CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE v I. THE ALARM BELL 1 II. SEEKING REFUGE AT THE BLOCKHOUSE 12 III. THE BEE TREE 24 IV. WATCHING FOR THE HONEY THIEF 40 V. A STRANGE BEAR HUNT 49 VI. SERIOUS NEWS 60 VII. THE THREE FRENCH TRAPPERS 69 VIII. SIMON KENTON, THE BORDERER 83 IX. THE MOCCASIN TRACKS THAT TOED-IN 92 X. BLUE JACKET'S WARNING 106 XI. TENDING THEIR TRAPS 115 XII. THE CRUEL PARTING 127 XIII. THE GRAND HUNT 138 XIV. BLACK BEAVER STRIKES 150 XV. ON THE TRAIL OF THE IROQUOIS 164 XVI. THE BARK OF THE RED FOX 173 XVII. PERILS OF THE WILDERNESS 185 XVIII. THE BIG WATER AT LAST 197 XIX. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT 208 XX. PONTIAC IN THE COUNCIL 220 XXI. PRISONERS 235 XXII. THE TABLES TURNED 244 XXIII. THE CAVERN OF THE WATER SPIRITS 255 XXIV. KENTON'S LIFE WITH THE INDIANS 266 XXV. A BIRCH-BARK MESSAGE 278 XXVI. THE WAR DANCE 290 XXVII. PONTIAC'S PERIL 301 XXVIII. WHEN ALL SEEMED LOST 312 XXIX. THE WORD OF AN INDIAN CHIEF 323 XXX. SAFE AT LAST 335
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