Produced by Chuck Greif, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX [Illustration: RAY'S TROOP.] _A Tale of the Indian Frontier_ BY GENERAL CHARLES KING AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER," "FORT FRAYNE," "AN ARMY WIFE," ETC., ETC. "He is bred out of that bloody strain That haunted us in our familiar paths." _King Henry V._ ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERIC REMINGTON _and_ EDWIN WILLARD DEMING NEW YORK THE HOBART COMPANY 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THE HOBART COMPANY. _A Daughter of the Sioux_ _Published March 15, 1903_ * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER I. FORESHADOWED EVENTS, CHAPTER II. ABSENT FROM DUTY, CHAPTER III. A NIGHT ENCOUNTER, CHAPTER IV. THE SIGN OF THE BAR SHOE, CHAPTER V. A GRAVE DISCOVERY, CHAPTER VI. FIRST SIGHT OF THE FOE, CHAPTER VII. BLOOD WILL TELL, CHAPTER VIII. MORE STRANGE DISCOVERIES, CHAPTER IX. BAD NEWS FROM THE FRONT, CHAPTER X. "I'LL NEVER GO BACK," CHAPTER XI. A FIGHT WITH A FURY, CHAPTER XII. THE ORDEAL BY FIRE, CHAPTER XIII. WOUNDED--BODY AND SOUL, CHAPTER XIV. A VANISHED HEROINE, CHAPTER XV. A WOMAN'S PLOT, CHAPTER XVI. NIGHT PROWLING AT FRAYNE, CHAPTER XVII. A RIFLED DESK, CHAPTER XVIII. BURGLARY AT BLAKE'S, CHAPTER XIX. A SLAP FOR THE MAJOR, CHAPTER XX. THE SIOUX SURROUNDED, CHAPTER XXI. THANKSGIVING AT FRAYNE, CHAPTER XXII. BEHIND THE BARS, CHAPTER XXIII. A SOLDIER ENTANGLED, CHAPTER XXIV. THE DEATH SONG OF THE SIOUX, _L'ENVOI._ * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS FRONTISPIECE "THE MAJOR SOUGHT TO BLOCK THAT MORNING'S RIDE IN VAIN" RAY'S TROOP "THE SOLDIER LEAPED FROM HIS SADDLE" "WITH ONE MAGNIFICENT RED ARM UPLIFTED" "SOME FEW OF THEIR NUMBER BORNE AWAY BY THEIR COMRADES" "CHARGE WITH ME THE MOMENT THE LEADERS YELL" "HUSH! SHE'S COMING"--SHE WAS THERE * * * * * A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX CHAPTER I FORESHADOWED EVENTS The major commanding looked up from the morning report and surveyed the post adjutant with something of perturbation, if not annoyance, in his grim, gray eyes. For the fourth time that week had Lieutenant Field requested permission to be absent for several hours. The major knew just why the junior wished to go and where. The major knew just why he wished him not to go, but saw fit to name almost any other than the real reason when, with a certain awkward hesitancy he began: "W--ell, is the post return ready?"