Produced by Tom Cosmas compiled from images made available by The Internet Archive. Transcriber Note Text emphasis denoted by _Italics_. WHEN WILDERNESS WAS KING [Illustration: "'Toinette!' I whispered, 'I would call you by a dearer name than that!'" [Page 386]] [Illustration] WHEN WILDERNESS WAS KING A Tale of the Illinois Country By RANDALL PARRISH _With six pictures in full color and other decorations by Troy and Margaret West Kinney_ [Illustration] Third Edition Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1904 [Illustration] Copyright By A. C. McClurg & Co. 1904 Published March 36, 1904 Second Edition, April 20, 1904 Third Edition, July 2, 1904 Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All Rights Reserved University Press John Wilson and Son Cambridge. U. S. A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A Message from the West 1 II. The Call of Duty 9 III. A New Acquaintance 19 IV. Captain Wells of Fort Wayne 33 V. Through the Heart of the Forest 41 VI. From: the Jaws of Death 54 VII. A Circle in the Sand 66 VIII. Two Men and a Maid 77 IX. In Sight of the Flag 86 X. A Lane of Peril 95 XI. Old Fort Dearborn 105 XII. The Heart of a Woman 119 XIII. A Wager of Fools 133 XIV. Darkness and Surprise 141 XV. An Adventure Underground 150 XVI. "France wins, Monsieur!" 161 XVII. A Contest of Wits 171 XVIII. Glimpses of Danger 182 XIX. A Conference and a Resolve 191 XX. In the Indian Camp 201 XXI. A Council of Chiefs 212 XXII. The Last Night at Dearborn 224 XXIII. The Death-Shadow of the Miamis 236 XXIV. The Day of Doom 248 XXV. In the Jaws of the Tiger 261 XXVI. The Field of the Dead 269 XXVII. A Ghostly Vision 278 XXVIII. An Angel in the Wilderness 292 XXIX. A Soldier of France 306 XXX. The Rescue at the Stake 314 XXXI. A Search, and its Reward 325 XXXII. The Pledge of a Wyandot 337 XXXIII. An Intervention of Fate 347 XXXIV. A Stumble in the Dark 358 XXXV. The Battle on the Shore 368