Produced by Eric Eldred, Debra Storr, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders THE TRAIL BOOK BY MARY AUSTIN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MILO WINTER 1918 [Illustration: "'Arr-rr-ump!' I said"] TO MARY, MY NIECE IN THE HOPE THAT SHE MAY FIND THROUGH THE TRAILS OF HER OWN COUNTRY THE ROAD TO WONDERLAND CONTENTS I HOW OLIVER AND DORCAS JANE FOUND THE TRAIL II WHAT THE BUFFALO CHIEF TOLD III HOW THE MASTODON HAPPENED FIRST TO BELONG TO A MAN, AS TOLD BY ARRUMPA IV THE SECOND PART OF THE MASTODON STORY, CONCERNING THE TRAIL TO THE SEA AND THE TALKING STICK OF TAKU-WAKIN V HOW HOWKAWANDA AND FRIEND-AT-THE-BACK FOUND THE TRAIL TO THE BUFFALO COUNTRY; TOLD BY THE COYOTE VI DORCAS JANE HEARS HOW THE CORN CAME TO THE VALLEY OF THE MISSI-SIPPU; TOLD BY THE CORN WOMAN VII A TELLING OF THE SALT TRAIL, OF TSE-TSE-YOTE AND THE DELIGHT-MAKERS; TOLD BY MOKE-ICHA VIII YOUNG-MAN-WHO-NEVER-TURNS-BACK: A TELLING OF THE TALLEGEWI, BY ONE OF THEM IX HOW THE LENNI-LENAPE CAME FROM SHINAKI AND THE TALLEGEWI FOUGHT THEM: THE SECOND PART OF THE MOUND-BUILDER'S STORY X THE MAKING OF A SHAMAN: A TELLING OF THE IROQUOIS TRAIL, BY THE ONONDAGA XI THE PEARLS OF COFACHIQUE: HOW LUCAS DE AYLLON CAME TO LOOK FOR THEM AND WHAT THE CACICA FAR-LOOKING DID TO HIM; TOLD BY THE PELICAN. XII HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME TO TUSCALOOSA: A TELLING OF THE TRIBUTE ROAD BY THE LADY OF COFACHIQUE. XIII HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME LOOKING FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA; TOLD BY THE ROAD-RUNNER. XIV HOW THE MAN OF TWO HEARTS KEPT THE SECRET OF THE HOLY PLACES; TOLD BY THE CONDOR. XV HOW THE MEDICINE OF THE ARROWS WAS BROKEN AT REPUBLICAN RIVER; TOLD BY THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE DOG SOLDIERS APPENDIX GLOSSARY ILLUSTRATIONS "'ARR-RR-UMP!' I SAID" THE BUFFALO CHIEF THE MASTODON TAKU AND ARRUMPA THE TRAIL TO THE SEA THE TRAIL TO THE BUFFALO COUNTRY SHOT DOWNWARD TO THE LEDGE WHERE HOWKAWANDA AND YOUNGER BROTHER HUGGED THEMSELVES (in color) THE CORN WOMEN SIGN OF THE SUN AND THE FOUR QUARTERS MOKE-ICHA TSE-TSE-YOTE AND MOKE-ICHA (in Color) TSE-TSE-YOTE AND MOKE-ICHA THE MOUND-BUILDERS THE IROQUOIS TRAIL THE GOLD-SEEKERS SHE COULD SEE THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN HIS HEART (in Color) THE CACICA FAR-LOOKING MEETS THE IRON SHIRTS THE DESERT THE CONDOR THAT HAS HIS NEST ON EL MORRO THE DOG SOLDIERS LINE ART OF BUFFALO THE TRAIL BOOK I HOW OLIVER AND DORCAS JANE FOUND THE TRAIL From the time that he had first found, himself alone with them, Oliver had felt sure that the animals could come alive again if they wished. That was one blowy afternoon about a week after his father had been made night engineer and nobody had come into the Museum for several hours.