CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. AT HOME CHAPTER II. A DOUBTFUL ENTERPRISE CHAPTER III. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED CHAPTER IV. CAPTORS AND CAPTIVES CHAPTER V. JOURNEYING SOUTHWARD CHAPTER VI. AN INVOLUNTARY BATH CHAPTER VII. TWO VISITORS CHAPTER VIII. A SURPRISE CHAPTER IX. BY THE CAMP-FIRE CHAPTER X. WAITING AND HOPING CHAPTER XI. THROUGH THE FOREST CHAPTER XII. THE SIGNAL FIRES CHAPTER XIII. THE INDIAN VILLAGE CHAPTER XIV. ON THE MOUNTAIN CREST CHAPTER XV. THE RETURN AND DEPARTURE CHAPTER XVI. A PERPLEXING QUESTION CHAPTER XVII. TWO ACQUAINTANCES AND FRIENDS CHAPTER XVIII. THE TRAPPERS CHAPTER XIX. DEERFOOT'S WOODCRAFT CHAPTER XX. SAUK AND SHAWANOE CHAPTER XXI. CHRISTIAN AND PAGAN CHAPTER XXII. AN ABORIGINAL SERMON CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE LODGE OF OGALLAH CHAPTER XXIV. A ROW CHAPTER XXV. THE WAR FEAST CHAPTER XXVI. AN ALARMING DISCOVERY CHAPTER XXVII. "GAH-HAW-GE" CHAPTER XXVIII. A PATIENT OF THE MEDICINE MAN CHAPTER XXIX. CONVALESCENCE CHAPTER XXX. OUT IN THE WORLD CHAPTER XXXI. JOURNEYING EASTWARD CHAPTER XXXII. A MISCALCULATION CHAPTER XXXIII. CONCLUSION ILLUSTRATIONS Jack's Wrestling Bout with the Young Indian A Narrow Escape The Signal Deerfoot's Victory THE RANGER Or, The Fugitives Of The Border By Edward S. Ellis CONTENTS CHAPTER I Zeb and his Master CHAPTER II The Night of Terror CHAPTER III Kent and Leslie CHAPTER IV The Captives CHAPTER V The Meeting on the River CHAPTER VI The Raft CHAPTER VII Lost and Found CHAPTER VIII The Companion in Captivity CHAPTER IX Zeb's Revenge CHAPTER X The Brief Reprieve CHAPTER XI A Friend CHAPTER XII Escape CHAPTER XIII The Captive CHAPTER XIV The Rescue CHAPTER XV The Fugitives Flying no Longer ILLUSTRATIONS. "Hold! You strike the white man's friend!" George and Rosalind "Them varmints," said he, "are playing particular devil in these parts" There were two horses in the party, and upon one of these Rosalind had been placed "Ready," whispered Leslie, "you take the nearest one." "You shoot Indian, eh?" said one, brandishing his knife at the same time The savages were amusing themselves by ascertaining who could send his tomahawk nearest the body of their captive without touching him "Does the maiden remember Pequanon?" Two savages were left on shore "Yonder is something approaching." FOOTPRINTS IN THE FOREST. By Edward S. Ellis