THE PIONEER BOYS OF THE MISSOURI OR: IN THE COUNTRY OF THE SIOUX

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I TWO BOYS IN A DUGOUT CANOE

CHAPTER II THE HOLLOW TREE REFUGE

CHAPTER III A SHADOW OVER THE HOMESTEAD

CHAPTER IV THE CABIN OF BOB ARMSTRONG

CHAPTER V A GRAND PALAVER

CHAPTER VI BAD NEWS

CHAPTER VII OFF ON THE GREAT JOURNEY

CHAPTER VIII THE TRACK OF THE MARKED HOOF

CHAPTER IX ALONG THE BANK OF THE MISSOURI

CHAPTER X THE TWANG OF A BOWSTRING

CHAPTER XI “ALL, OR NONE!”

CHAPTER XII THE HIDDEN CAMP

CHAPTER XIII ON THE BILLOWY PRAIRIE

CHAPTER XIV THE BUFFALO STAMPEDE

CHAPTER XV SAFE IN THE TIMBER

CHAPTER XVI THE PERILS OF THE WILDERNESS

CHAPTER XVII A CLOSE CALL

CHAPTER XVIII BROUGHT TO BAY BY THE WOLF PACK

CHAPTER XIX THE LOST RIVER

CHAPTER XX CASTING BREAD UPON THE WATERS

CHAPTER XXI THE PICTURE WRITING ON THE BARK

CHAPTER XXII CAUGHT IN A RIVER TRAP

CHAPTER XXIII THE RISING WATERS

CHAPTER XXIV A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT

CHAPTER XXV THE VILLAGE OF THE MANDANS

CHAPTER XXVI STRANGE SIGHTS

CHAPTER XXVII AT THE SALT-LICK

CHAPTER XXVIII RUNNING ELK, THE SIOUX CHIEF

CHAPTER XXIX A DESPERATE SITUATION

CHAPTER XXX THE DAWN BREAKS—CONCLUSION

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