Contents

CHAPTER I. AN ESTRAY.

CHAPTER II. THE TINKLE OF A BELL.

CHAPTER III. AN ABORIGINAL PLOT.

CHAPTER IV. A PARTY OF THE THIRD PART.

CHAPTER V. A FRIEND IN NEED.

CHAPTER VI. FRED LINDEN RECEIVES A MESSAGE FROM THE OZARK CAMP.

CHAPTER VII. THE HUNTERS OF OZARK.

CHAPTER VIII. A WELCOME ACQUAINTANCE.

CHAPTER IX. A MISHAP.

CHAPTER X. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

CHAPTER XI. TRAMPING SOUTHWARD.

CHAPTER XII. A STRANGE ANIMAL.

CHAPTER XIII. A TROUBLESOME VISITOR.

CHAPTER XIV. A WELCOME ALLY.

CHAPTER XV. "DEERFOOT WILL BE SENTINEL TO-NIGHT."

CHAPTER XVI. AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE.

CHAPTER XVII. A SUSPICIOUS SOUND.

CHAPTER XVIII. LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.

CHAPTER XIX. SHAWANOE AND WINNEBAGO.

CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER NIGHT VISITOR.

CHAPTER XXI. THE CAMP OF THE WINNEBAGOS.

CHAPTER XXII. "KEEP TO THE TRAIL"

CHAPTER XXIII. AN INFURIATE SHAWANOE.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE DEFIANCE.

CHAPTER XXV. THE SIGNAL FIRE.

CHAPTER XXVI. ON THE EDGE OF THE PRAIRIE.

CHAPTER XXVII. A MORNING MEAL.

CHAPTER XXVIII. A STRANGE RIDE.

CHAPTER XXIX. A YOUNG HUNTER'S STRATEGY.

CHAPTER XXX. TERRY FINISHES HIS RIDE.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE TERROR IN THE AIR.

CHAPTER XXXIII. FRED LINDEN AWAKENS TO AN ALARMING FACT.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CANOE.

CHAPTER XXXV. AMERICA VERSUS IRELAND.

CHAPTER XXXVI. AMERICA VERSUS AMERICA.

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LAST CAMP-FIRE.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONCLUSION.

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