Produced by David Garcia, Linda Hamilton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) [Illustration: FIGHT WITH THE GRIZZLY BEARS. _p. 290._] THE BACKWOODSMAN; OR, =Life on the Indian Frontier.= [Illustration] LONDON: WARD, LOOK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW. THE BACKWOODSMAN OR =Life on the Indian Frontier.= EDITED BY SIR C. F. LASCELLES WRAXALL, BART. [Illustration: WL&T] LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW. LONDON: PRINTED BY J. OGDEN AND CO., 172, ST. JOHN STREET, E.C. [Illustration] CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. MY SETTLEMENT 1 II. THE COMANCHES 6 III. A FIGHT WITH THE WEICOS 12 IV. HUNTING ADVENTURES 19 V. THE NATURALIST 30 VI. MR. KREGER'S FATE 41 VII. A LONELY RIDE 53 VIII. THE JOURNEY CONTINUED 66 IX. HOMEWARD BOUND 82 X. THE BEE HUNTER 99 XI. THE WILD HORSE 114 XII. THE PRAIRIE FIRE 126 XIII. THE DELAWARE INDIAN 137 XIV. IN THE MOUNTAINS 151 XV. THE WEICOS 162 XVI. THE BEAR HOLE 173 XVII. THE COMANCHE CHIEF 185 XVIII. THE NEW COLONISTS 208 XIX. A BOLD TOUR 224 XX. THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 238 XXI. LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS 253 XXII. BEAVER HUNTERS 267 XXIII. THE GRIZZLY BEARS 282 XXIV. ASCENT OF THE BIGHORN 300 XXV. ON THE PRAIRIE 326 XXVI. THE COMANCHES 345 XXVII. HOME AGAIN 363 XXVIII. INDIAN BEAUTIES 381 XXIX. THE SILVER MINE 396 XXX. THE PURSUIT 412 [Illustration] [Illustration] THE BACKWOODSMAN CHAPTER I. MY SETTLEMENT.