Sargeant Jasper's adventures in the British camp, 153 Sargeant Jasper and the young Creole girl, 88 Simon Girty's attack on Bryant Station, 317 Simon Kenton and his Indian torture-ride, 5 Spirited adventures of a young married couple, 350 Tecumseh saving the prisoners, 309 The Baroness de Reidesel, 183 The chieftain's appeal, 325 The Grand Tower massacre, 76 The implacable governor, 332 The Johnson boys killing their captors, 116 The leap for life, 300 The little sentinel, 197 The mother's trial, 242 The women defending the wagon, 261 Thrilling anecdotes of women of the Revolution, 93 William Kennan's flight from thirty Indians, 165 ILLUSTRATIONS SIMON KENTON'S TORTURE-RIDE, 2 MURPHY SAVING THE FORT, 25 BRANT AND YOUNG M'KOWN, 33 MRS. AUSTIN AND THE BEAR, 49 JOE LOGSTON'S ENCOUNTER WITH AN INDIAN, 66 DEBORAH, THE MAIDEN WARRIOR, 89 GENERAL MORGAN'S PRAYER, 105 JOHNSON BOYS KILLING THEIR CAPTORS, 121 SWEATLAND'S HUNTING ADVENTURE, 130 COLONEL HORRY'S EXPLOITS, 145 ELERSON'S TWENTY-FIVE MILE RACE, 161 MOLLY PITCHER AT MONMOUTH, 177 THE LITTLE SENTINEL, 194 TECUMSEH SAVING THE PRISONERS, 217 HORSEWHIPPING A TYRANT, 233 THE MOTHER'S TRIAL, 249 WOMEN DEFENDING THE WAGON, 258 CAPTIVITY OF JONATHAN ALDER, 273 MOODY, THE REFUGEE, 289 THE LEAP FOR LIFE, 305 THE CHIEFTAIN'S APPEAL, 322 THE IMPLACABLE GOVERNOR, 337 MRS. SLOCUMB AT MOORE'S CREEK, 353 BRADY'S LEAP, 361 DEERFOOT ON THE PRAIRIES By Edward S. Ellis CONTENTS Chap I. Westward Bound II. The First Camp III. Thieves of the Night IV. An Acquaintance V. A Close Call VI. A Mishap VII. Jack Halloway VIII. Good Seed IX. A Battle Royal X. Whirlwind XI. Physician and Patient XII. A Hurried Flight XIII. A Startling Awakening XIV. Shoshone Callers XV. A Question of Skill and Courage XVI. Wireless Telegraphy XVII. In the Mountains XVIII. Indian Chivalry XIX. A Calamity XX. Old Friends XXI. Pressing Northward XXII. A Change of Plan XXIII. The Monarch of the Solitudes XXIV. A Memorable Encounter XXV. Through the Great Divide XXVI. Parting Company XXVII. Down the Columbia XXVIII. At Last ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece: Deerfoot and Whirlwind Daniel Boone and Deerfoot â?oHelloa!â? A Battle Royal The Anglo-Saxon Every Time The Critical Moment A Western Monarch In The Rapids THE YOUNG SCOUT The Story of a West Point Lieutenant By Edward S. Ellis