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  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER I.

  Glenn and Joe--Their horses--A storm--A black stump--A roughtumble--Moaning--Stars--Light--A log fire--Tents, and something toeat--Another stranger, who turns out to be well known--Joe has asnack--He studies revenge against the black stump--Boone proposes abear hunt.

  CHAPTER II.

  Boone hunts the bear--Hounds and terriers--Sneak Punk, the hatchet-face--Another stump--The high passes--The bear roused--The chase--Asight--A shot--A wound--Not yet killed--His meditations--His friend,the bear--The bear retreats--Joe takes courage--Joe fires--Immenseexecution--Sneak--The last struggle--Desperation of the bear--Hisdeath--Sneak's puppies--Joe.

  CHAPTER III.

  Glenn's castle--Mary--Books--A hunt--Joe and Pete--A tumble--Anopossum--A shot--Another tumble--A doe--The return--They set outagain--A mound--A buffalo--An encounter--Night--Terrificspectacle--Escape--Boone--Sneak--Indians.

  CHAPTER IV.

  The retreat--Joe makes a mysterious discovery--Mary--A disclosure--Supper--Sleep--A cat--Joe's flint--The watch--Mary--Thebush--The attack--Joe's musket again--The repulse--The startingrally--The desperate alternative--Relief.

  CHAPTER V.

  A strange excursion--A fairy scene--Joe is puzzled and frightened--Awonderful discovery--Navigation of the upper regions--A crash--Nobones broken.

  CHAPTER VI.

  A hunt--A deer taken--The hounds--Joe makes a horrid discovery--Sneak--The exhumation.

  CHAPTER VII.

  Boone--The interment--Startling intelligence--Indians about--A skunk--Thrilling fears--Boone's device.

  CHAPTER VIII.

  Night--Sagacity of the hounds--Reflection--The sneaking savages--Joe'sdisaster--The approach of the foe under the snow--The silent watch.

  CHAPTER IX.

  Sneak kills a sow that "was not all a swine"--The breathless suspense--The match in readiness--Joe's cool demeanour--The match ignited--Explosion of the mine--Defeat of the savages--The captive--Hisliberation--The repose--The kitten--Morning.

  CHAPTER X.

  The dead removed--The wolves on the river--The wolf hunt--Gum fetid--Joe's incredulity--His conviction--His surprise--His predicament--Hisnarrow escape.

  CHAPTER XI.

  Mary--Her meditations--Her capture--Her sad condition--Her mentalsufferings--Her escape--Her recapture.

  CHAPTER XII.

  Joe's indisposition--His cure--Sneak's reformation--The pursuit--Thecaptive Indian--Approach to the encampment of the savages--Joe'sillness again--The surprise--The terrific encounter--Rescue ofMary--Capture of the young chief--The return.

  CHAPTER XIII.

  The return--The young chief in confinement--Joe's fun--His reward--Thering--A discovery--William's recognition--Memories of childhood--Ascene--Roughgrove's history--The children's parentage.

  CHAPTER XIV.

  William's illness--Sneak's strange house--Joe's courage--The bee hunt--Joe and sneak captured by the Indians--Their sad condition--Preparations to burn them alive--Their miraculous escape.

  CHAPTER XV.

  Glenn's History.

  CHAPTER XVI.

  Balmy Spring--Joe's curious dream--He prepares to catch a fish--Glenn--William and Mary--Joe's sudden and strange appearance--La-u-na, thetrembling fawn--The fishing sport--The ducking frolic--Sneak and thepanther.

  CHAPTER XVII.

  The bright morning--Sneak's visit--Glenn's heart--The snake hunt--Loveand raspberries--Joe is bitten--His terror and sufferings--Arrivalof Boone--Joe's abrupt recovery--Preparations to leave theWest--Conclusion.