horship.

J.B.J.

Burlington, N.J.,
_March_, 1856.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Glenn and Joe--Their horses--A storm--A black stump--A rough
tumble--Moaning--Stars--Light--A log fire--Tents, and something to
eat--Another stranger, who turns out to be well known--Joe has a
snack--He studies revenge against the black stump--Boone proposes a
bear hunt.

CHAPTER II.

Boone hunts the bear--Hounds and terriers--Sneak Punk, the hatchet-
face--Another stump--The high passes--The bear roused--The chase--A
sight--A shot--A wound--Not yet killed--His meditations--His friend,
the bear--The bear retreats--Joe takes courage--Joe fires--Immense
execution--Sneak--The last struggle--Desperation of the bear--His
death--Sneak's puppies--Joe.

CHAPTER III.

Glenn's castle--Mary--Books--A hunt--Joe and Pete--A tumble--An
opossum--A shot--Another tumble--A doe--The return--They set out
again--A mound--A buffalo--An encounter--Night--Terrific
spectacle--Escape--Boone--Sneak--Indians.

CHAPTER IV.

The retreat--Joe makes a mysterious discovery--Mary--A disclosure
--Supper--Sleep--A cat--Joe's flint--The watch--Mary--The
bush--The attack--Joe's musket again--The repulse--The starting
rally--The desperate alternative--Relief.

CHAPTER V.

A strange excursion--A fairy scene--Joe is puzzled and frightened--A
wonderful discovery--Navigation of the upper regions--A crash--No
bones broken.

CHAPTER VI.

A hunt--A deer taken--The hounds--Joe makes a horrid discovery--Sneak
--The exhumation.

CHAPTER VII.

Boone--The interment--Startling intelligence--Indians about--A skunk
--Thrilling fears--Boone's device.

CHAPTER VIII.

Night--Sagacity of the hounds--Reflection--The sneaking savages--Joe's
disaster--The approach of the foe under the snow--The silent watch.

CHAPTER IX.

Sneak kills a sow that "was not all a swine"--The breathless suspense
--The match in readiness--Joe's cool demeanour--The match ignited
--Explosion of the mine--Defeat of the savages--The captive--His
liberation--The repose--The kitten--Morning.

CHAPTER X.

The dead removed--The wolves on the river--The wolf hunt--Gum fetid
--Joe's incredulity--His conviction--His surprise--His predicament--His
narrow escape.

CHAPTER XI.

Mary--Her meditations--Her capture--Her sad condition--Her mental
sufferings--Her escape--Her recapture.

CHAPTER XII.

Joe's indisposition--His cure--Sneak's reformation--The pursuit--The
captive Indian--Approach t