95
X. Drawing the First Furrow. 105
XI. An Indian Trail. 116
XII. House-Building. 126
XIII. Lost! 134
XIV. More House-Building. 150
XV. Play Comes After Work. 158
XVI. A Great Disaster. 181
XVII. The Wolf at the Door. 187
XVIII. Discouragement. 200
XIX. Down the Big Muddy. 215
XX. Stranded Near Home. 236

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SURE ENOUGH, THERE THEY WERE, TWENTY-FIVE OR THIRTY
INDIANS. _Frontispiece_

IN CAMP AT QUINDARO. THE POEM OF "THE KANSAS
EMIGRANTS." 34

THE YANKEE EMIGRANT. 54

OSCAR WAS PUT UP HIGH ON THE STUMP OF A TREE, AND,
VIOLIN IN HAND, "RAISED THE TUNE." 60

THE POLLS AT LIBERTYVILLE. THE WOBURN MAN IS
"HOISTED" OVER THE CABIN. 70

THE SETTLERS' FIRST HOME IN THE DESERTED CABIN. 90

YOUNKINS ARGUED THAT SETTLERS WERE ENTITLED TO ALL
THEY COULD GET AND HOLD. 102

SANDY SEIZED A HUGE PIECE OF THE FRESHLY-TURNED SOD,
AND WAVING IT OVER HIS HEAD CRIED, "THREE CHEERS FOR
THE FIRST SOD OF BLEEDING KANSAS!" 106

MAKING "SHAKES" WITH A "FROW." 128

FILLING IN THE CHINKS IN THE WALLS OF THE LOG-CABIN. 142

LOST! 146

THEY WERE FEASTING THEMSELVES ON ONE OF THE DELICIOUS
WATERMELONS THAT NOW SO PLENTIFULLY DOTTED THEIR OWN
CORN-FIELD. 160

HE GENTLY TOUCHED THE ANIMAL WITH THE TOE OF HIS BOOT
AND CRIED, "ALL BY MY OWN SELF." 176

A GREAT DISASTER. 188

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