Chapter I: Front Matter

NEW DEERFOOT SERIES

Deerfoot in the Mountains

BY

EDWARD S. ELLIS

_Author of "Deerfoot in the Forest," "Deerfoot on the Prairies," "An American King," "The Cromwell of Virginia," "The Boy Pioneer Series," "Log Cabin Series," Etc., Etc._

Illustrated

with Eight Engravings by J. Steeple Davis

PHILADELPHIA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. 1905

THE NEW DEERFOOT SERIES

BY

EDWARD S. ELLIS

Illustrated by J. STEEPLE DAVIS

_No. 1.--Deerfoot in the Forest_ _No. 2.--Deerfoot on the Prairies_ _No. 3.--Deerfoot in the Mountains_

Each contains seven half-tone engravings and _color frontispiece_. They make more real the fortunes and adventures of the heroic little band that journeys through the wilderness and prairies from the Ohio to the Pacific. It was in the time of daring when Lewis and Clark were engaged in their thrilling expedition that the adventures narrated by the distinguished author of boys' books are described as occurring. Our old friends, George and Victor, of the "Log Cabin Series," are again met with in these pages, and the opportunity of once more coming face to face with Deerfoot will be welcomed by every juvenile reader.

_The New Deerfoot Series is bound in uniform style in cloth, with side and back stamped in colors._

Price, single volume $1.00

Price, per set of three volumes, in attractive box 3.00

COPYRIGHT BY THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., 1905

CONTENTS

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CHAP. I. EASTWARD BOUND 9

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