Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: THE FIGHT IN THE CANON] AN APACHE PRINCESS _A Tale of the Indian Frontier_ BY GENERAL CHARLES KING AUTHOR OF "A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX," "THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER," "FORT FRAYNE," "AN ARMY WIFE," ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERIC REMINGTON _and_ EDWIN WILLARD DEMING NEW YORK THE HOBART COMPANY 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY THE HOBART COMPANY. * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE MEETING BY THE WATERS, CHAPTER II SCOT VERSUS SAXON, CHAPTER III MOCCASIN TRACKS, CHAPTER IV A STRICKEN SENTRY, CHAPTER V THE CAPTAIN'S DEFIANCE, CHAPTER VI A FIND IN THE SANDS, CHAPTER VII "WOMAN-WALK-IN-THE-NIGHT," CHAPTER VIII "APACHE KNIVES DIG DEEP," CHAPTER IX A CARPET KNIGHT, INDEED, CHAPTER X "WOMAN-WALK-IN-THE NIGHT" AGAIN, CHAPTER XI A STOP--BY WIRE, CHAPTER XII FIRE! CHAPTER XIII WHOSE LETTERS? CHAPTER XIV AUNT JANET BRAVED, CHAPTER XV A CALL FOR HELP, CHAPTER XVI A RETURN TO COMMAND, CHAPTER XVII A STRANGE COMING, CHAPTER XVIII A STRANGER GOING, CHAPTER XIX BESIEGED, CHAPTER XX WHERE IS ANGELA? CHAPTER XXI OUR VANISHED PRINCESS, CHAPTER XXII SUSPENSE, CHAPTER XXIII AN APACHE QUEEN, CHAPTER XXIV THE MEETING AT SANDY, CHAPTER XXV RESCUE REQUITED, CHAPTER XXVI "WOMAN-WALK-NO-MORE," CHAPTER XXVII THE PARTING BY THE WATERS, _L'ENVOI_ * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS FRONTISPIECE "NOW HALTING, DROPPING ON ONE KNEE TO FIRE," "BLAKELY LED 'EM ACROSS NO. 4'S POST," THE FIGHT IN THE CANON, "INDIAN SIGNALS BEYOND POSSIBILITY OF A DOUBT," "THEN SLOWLY, THEY SAW HER RAISE HER RIGHT HAND, STILL CAUTIOUSLY HOLDING THE LITTLE MIRROR," "THEY HUSTLED HER PONY INTO A RAVINE," "NATZIE WRENCHED HER HAND FROM THAT OF BLAKELY, AND WITH THE SPRING OF A TIGRESS BOUNDED AWAY," * * * * * AN APACHE PRINCESS CHAPTER I THE MEETING BY THE WATERS