Chapter I: Preface

The "Gold-Seekers" must be regarded as forming the connecting link between the "Tiger-Slayer" and the "Indian Chief," the concluding volume of this series. It must not be forgotten that the author is dealing with real characters, and that the hero lived and died in the way hereafter to be described; and the three volumes may be considered a life-history of a very remarkable man. Although they may be perused separately with equal interest, I feel confident that those readers who have gone so far with me will desire to know the conclusion of this strange eventful history.

LASCELLES WRAXALL.

CONTENTS.

PROLOGUE:--

I. THE MEETING
II. EL MESÓN DE SAN JUAN
III. THE GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
IV. THE BARRANCA DEL MAL PASO

I. THE NIGHT HALT
II. FIFTEEN YEARS' SEPARATION
III. A SAD MISTAKE
IV. EXPLANATIONS
V. THE CONSEQUENCES OF A LOVE SONG
VI. DELILAH
VII. A RETROSPECT
VIII. A MEXICAN'S PROGRESS
IX. THE NEXT DAY
X. IN WHICH THE SALE OF THE HERD IS DISCUSSED
XI. A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION
XII. CONVERSATION
XIII. PREPARATIONS
XIV. VALENTINE'S RETURN
XV. THE DEPARTURE
XVI. TWO MEN MADE TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
XVII. GUAYMAS
XVIII. THE FIRST FORTNIGHT
XIX. PITIC
XX. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
XXI. THE TAPADA
XXII. THE REVOLT

THE GOLD-SEEKERS