Tale of Instruction and Amusement for the Young. _BY_ _SAMUEL OSBOURNE_ ILLUSTRATED. _Printed by the Author._ Davos-Platz. _Chapter I._ In this forest we see, in a misty morning, a camp fire! Sitting lazily around it are three men. The oldest is evidently a sailor. The sailor turns to the fellow next to him and says, "blast my eyes if I know where we is." "I's rather think we're in the vecenty of tho Rocky Mount'ins." Remarked the young man. Suddenly the bushes parted. 'WHAT!' they all exclaim, '_Not BLACK EAGLE?_' Who is Black Eagle? We shall see. _Chapter II._ James P. Drake was a gambler! Not in cards, but _in lost luggage_! In America, all baggage etc. lost on trains and not reclaimed is put up to auction _unopened_. James was one who always expected to find a fortune in some one of these bags. [Illustration] One day he was at the auction house as usual, when a small and exceedingly light trunk was put up for sale. He bought and opened it. _It was empty! NO! A little bit of paper_ was in the bottom with this written on it. IDAHO [Illustration: Black Canyon 570 fR0(1)m west 10 L Beware Indian Black Eagle] Being an intelligent young man he knew that this was _a clue for finding Hidden TREASURE_! Then after a while he made this: _In Black Canyon, Idaho, 570 feet west of some mark, 10 feet below a tree Treasure will be found. Beware of Black Eagle (Indian)._ But he forgot the (1). _Chapter III._ James at once took two friends into his secret: an old sailor (Jack), and a young frontiersman. [Illustration] They all agreed that they must start for Black Canyon at once. The frontiersman said he had heard of Black Canyon in Idaho. But who could Black Eagle be? _Chapter IV._ Lost! Certainly lost! Lost in the Far West! The Frontiersman had lost them in a large forest. They had travelled for about a month, first by water (See page 4) then by stage, then by horse. [Illustration] This was their third day in it. Just after their morning meal the bushes parted. [Illustration] _An Indian stood before them! (See 1st Chap.)_ He merely said '_COME_.' They take up their arms and do so. [Illustration] [Illustration] Chapter V. After following him for four hours, he stopped, turned around and said, "Rest, eat you fellows." They did so. In about an hour they started again. After walking ten miles they heard the roaring of an immense cataract. Suddenly they find themselves face to face _with a long deep gorge or canyon. 'Black Canyon,'_ they all cry. '_Stop_,' says the Indian. He pushes a stone aside. It uncovers the mouth of a small cave. The Indian struck a light with _two sticks_. They follow him into this cave for about a mile when the cave opens into an immense Grotto. The Indian whistled, _a bear and dog appeared_. "Bring meat, Nero," said the Indian.