Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE WATCHERS OF THE PLAINS

A Tale of the Western Prairies

by

RIDGWELL CULLUM

With Frontispiece by J. C. Leyendecker

A. L. Burt Company Publishers :: New York

Copyright, 1909, by George W. Jacobs and Company

Published March, 1909

To B. W. M. my good friend and counselor I affectionately dedicate this book

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A Letter 9
II. On the Plains 17
III. An Alarm in Beacon Crossing 28
IV. Rosebud 41
V. A Birthday Gift 54
VI. A Newspaper 69
VII. An Indian Pow-Wow 76
VIII. Seth Washes a Handkerchief 87
IX. The Adventures of Red Riding Hood 97
X. Seth Attempts to Write a Letter 108
XI. The Letter Written 118
XII. Cross Purposes 127
XIII. The Devotion of Wanaha 135
XIV. The Warning 144
XV. The Movements of Little Black Fox 154
XVI. General Distinguishes Himself 162
XVII. The Letter from England 173
XVIII. Seth's Duty Accomplished 184
XIX. Seth Plays a Strong Hand 197
XX. Seth Pays 207
XXI. Two Heads in Conspiracy 217
XXII. Rosebud's Answer 227
XXIII. Love's Progress 239
XXIV. Rosebud's Fortune 254
XXV. In Which the Undercurrent Belies the Superficial Calm 267
XXVI. The Sun-Dance 283
XXVII. In Desperate Plight 294
XXVIII. A Last Adventure 304
XXIX. Hard Pressed 315
XXX. The Last Stand 327
XXXI. The Sentence 337
XXXII. Wanaha the Indian 346
XXXIII. The Capitulation 359

THE WATCHERS OF THE PLAINS