And, when you have finished the present volume, I can only hope that you will agree with me in saying that Bob and Sandy were splendid specimens of undaunted boyhood, and a credit to their Scotch ancestry. I also trust that you will be eager to meet them again at no very distant time in other fields of daring, whither the roving spirit of Sandy, who has taken Simon Kenton as his ideal hero, may, in company with his brother, be tempted to rove. HARRISON ADAMS. _August 10th, 1912._ [Illustration] [Illustration] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE PREFACE v I. THE ALARM BELL 1 II. SEEKING REFUGE AT THE BLOCKHOUSE 12 III. THE BEE TREE 24 IV. WATCHING FOR THE HONEY THIEF 40 V. A STRANGE BEAR HUNT 49 VI. SERIOUS NEWS 60 VII. THE THREE FRENCH TRAPPERS 69 VIII. SIMON KENTON, THE BORDERER 83 IX. THE MOCCASIN TRACKS THAT TOED-IN 92 X. BLUE JACKET'S WARNING 106 XI. TENDING THEIR TRAPS 115 XII. THE CRUEL PARTING 127 XIII. THE GRAND HUNT 138 XIV. BLACK BEAVER STRIKES 150 XV. ON THE TRAIL OF THE IROQUOIS 164 XVI. THE BARK OF THE RED FOX 173 XVII. PERILS OF THE WILDERNESS 185 XVIII. THE BIG WATER AT LAST 197 XIX. A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT 208 XX. PONTIAC IN THE COUNCIL 220 XXI. PRISONERS 235 XXII. THE TABLES TURNED 244 XXIII. THE CAVERN OF THE WATER SPIRITS 255 XXIV. KENTON'S LIFE WITH THE INDIANS 266 XXV. A BIRCH-BARK MESSAGE 278 XXVI. THE WAR DANCE 290 XXVII. PONTIAC'S PERIL 301 XXVIII. WHEN ALL SEEMED LOST 312 XXIX. THE WORD OF AN INDIAN CHIEF 323 XXX. SAFE AT LAST 335 [Illustration] [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "'KEEP AGAINST THE ROCK, ALL!' SAID KENTON, WHO WAS IN THE LEAD" (_See page 261_) _Frontispiece_ "'WHOOP! THERE SHE GOES!'" 40 "THE BEAR ALL THE WHILE KEPT ON CREEPING OUT CLOSER AND CLOSER" 56 "PLAINLY MARKED AGAINST THE FACE OF THE HARVEST MOON, THEY COULD SEE THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF AN INDIAN BRAVE!" 174 "THE BOYS SAW THE SHEEN OF HIS SATINY SIDES AS HE SPRANG" 186 "DANCING AS THEY CIRCLED THE FLAMES" 222