Chapter I: Part I: Chapter Page

I. MOTHER AND SON 3

II. MERIWETHER AND THEODOSIA 15

III. MR. BURR AND MR. MERRY 30

IV. PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY 36

V. THE PELL-MELL AND SOME CONSEQUENCES 47

VI. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY 71

VII. COLONEL BURR AND HIS DAUGHTER 86

VIII. THE PARTING 94

IX. MR. THOMAS JEFFERSON 105

X. THE THRESHOLD OF THE WEST 117

XI. THE TAMING OF PATRICK GASS 128

XII. CAPTAIN WILLIAM CLARK 137

XIII. UNDER THREE FLAGS 143

XIV. THE RENT IN THE ARMOR 153