, a True Story Somewhat Incredible, a Conference That Ends in Peace, and a Council That Betokens War. | [239] |
| VIII. | War–eagle and Reginald, With Their Party, Pursue the Dahcotahs. | [257] |
| IX. | A Deserted Village in the West.—mahéga Carries Off Prairie–bird, and Endeavours to Baffle Pursuit. | [264] |
| X. | An Ambuscade.—reginald Brandon Finds His Horse, and M. Perrot Nearly Loses His Head.—while Indian Philosophy Is Displayed in One Quarter, Indian Credulity Is Exhibited in Another. | [273] |
| XI. | Ethelston Visits St. Louis, Where He Unexpectedly Meets An Old Acquaintance, and Undertakes a Longer Journey Than He Had Contemplated. | [290] |
| XII. | The Osages Encamp Near the Base of the Rocky Mountains.—an Unexpected Visitor Arrives. | [297] |
| XIII. | War–eagle’s Party Follow the Trail.—a Skirmish and Its Results.—the Chief Undertakes a Perilous Journey Alone, And His Companions Find Sufficient Occupation During His Absence. | [307] |
| XIV. | An Unexpected Meeting.—reginald Prepares to Follow the Trail. | [328] |
| XV. | Showing How Wingenund Fared in the Osage Camp, and the Issue of the Dilemma in Which Prairie–bird Was Placed by Mahéga. | [337] |
| XVI. | Mahéga Finds the Bodies of His Two Followers Slain by War–eagle.—some Reflections on the Indian Character.—war–eagle Returns to His Friends, and the Osage Chief Pushes His Way Further Into the Mountains. | [347] |
THIRD VOLUME
| I. | War–eagle and His Party Reach the Deserted Camp of theOsages.—the Latter Fall in With a Strange Band ofIndians, and Mahéga Appears in the Character of aDiplomatist. | [367] |
| II. | Containing Various Incidents That Occurred to the PartyFollowing the Trail.—plots and Counterplots, and aDiscussion Upon Oratory, Which Is Very Much Out of Place,And, Fortunately For the Reader, Is Not Very Long. | [385] |
| III. | A Scene in the Tent of Prairie–bird, Who Gives Some GoodAdvice, and Receives in a Short Space of Time More ThanOne Unexpected Visitor.—the Crows Led by Mahéga AttackThe Delaware Camp by Night.—the Defeated Party Achieve aKind of Triumph, and the Victors Meet With an UnexpectedLoss. | [403] |
| IV. | The Negotiation Set on Foot by Reginald For the ReleaseOf His Friends.—besha Becomes an Important Personage. | [422] |
| V. | David Muir and His Daughter Pay a Visit to ColonelBrandon.—the Merchant Becomes Ambitious; He EntertainsProjects For Jessie’s Future Welfare, Which Do NotCoincide With That Young Lady’s Wishes. | [430] |
| VI. | Besha Pursues His Career As a Diplomatist.—an AgreeableTete–a–tete Disagreeably Interrupted.—the Steps ThatMahéga Took to Support His Declining Interests Among theCrows. | [440] |
| VII. | Wingenund Devises a Plan For the Liberation of HisFriends, and Seeks to Obtain by Means Equally Unusual andEffective the Co–operation of the One–eyedHorse–dealer.—a Further March Into theMountains.—wingenund Pays a Visit to His Friends, and theLatter Make Acquaintance With a Strange Character. | [460] |
| VIII. | The Root–digger Makes Friends With the Party.—anAdventure With a Grisly Bear.—the Conduct of War–eagle. | [478] |
| IX. | Mahéga Is Found in Strange Company, and Wingenund Defers,On Account of More Important Concerns, His Plan For theLiberation of His Friends.—a Council, a Combat, and aSkirmish, in Which Last the Crows Receive Assistance fromA Quarter Whence They Least Expected It. | [487] |
| X. | Wingenund and His Friends Return Towards Their Camp.—aSerious Adventure and a Serious Argument Occur by theWay.—showing, Also, How the Extremes of Grief, Surprise,And Joy May Be Crowded Into the Space of a Few Minutes. | [507] |
| XI. | Containing a Treaty Between the Crows and Delawares, andThe Death of an Indian Chief. | [527] |
| XII. | War–eagle’s Funeral.—the Party Commence Their HomewardJourney.—Besha Exerts His Diplomatic Talents For the LastTime, and Receives Several Rewards, With Some of Which HeWould Willingly Have Dispensed. | [540] |
| XIII. | The Scene Is Shifted to the Banks of the Muskingum, andPrairie–bird Returns to the Home of Her Childhood. | [553] |
| Supplementary Chapter. | [557] | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Monsieur Perrot Is Scalped | Facing | Page | [i] |
| Wingenund and Lucy | ” | ” | [70] |
| Prairie–bird and Mahéga | ” | ” | [218] |
| Reginald and the Crow Chief | ” | ” | [313] |
| Mahéga Spying the Camp of the Delawares | ” | ” | [398] |
| War–eagle and the Grizzly Bear | ” | ” | [482] |
THE
PRAIRIE–BIRD.