had not ridden far when
they met the whole band of cowboys galloping to their defence. Gleeson
and his comrades would have been glad had the red men ventured out upon
the plain beyond the shelter of the hills, but Wygwind and his warriors
were too wise to do so.

THE END.

No. 2 of the Forest and Prairie Series will be "The Path in the Ravine."

Transcriber's Notes:

Archaic and variable spelling, as well as inconsistency in hyphenation,
has been preserved as printed in the original book except as indicated
in the list below.

One missing punctuation mark was silently corrected, however,
punctuation has not been changed to comply with modern conventions. The
author's tribe names and spellings, such as Navajoe and Kioway, have
been retained.

The subtitle for Chapter XXXI in the original text is slightly different
from the Table of Contents and has been retained.

A List of Illustrations was added.

Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_.

Passages in bold indicated by =equal signs=.

The following changes were made to the text.

Page 68: Was "were" in original text (and if the youth stayed =where=
he was he must be trampled by the mustang)

Page 89: Was "as as" in original text (Your fut isn't =as= promisc'us
as mine)

Page 133: Was "Shirrill" in original text (Supposing the dusky foe was
coming for him, Captain =Shirril= rose to a half-sitting
position)

Page 174: Was "tnrning" in original text (upon whose backs they
vaulted, and then, =turning= their heads toward the mesquite
bush)

Page 240: Was "left" in original text (the steed was thundering out of
sight in the darkness, but he =let= fly three times in rapid
succession)

Page 269: Was "Shirrel" in original text ("How are you making out,
Baby?" asked Captain =Shirril=)

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