RED CLOUD,
THE SOLITARY SIOUX.
A Story of the Great Prairie.
BY
AUTHOR OF “THE GREAT LONE LAND,” “THE WILD NORTH LAND,”
ETC., ETC.
“Like a wind, that shrills
All night in a waste land, where no one comes,
Or hath come, since the making of the world.”
All night in a waste land, where no one comes,
Or hath come, since the making of the world.”
Tennyson.
BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1882.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Our home in Glencar—A glimpse at the outside world—Myparents—My schoolmasters—Donogh—Cooma-sa-harn—Theeagle’s nest—“The eagle is coming back to thenest”—Alone in the world—I start for the Great Prairie—Good-byeto Glencar | 1 |
CHAPTER II. | |
| Sunset in the wilds—Our first camp—Outlooks—The solitarySioux—Losses—The Sioux again—A new departure—Thecache at the Souri—The story of Red Cloud—Thered man’s offer | 28 |
CHAPTER III. | |
| To the West—Wapiti in sight—A stalk—A grand run—Thesand-hills in sight—The finish—A noble beast—Agorgeous sunset—A vast landscape—The Hills of Lifeand Death | 52 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
| We reach the hills of the Wolverine—Something moves farout upon the plains—The wounded Cree—His story—Adventurewith a grizzly bear—Left alone—A long crawl[vi]for life—Hunger, thirst, and travail—A grizzly again—“TheGreat Spirit, like an eagle, looks down upon theprairie”—Saved—Watched | 67 |
CHAPTER V. | |
| An Assineboine camp—The trader McDermott—The chief“Wolverine”—Fire-water and finesse—The Assineboinewar-party—A chance of a Cree scalp—The trader hearsa well-known name—A big bid for murder, two hundredskins! | 82 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Sioux forecasts our course—On the watch—Directions—Weseparate—Red Cloud is seen far out on the plains—Rivaltactics—Scent versus sight—A captured scout—Theedge of the hills again—The signal fire | 97 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
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