Contents.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| WHY UNCLE JEFF CAME TO "ROARING WATER,"—THE SITUATION OF THE FARM—THE | |
| INMATES OF THE HOUSE—MY SISTER CLARICE AND BLACK RACHEL—UNCLE | |
| JEFF—BARTLE WON AND GIDEON TUTTLE—ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT | |
| BROADSTREET AND HIS MEN—THE TROOPERS QUARTERED IN THE HUT—OUR | |
| FARM-LABOURERS—SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE REDSKIN WINNEMAK—HIS FORMER | |
| VISIT TO THE FARM—CLARICE ENCOUNTERS HIM AT THE SPRING—BADLY | |
| WOUNDED—KINDLY TREATED BY CLARICE AND RACHEL—HIS GRATITUDE | [13]-33 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| WINNEMAK WARNS US OF THE APPROACH OF ENEMIES—BARTLE GOES OUT TO | |
| SCOUT—NO SIGNS OF A FOE—I TAKE THE LIEUTENANT TO VISIT "ROARING | |
| WATER"—BARTLE REPORTS THAT THE ENEMY HAVE TURNED BACK—THE LIEUTENANT | |
| DELAYED BY THE SERGEANT'S ILLNESS—THE VISIT TO THE HUT—A TIPSY | |
| TROOPER—KLITZ AND GILLOOLY MISSING—THE SERGEANT BECOMES WORSE—SEARCH | |
| FOR THE MISSING MEN—I OFFER TO ACT AS GUIDE TO THE LIEUTENANT—BARTLE | |
| UNDERTAKES TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS BECOME OF KLITZ AND BARNEY | [31]-55 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| MY FAMILY HISTORY—MY FATHER, ONCE A CAPTAIN IN THE BRITISH ARMY, COMES | |
| TO AMERICA AND MARRIES UNCLE JEFF'S SISTER—HE SETTLES ON A FARM IN | |
| OHIO—CLARICE AND I ARE BORN—MY GRANDFATHER'S FARM DESTROYED BY A | |
| FLOOD—THE NEXT YEAR OUR FARM IS BURNT—MY FATHER RESOLVES TO MIGRATE TO | |
| THE WEST—WE SET OFF IN WAGGONS WITH AN EMIGRANT TRAIN—PROSPEROUS | |
| COMMENCEMENT OF JOURNEY—PROVISIONS RUN SHORT—I WITNESS A BUFFALO | |
| HUNT—THE EMIGRANTS SUFFER FROM CHOLERA—MY MOTHER DIES—MANY OF THE | |
| EMIGRANTS TURN BACK—MY FATHER PERSEVERES—FIERCELY ATTACKED BY | |
| INDIANS—WE KEEP THEM AT BAY—AGAIN ATTACKED, WHEN A STRANGER COMES TO | |
| OUR ASSISTANCE—CLARICE GIVES HIM A BOOK—HE PROMISES TO READ IT—WE | |
| CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY, AND REACH FORT KEARNEY—REMAIN THERE FOR SOME | |
| MONTHS—MY FATHER, THOUGH STILL SUFFERING, INSISTS ON SETTING OUT | |
| AGAIN—HE SOON BECOMES WORSE, AND DIES—I AM DIGGING HIS GRAVE, WHEN AN | |
| EMIGRANT TRAIN COMES BY—UNCLE JEFF IS THE LEADER, AND WE ACCOMPANY HIM | |
| TO ROARING WATER | [56]-80 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| AS THE LIEUTENANT AND I ARE STARTING, WE HEAR THAT KLITZ AND BARNEY HAVE | |
| GONE OFF WITH A WHEELBARROW FOR CALIFORNIA—A PLEASANT BIVOUAC—AT LAST | |
| WE CATCH SIGHT OF THE DESERTERS—THE LIEUTENANT IS ABOUT TO RIDE AFTER | |
| THEM, WHEN A PARTY OF INDIANS APPEAR—THE INDIANS TAKE TO FLIGHT, AND WE | |
| LOSE SIGHT OF THE RUNAWAYS—FORM OUR CAMP—DISCOVER THAT WE ARE | |
| WATCHED—FOLLOW THE SPY, WHO PROVES TO BE MAYSOTTA—FIND THE DESERTERS | |
| TAKING THEIR EASE—WE CAPTURE THEM, AND, GUIDED BY MAYSOTTA, TAKE THEM | |
| TO THE INDIAN CAMP—RESOLVE TO RETURN TO THE FARM | [81]-102 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| WE LEAVE THE INDIAN CAMP—MAYSOTTA'S KIND OFFER—OUR RIDE TO ROARING | |
| WATER—INDIANS IN THE DISTANCE—IN SIGHT OF THE FARM—A STRANGER | |
| INDIAN—OUR RECEPTION BY UNCLE JEFF—THE INDIAN'S STORY—HE GETS FOOD | |
| AND SHELTER—MATTERS NOW LOOK SERIOUS—A COUNCIL OF WAR—MY DOUBTS OF | |
| THE INDIAN—CLARICE AND RACHEL ACCOMPANY THE LIEUTENANT TO THE INDIAN | |
| CAMP—WE BARRICADE THE HOUSE—DISAPPEARANCE OF THE INDIAN—BARTLE GOES | |
| OUT TO RECONNOITRE—APPROACH OF THE ENEMY—A DETERMINED ATTACK—SEVERE | |
| LOSSES—THE OUT-BUILDINGS SET ON FIRE—OUR AMMUNITION RUNS SHORT—THE | |
| ROOF TAKES FIRE—HOW ARE WE TO ESCAPE?—UNCLE JEFF'S RUSE, AND HOW IT | |
| SUCCEEDED | [103]-133 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| WE ARE SURPRISED BY THE INDIANS WHILE LEAVING THE HOUSE—BARTLE'S | |
| ADVICE—I AM PERSUADED TO ESCAPE ALONE—AN EXCITING PURSUIT—FOOD AND | |
| REST—MY JOURNEY RESUMED—AMONG THE MOUNTAINS—MY ANXIETY ABOUT MY | |
| FRIENDS—A WEARY DAY—AN INDIAN IN SIGHT—FRIEND OR ENEMY?—A | |
| RECOGNITION—WINNEMAK AND HIS BRAVES—I AM KINDLY TREATED—NO NEWS OF | |
| UNCLE JEFF—A SPY—WE START IN PURSUIT OF HIM—THE SPY OVERTAKEN—A | |
| DEADLY COMBAT—WINNEMAK OVERCOMES PIOMINGO—IS HE DEAD?—MY | |
| INTERCESSION—ON THE WAY FOR WINNEMAK'S CAMP | [134]-157 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| ON THE MARCH—WINNEMAK UNABLE TO GIVE ME NEWS OF MY FRIENDS—MY | |
| ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF PIOMINGO—ENCAMPED FOR THE NIGHT—WE REACH | |
| WINNEMAK'S CAMP—BRAVES AND SQUAWS—WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?—WINNEMAK AND | |
| HIS IDOLS—A PARTY OF BRAVES ARRIVE, WITH PRISONERS—MAYSOTTA AND HER | |
| DOG—A STRANGE MEETING—THE LIEUTENANT'S STORY—WE START IN QUEST OF | |
| CLARICE AND RACHEL—A FRUITLESS SEARCH—I LOSE MY FRIEND IN THE | |
| FOREST—TRYING TO REGAIN THE RIGHT PATH, I MEET WITH CLARICE AND | |
| MAYSOTTA—MY SISTER'S STORY—I TELL HER OF THE BURNING OF THE FARM—WE | |
| SET OUT FOR THE CAMP, AND MEET WITH THE LIEUTENANT—NIGHT COMING ON, WE | |
| ENCAMP IN THE FOREST—RESUMING OUR JOURNEY IN THE MORNING, WE REACH THE | |
| CAMP IN SAFETY | [158]-188 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| I SEEK OUT PIOMINGO—A STRONG DESIRE TO SAVE HIS LIFE—I PLEAD WITH THE | |
| CHIEF, AND GAIN MY POINT—I OFFER THE YOUNG BRAVE MY HORSE AND | |
| ARMS—KINDNESS REQUITED—THE INDIAN'S ESCAPE—A DARING ACT, AND A KIND | |
| DEED—WE SEEK PROTECTION FROM THE INDIANS—RETURN OF UNCLE JEFF AND | |
| MAYSOTTA—AN ADDRESS TO THE BRAVES—HOW IT SUCCEEDED—UNCLE JEFF'S | |
| STORY—THE LIEUTENANT ABOUT TO LEAVE US—HIS PLANS—WE SEND OUT | |
| SCOUTS—ALARMING INTELLIGENCE—THE CAMP STRUCK—WE MOVE TO THE | |
| NORTHWARD—WE CHANGE OUR PLANS—A WONDERFUL REGION—WE SEPARATE FROM OUR | |
| INDIAN FRIENDS—THROUGH A PINE FOREST—THE CATARACT OF THE PASS—WE SEND | |
| BACK OUR HORSES—OUR JOURNEY CONTINUED—A "CANADA STAG" KILLED—ENCAMPED | |
| FOR THE NIGHT | [189]-216 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| WE CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY OVER THE MOUNTAINS, AND ENCAMP IN A FERTILE | |
| VALLEY—HUNT ELK IN COMPANY WITH A PANTHER—I SPOIL THE SPORT OF THE | |
| LATTER—UNCLE JEFF WOUNDS AN ELK, WHICH IS LOST DOWN A PRECIPICE—MORE | |
| FORTUNATE AFTERWARDS—UNCLE JEFF RESOLVES TO REMAIN WITH CLARICE, | |
| RACHEL, AND PAT, WHILE MANLEY, THE SERGEANT, AND I PUSH ON—DIFFICULTIES | |
| IN CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS—MANLEY IN FEARFUL DANGER—HE ESCAPES—DESCEND | |
| TOWARDS A BROAD VALLEY—ITS WONDERFUL APPEARANCE—WE ENCAMP—THE | |
| SERGEANT NEARLY SCALDS HIS FINGERS IN A TEMPTING SPRING—CURIOUS | |
| PHENOMENON—DREADFUL NOISES OF WILD BEASTS DISTURB OUR SLUMBERS | [217]-238 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| ADVANCE TOWARDS A BEAUTIFUL LAKE—HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS MET WITH—BOILING | |
| MUD POTS—CURIOUS BASINS FORMED BY WATER IN THE SIDE OF THE | |
| MOUNTAIN—LOVELY FRETWORK ROUND THEIR RIMS—NEARLY SINK INTO A BOILING | |
| MUD POOL—THE LAKE REACHED—ABUNDANCE OF GAME, AND FISH—BUILD A | |
| RAFT—BEGIN VOYAGE ACROSS LAKE—VIOLENT STORM—IN GREAT DANGER—DRIVEN | |
| ACROSS THE LAKE—WE CLING TO TREES WHILE THE RAFT IS DASHED TO | |
| PIECES—MAKE OUR WAY THROUGH THE FOREST—I MISS MY COMPANIONS, AND LOSE | |
| MY GUN AND KNAPSACK OVER A PRECIPICE—REACH FOOT OF MOUNTAIN—I CAMP | |
| WITHOUT SUPPER OR FIRE | [239]-265 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| ALONE IN THE FOREST—AWAKENED BY THE CRY OF A PANTHER—THE BRUTE | |
| DISCOVERS ME—I TAKE REFUGE IN A TREE—THE PANTHER DISAPPEARS—A VISIT | |
| TO THE LAKE—VAIN EFFORTS TO RECOVER MY RIFLE AND KNAPSACK—I CONTINUE | |
| TOWARDS THE WEST, HOPING TO MEET MY FRIENDS—MORE SULPHUR | |
| SPRINGS—NEARLY OVERWHELMED BY A MUD VOLCANO—A POISONOUS VALLEY—CAUGHT | |
| IN A SNOW-STORM—BUILD A HUT—MY FARE, THISTLE ROOTS—MAKE TRAPS AND A | |
| FISHING-LINE—SALLY FORTH—CATCH THREE BEAVERS—FIND ANOTHER | |
| LAKE—SALMON-TROUT CAUGHT—CONTINUE DOWN A RIVER, AND COME UPON A NUMBER | |
| OF MAGNIFICENT GEYSERS—AM ABOUT TO TAKE UP MY ABODE IN A GROTTO, WHEN A | |
| HOT SPRING RISES FROM IT—I SHIFT MY QUARTERS—PREPARE FOR ANOTHER | |
| SOLITARY NIGHT—I HEAR A SHOT, AND A WOUNDED DEER BOUNDS NEAR ME | [266]-288 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| I KILL THE DEER—MORE WONDERS—MEET MANLEY AND SERGEANT CUSTIS AT | |
| LAST—A PLEASANT EVENING—PARCHED WITH THIRST AMIDST SPARKLING | |
| STREAMS—OUR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY OVER THE MOUNTAINS—SAFE ARRIVAL AT FORT | |
| HARWOOD—WELCOMED BY THE COMMANDANT—AN EXPEDITION ORGANIZED TO DRIVE | |
| THE INDIANS FROM THE COUNTRY—MANLEY COMMANDS IT—I ACCOMPANY HIM—MEET | |
| BARNEY AND KLITZ, STILL BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA—BARNEY GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF | |
| THEIR ESCAPE—THEIR JOURNEY STOPPED—THEY RETURN WITH US—WE MEET | |
| PIOMINGO AND HIS SQUAW—TELLS US THAT HE HAS BURIED THE | |
| WAR-HATCHET—HEAR AN ALARMING ACCOUNT OF BARTLE—ASCEND THE MOUNTAIN TO | |
| WHERE WE LEFT UNCLE JEFF—FIND HIM AND CLARICE WELL—HE HAS OBTAINED A | |
| LARGE SUPPLY OF PELTRIES—OUR RETURN TO WINNEMAK'S CAMP—MAYSOTTA | |
| ACCOMPANIES CLARICE TO ROARING WATER | [289]-309 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| ON OUR WAY WE VISIT PIOMINGO—HE TELLS US OF BARTLE'S CAPTIVITY, AND | |
| OFFERS TO ASSIST US IN HIS RECOVERY—GIDEON, PIOMINGO, AND I SET OUT, | |
| FOLLOWED BY A STRONG PARTY UNDER SERGEANT CUSTIS—WE DISCOVER THE TRAIL, | |
| AND FOLLOW IT UP—HORRIBLE CRUELTIES PRACTISED BY INDIANS ON THEIR | |
| PRISONERS—THE TRAIL LEADS ALONG THE MOUNTAIN—WE SEE A FIGURE ABOVE | |
| US—IT IS BARTLE—IS HE ALIVE?—JUST IN TIME—GIDEON AND I STAY BY | |
| HIM—I AFTERWARDS SET OFF TO OBTAIN HELP—PIOMINGO HAS SENT A LITTER—WE | |
| ARRIVE SAFE AT ROARING WATER—HARD AT WORK REBUILDING THE HOUSE—A FORT | |
| ESTABLISHED—BARNEY AND KLITZ JOIN US—A VISIT FROM MANLEY—A PROPOSAL, | |
| AND CONFESSION—UNCLE JEFF APPROVES OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF MANLEY AND | |
| CLARICE—WINNEMAK AND PIOMINGO BECOME CHRISTIANS, AND INSTRUCT THEIR | |
| PEOPLE—THE HOUSE REBUILT—SETTLERS GATHER ROUND US, AND UNCLE JEFF'S | |
| FARM BECOMES THE MOST FLOURISHING IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD | [310]-333 |
IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER I.
WHY UNCLE JEFF CAME TO "ROARING WATER"—THE SITUATION OF THE FARM—THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE—MY SISTER CLARICE AND BLACK RACHEL—UNCLE JEFF—BARTLE WON AND GIDEON TUTTLE—ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT BROADSTREET AND HIS MEN—THE TROOPERS QUARTERED IN THE HUT—OUR FARM-LABOURERS—SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE REDSKIN WINNEMAK—HIS FORMER VISIT TO THE FARM—CLARICE ENCOUNTERS HIM AT THE SPRING—BADLY WOUNDED—KINDLY TREATED BY CLARICE AND RACHEL—HIS GRATITUDE.
