e yaks under control.
The wounded animals. Heading for a peninsula. The mute
captive. The siege. Instilling fear. Learning the chief did
not belong to the attacking party. Consternation on
discovering that the attacking party did not belong to either
of the parties who first attacked them.

IV. THE ESCAPE. ENCOUNTERING ANOTHER HOSTILE TRIBE

War among the natives. John's ability with the gun. Cooped up
in the peninsula. Recollection in animals. A dual self.
Memory. No attack during the night. The savage attempt to
starve them out. Planning to escape. Determine to build a
raft. John and Harry's night adventure after material.
Crossing the tributary to the north. Bringing in logs. The
structure to imitate the wagon. Driving the team into the
river. Floating the logs under the wagon. Crossing the stream.
A safe passage. A good retreat. How the ruse affected the
natives. The amused captive chief. Starting northward. The
disapproval of the chief. Viewing a fight between tribes.
Short of ammunition. An unexpected native village. The
startled warriors. Attacked by the natives.

V. THE RESCUE OF THE CAPTIVE BOYS

The fight. Defeat of the savages. Charging them through the
village. The large hut. A cry from within. American boys
captive. Their own companions. Weak and hungry. Taken to the
wagon. Their terrible condition. The return of the savages.
Feeding the famished boys. The second attack. The flanking
parties. The first volley. Retreating toward the river.
Followed by the warriors. Outwitting the enemy. Flight of the
wagon to the hill. A peculiar rock formation. Discovery of a
cave. Peculiar actions of John and the Professor. Their advice
to go on. A hurried trip to the river. Arranging the weapon
for defense. Fearing a night attack.

VI. THE TALE OF THE RESCUED BOYS

Ralph and Tom. Cast ashore in the north of the island. Meeting
a band of savages with a captive. Poison berries. Sickness.
Hunting food. Captured by a tribe of natives. Peculiarities of
the native headdresses. Taken to the mountains. Escaped.
Recaptured by another tribe. Sacrificing prisoners. The round
silver match box. Savage charms. Kindly treated by the second
tribe. The second escape. Hunting food. Starving. Trying to go
back to the tribe. The mistake in going to th