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Title: Through Apache Lands

Author: R. H. Jayne

Release Date: February 27, 2010 [EBook #31421]

Language: English

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THROUGH APACHE LAND

BY LIEUT. R. H. JAYNE

AUTHOR OF "LOST IN THE WILDERNESS," "IN THE PECOS COUNTRY," "THE CAVE IN
THE MOUNTAIN," ETC.

NEW YORK
THE MERSHON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyrighted, 1893,
BY THE PRICE-MCGILL CO.

[Illustration: THE WARRIOR HAD NOT TIME TO RECOVER * * * WHEN TOM
GRASPED HIM BY THE THROAT.]

CONTENTS.

I--Moonlight on the Rio Gila

II--Tom Hardynge's Ruse

III--Pursued by the Apaches

IV--Outwitted

V--An Alarming Message

VI--The Two Scouts

VII--The Cavalry Escort

VIII--In Devil's Pass

IX--Among the Apaches

X--Lone Wolf

XI--Surrounded by Danger

XII--"The Hour has Come"

XIII--The Flight

XIV--Pursued

XV--In the Solitude

XVI--Among the Mountains

XVII--A Mysterious Camp Fire

XVIII--The Indian Fight

XIX--A Terrible Meeting

XX--White vs. Red

XXI--Friends Together

XXII--Anxious Waiting

XXIII--The Death Shot

XXIV--The Buffaloes

XXV--Alone Again

XXVI--Capturing a Mustang

XXVII--A Run for Life

XXVIII--A Great Misfortune

XXIX--The Lone Camp Fire

XXX--Fighting a Grizzly

XXXI--Sleep

XXXII--Reunited

XXXIII--Closing in

XXXIV--Hurricane Hill

XXXV--The Sentinel

XXXVI--A Desperate Scheme

XXXVII--The Two Defenders

XXXVIII--Hand to Hand

XXXIX--Conclusion

THROUGH APACHE LAND.

CHAPTER I.

MOONLIGHT ON THE RIO GILA.

Along the eastern bank a small Indian canoe, containing a single
individual, was stealing its way--"hugging" the shore so as to take
advantage of the narrow band of shadow that followed the winding of the
stream. There were no trees on either side of the river, but this
portion was walled in by bluffs, rising from three or four to fully