Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: https://books.google.com/books?id=4a8BAAAAQAAJ [Book Cover: THE BLACK EAGLE BY G. P. R. JAMES.] THE BLACK EAGLE; OR, TICONDEROGA. THE BLACK EAGLE; OR, TICONDEROGA. BY G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ. AUTHOR OF "THE GYPSY," "RICHELIEU," "DARNLEY," ETC. ETC. A NEW EDITION. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNES, & ROUTLEDGE. FARRINGDON STREET; NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET. 1859. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. "WHAT NOW?" CHAPTER II. A DOMESTIC PICTURE. CHAPTER III. THE TWO YOUNG PREVOSTS. CHAPTER IV. THE BROWN MAIDEN. CHAPTER V. THE "WOODCHUCK" AND HIS OPINIONS. CHAPTER VI. EDITH PREVOST. CHAPTER VII. A WALK. CHAPTER VIII. SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS. CHAPTER IX. HOW TO WALK THE WOODS. CHAPTER X. FEARS FOR THE FUTURE. CHAPTER XI. INDIAN REVENGE. CHAPTER XII. THE JOURNEY. CHAPTER XIII. THE COUNCIL. CHAPTER XIV. THE ESCORT. CHAPTER XV. THE FIRE. CHAPTER XVI. THE CAPTURE. CHAPTER XVII. THE BETHROTHAL. CHAPTER XVIII. WALTER'S DISAPPEARANCE. CHAPTER XIX. CONSULTATION. CHAPTER XX. EDITH'S RESOLVE. CHAPTER XXI. WOODCHUCK. CHAPTER XXII. DELIBERATION. CHAPTER XXIII. EDITH'S JOURNEY. CHAPTER XXIV. OTAITSA. CHAPTER XXV. THE COUNCIL. CHAPTER XXVI. SELF-SACRIFICE. CHAPTER XXVII. THE CONFERENCE. CHAPTER XXVIII. FOOT-PRINTS. CHAPTER XXIX. WALTER'S PRISON. CHAPTER XXX. DISAPPOINTED HOPES. CHAPTER XXXI. THE HONONTKOH. CHAPTER XXXII. THE FOREST. CHAPTER XXXIII. HOPE DEFERRED. CHAPTER XXXIV. BLACK EAGLE'S WIFE. CHAPTER XXXV. HOSTILE PREPARATIONS. CHAPTER XXXVI. LEAVE-TAKING. CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SURPRISE. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE BLOSSOM. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE GREY DOVE. CHAPTER XL. DELIVERANCE. CHAPTER XLI. THE WAR TRAIL. CHAPTER XLII. LAKE CHAMPLAIN. CHAPTER XLIII. SISTER BAB. CHAPTER XLIV. THE BLOSSOM AND THE BOUGH. CHAPTER XLV. EDITH'S CAPTIVITY. CHAPTER XLVI. FOREBODINGS. CHAPTER XLVII. INDIAN ALLIES. CHAPTER XLVIII. THE DEATH OF EDITH. CHAPTER XLIX. THE CONCLUSION. THE BLACK EAGLE; OR, TICONDEROGA. CHAPTER I.