I. The Dare Boys and the Indians 9 II. Peaceful Valley 18 III. Riding the Flood 26 IV. Dick and the Indians 34 V. Gabe Gurley 42 VI. In the Cabin 50 VII. Tom Tries Woodcraft 57 VIII. A Battle with a Wolf 63 IX. In Search of Tom 70 X. At Fort Ninety-Six 78 XI. At the Stake 84 XII. Fritz and the Indians 90 XIII. Tom and the Redcoats 96 XIV. Friends in Need 105 XV. Preparing for Trouble 111 XVI. The Search for Dick 121 XVII. Ben Reconnoiters 129 XVIII. Dick and the Panther 137 XIX. The Settlers’ Retreat 143 XX. Dick Appears 151 XXI. In the Fort 157 XXII. Tom Makes a Discovery 164 XXIII. The Siege 175 XXIV. Lively Work 182 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE DARE BOYS WITH GENERAL GREENE CHAPTER I The Dare Boys and the Indians Three youths of perhaps twenty years of age were making their way through the forest. The locality was about fifty miles from Ninety-Six, in South Carolina, and Ninety-Six was so called because it was approximately that number of miles from Fort Price George. This was the nearest fort of any size. The three youths were no others than Dick and Tom Dare, and their comrade, Ben Foster, who had been members of the patriot army of America for a considerable period--for it was now May of the year 1781.