CAPTAIN CHARLES A. CURTIS U.S.A.

HARPER and BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CAPTURED BY THE NAVAJOS

I INTRODUCES THE BOYS

II ATTACKED BY NAVAJOS

III WARLIKE PUEBLOS

IV IN A NAVAJO TRAP

V A SIEGE AND AN AMBUSCADE

VI CROSSING THE RIVER

VII A SWOLLEN STREAM AND STOLEN PONY

VIII OVER THE DIVIDE A CORPORAL MISSING

IX THE RESCUING PARTY

X THE CORPORALS ARE PROMOTED

XI BOTH PONIES ARE STOLEN

XII INDIANS ON THE WAR-PATH

XIII THE BOY SERGEANTS DO GOOD SERVICE

XIV ON THE DESERT WITHOUT WATER

XV THE PONIES ARE FOUND

XVI APACHES IN SKULL VALLEY

XVII PURSUIT OF THE APACHES

XVIII ON THE TRAIL OF THE APACHES

XIX THE ATTACK ON THE APACHE CAMP

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"EVERY ONE HELD HIS RIFLE IN READINESS TO SHOOT THE ESCAPING APACHES."

"EVERY ONE HELD HIS RIFLE IN READINESS TO SHOOT THE ESCAPING APACHES."
See p. 282

CAPTURED
BY THE NAVAJOS

BY