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Title: A Volunteer with Pike
The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His
Love for the Fair Senorita Vallois

Author: Robert Ames Bennet

Illustrator: Charlotte Weber-Ditzler

Release Date: July 5, 2010 [EBook #33091]

Language: English

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A VOLUNTEER WITH PIKE

_The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and
of His Love for the Fair Senorita Vallois_

BY ROBERT AMES BENNET

AUTHOR OF "FOR THE WHITE CHRIST," "INTO THE PRIMITIVE," ETC.

_With four Illustrations in color by_

CHARLOTTE WEBER-DITZLER

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1909

COPYRIGHT
BY A. C. MCCLURG & CO.
1909

Published October 2, 1909

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

_All rights reserved_

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

TO ONE
WHO FOLLOWED AFTER PIKE TO
THE GRAND PEAK
HALF A CENTURY LATER
MY FATHER

[Illustration: "'We go in now, senorita,' I said, offering her my arm"]

_Contents_

I. THE ROSE IN THE MIRE

II. PLAIN THOMAS JEFFERSON

III. AT THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE

IV. SENORITA ALISANDA

V. GULF AND BARRIER

VI. THE WEB OF THE PLOTTER

VII. SHIP AND CREW

VIII. THE HOSPITABLE BLENNERHASSETTS

IX. MY INDIAN TALE

X. THE FATHER OF WATERS

XI. GENERAL WILKINSON

XII. AU REVOIR

XIII. AGAINST THE CURRENT

XIV. THE LURE

XV. THE PAWNEE PERIL

XVI. THE BARRIER OF ROCK

XVII. THE GRAND PEAK

XVIII. FAMINE AND FROST

XIX. BEYOND THE BARRIER

XX. A MESSAGE TO MY LADY

XXI. HO FOR CHIHUAHUA!

XXII. GLIMPSES OF FATE

XXIII. THE HOUSE OF VALLOIS

XXIV. THE SERENADE

XXV. A VICTORY