Chapter I: Preface

The following work has been the most successful of all Gustave Aimard has published in Paris, and it has run through an unparalleled number of Editions. This is not surprising, however, when we bear in mind that he describes in it his personal experiences in the Indian Aztec city, from which no European ever returned prior to him, to tell the tale of his adventures. From this volume we learn to regard the Indians from a very different side than the one hitherto taken; for it is evident that they are something more than savages, and possess their traditions just as much as any nation of the Old World. At the present moment, when the Redskins appear destined to play an important part in the American struggle, I think that such knowledge as our Author is enabled alone to give us about their manners and customs, will be read with interest.

L. W.

CONTENTS.

I. THE SURPRISE
II. THE GUEST
III. A NIGHT CONFERENCE
IV. INDIANS AND HUNTERS
V. MUTUAL EXPLANATIONS
VI. A DARK HISTORY
VII. A DARK HISTORY CONTINUED
VIII. A DARK HISTORY CONCLUDED
IX. BRIGHTEYE AND MARKSMAN
X. FRESH CHARACTERS
XI. THE FORD OF THE RUBIO
XII. DON STEFANO COHECHO
XIII. THE AMBUSCADE
XIV. THE TRAVELLERS
XV. RECALLED TO LIFE
XVI. THE SEARCH AFTER TRUTH
XVII. DON MARIANO
XVIII. BEFORE THE TRIAL
XIX. FACE TO FACE
XX. THE JUDGMENT
XXI. BRIGHTEYE
XXII. THE CAMP
XXIII. FLYING EAGLE
XXIV. QUIEPAA TANI
XXV. A TRIO OF VILLAINS
XXVI. A HUNT ON THE PRAIRIE
XXVII. A HUNT ON THE PRAIRIE CONCLUDED
XXVIII. REDSKINS AND WHITE
XXIX. THE COUNCIL
XXX. THE SECOND DETACHMENT
XXXI. THE TLACATEOTZIN
XXXII. THE FIRST WALK IN THE CITY
XXXIII. EXPLANATORY
XXXIV. CONVERSATIONAL
XXXV. THE INTERVIEW
XXXVI. A MEETING
XXXVII. COMPLICATIONS
XXXVIII. A WALK IN THE DARK
XXXIX. THE GREAT MEDICINE
XL. THE FINAL STRUGGLE
THE EPILOGUE

THE INDIAN SCOUT.