Chapter I: Foreword

"The Great Sioux Trail" is the first of a group of romances concerned with the opening of the Great West just after the Civil War, and having a solid historical basis. They will be connected by the presence of leading characters in all the volumes, but every one will be in itself a complete story.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE SIOUX WARNING 1

II THE NARROW ESCAPE 25

III THE LITTLE GIANT 53

IV THE FLIGHT 84

V THE WHITE DOME 111

VI THE OUTLAW 134

VII THE BEAVER HUNTER 157

VIII THE MOUNTAIN RAM 177

IX THE BUFFALO MARCH 199

X THE WAR CLUB'S FALL 229

XI THE YOUNG SLAVE 246

XII THE CAPTIVE'S RISE 266

XIII THE REWARD OF MERIT 290

XIV THE DREADFUL NIGHT 315

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A stroke of a great paw and the rifle was dashed from the hands of the old chief _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

The rifle sprang to his shoulder, a jet of flame leaped from the muzzle 48

The body of a warrior shot downward, striking on the ledges 190

"If he ever looks upon a white face again it will be the face of one who is a friend of the Sioux" 256

THE GREAT SIOUX TRAIL