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Title: Footprints in the Forest

Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis

Release Date: July 6, 2008 [EBook #25980]

Language: English

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FOOTPRINTS IN THE FOREST.

"LOG CABIN SERIES." NO. 8.

BY EDWARD S. ELLIS

AUTHOR OF "NED IN THE BLOCK-HOUSE," "NED IN THE WOODS," "NED ON THE
RIVER," "THE LOST TRAIL," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:
PORTER & COATES.

COPYRIGHT, 1886,
BY PORTER & COATES.

[Illustration: AN UNWELCOME SUMMONS.]

CONTENTS.

I.--RETROSPECTIVE

II.--A VALUABLE ALLY

III.--THE CAMP OF THE STRANGERS

IV.--THE QUARREL

V.--SHAWANOE VS. PAWNEE

VI.--A DOUBLE FAILURE

VII.--A DISAPPOINTMENT

VIII.--THE FLIGHT OF DEERFOOT

IX.--THE PAWNEES ARE ASTONISHED

X.--SAUK AND PAWNEE

XI.--A REVERSAL OF SITUATION

XII.--INDIAN HONOR

XIII.--THE TWINKLE OF A CAMP-FIRE

XIV.--IN THE TREE-TOP

XV.--AN UNEXPECTED CALL

XVI.--A STARTLING CONCLUSION

XVII.--OTHER ARRIVALS

XVIII.--WITH THE RIVER BETWEEN

XIX.--JACK AND HAY-UTA

XX.--UNCONGENIAL NEIGHBORS

XXI.--JACK CARLETON MAKES A MOVE ON HIS OWN ACCOUNT

XXII.--A CLEW AT LAST

XXIII.--RECROSSING THE RIVER

XXIV.--A SUMMONS AND A SURRENDER

XXV.--LONE BEAR'S REVELATION

XXVI.--AN INTERESTING QUESTION

XXVII.--A STRANGE STORY

XXVIII.--A STARTLING INTERRUPTION

XXIX.--A FIGHT AND A RETREAT

XXX.--A SURPRISING DISCOVERY

XXXI.--A FATAL FAILURE

XXXII.--THE PRAYER OF HAY-UTA IS THE PRAYER OF DEERFOOT

XXXIII.--CONCLUSION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

AN UNWELCOME SUMMONS.

A DISPUTED P