Chapter I: Front Matter

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CARL

THE TRAILER

BY

HARRY CASTLEMON

AUTHOR OF “THE GUNBOAT SERIES,” “ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES,”
“WAR SERIES,” ETC.

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.,

PHILADELPHIA,
CHICAGO, TORONTO.

COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY
HENRY T. COATES & CO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. GETTING READY FOR THE HUNT, 1
II. CARL, THE TRAILER, 14
III. THE GHOST DANCE, 27
IV. THE SOLITARY HORSEMAN, 40
V. REINFORCEMENTS, 53
VI. DISPATCHES, 65
VII. GOING IN, 78
VIII. COMING OUT, 91
IX. STILL IN THE SADDLE, 104
X. THE SQUAWMAN’S PROPOSITION, 116
XI. THE INDIAN POLICEMAN, 129
XII. MORE COURIERS, 142
XIII. THE END OF SITTING BULL, 155
XIV. AN INTERVIEW IN THE WOODS, 170
XV. FIVE YEARS BEFORE, 182
XVI. WHAT CLAUDE KNEW, 195
XVII. THE PLAN DISCUSSED, 207
XVIII. “THEY’RE IN THE OFFICE!” 220
XIX. A TALK WITH HIS UNCLE, 233
XX. A NEW PLAN, 245
XXI. THE TRIP TO ST. LOUIS, 258
XXII. A SURPRISE, 270
XXIII. CLAUDE VISITS THE POOL ROOM, 285
XXIV. A HARD FIGHT, 298
XXV. A BLOW FOR NOTHING, 310
XXVI. THE NEW SCOUT, 323
XXVII. OFF TO THE FRONT, 329
XXVIII. GETTING READY FOR THE FIGHT, 342
XXIX. THE BATTLE OF WOUNDED KNEE, 354
XXX. OFF FOR HOME, 367
XXXI. CONCLUSION, 381

List of Illustrations

Illustration Page Carl discovers the Indian horse thieves. _frontispiece_ Carl captured by the squawman. 118 The Robbers foiled. 234 All their labor for nothing. 308

CARL, THE TRAILER.