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CHAP. II. LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN 23

CHAP. III. THE TRAIL NORTHWARD 37

CHAP. IV. THE LAND OF THE ASSINIBOINES 51

CHAP. V. A WELCOME SIGHT 65

CHAP. VI. COMRADES TRUE 79

CHAP. VII. A MISHAP 93

CHAP. VIII. ENEMIES AND FRIENDS 106

CHAP. IX. IN THE ROCKIES 121

CHAP. X. IN THE BLACKFOOT COUNTRY 135

CHAP. XI. IN WINTER QUARTERS 149

CHAP. XII. BLACKFOOT CITIZENS 161

CHAP. XIII. SUMMONED TO COURT 173

CHAP. XIV. A NEW BLACKFOOT CITIZEN 185

CHAP. XV. THE SPIRIT CIRCLE 197

CHAP. XVI. THE FIELD OF HONOR 211

CHAP. XVII. A MEMORABLE DUEL 221

CHAP. XVIII. DISCIPLINE IN THE RANKS 234

CHAP. XIX. "BEHOLD HE PRAYETH" 245

CHAP. XX. LIGHT IN DARKNESS 258

CHAP. XXI. HOMEWARD BOUND 267

CHAP. XXII. A MEMORABLE MEETING 280

CHAP. XXIII. LEWIS AND CLARK'S EXPEDITIONS 292

CHAP. XXIV. OVERBOARD 304

CHAP. XXV. JACK HALLOWAY AGAIN 315

CHAP. XXVI. A TEMPERANCE AGITATOR 329

CHAP. XXVII. "GOOD-BYE" 343

CHAP. XXVIII. RETROSPECT 350

ILLUSTRATIONS

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FRONTISPIECE: (COLOR PLATE) A FRIEND IN NEED

"THIS HORSE WAS WHIRLWIND" 72

"NOW, WHIRLWIND, RUN HIM DOWN" 112

DEERFOOT LOST IN REVERIE BY THE CAMP FIRE 136

AN OMINOUS INTERVIEW 177

A MEMORABLE DUEL 224

A VISIT FROM CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK 289

"IT WAS DEERFOOT, THE SHAWANOE" 301

Deerfoot in the Mountains

CHAPTER I.

EASTWARD BOUND.

Deerfoot the Shawanoe, Mul-tal-la the Blackfoot, and the twin brothers,
George and Victor Shelton, had completed thei