The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War
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Aimard Gustave. The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War
CHAPTER I. THE RUNAWAY
CHAPTER II. QUONIAM
CHAPTER III. BLACK AND WHITE
CHAPTER IV. THE MANADA
CHAPTER V. BLACK-DEER
CHAPTER VI. THE CLAIM
CHAPTER VII. MONKEY-FACE
CHAPTER VIII. THE DECLARATION OF WAR
CHAPTER IX. THE SNAKE PAWNEES
CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XI. THE VENTA DEL POTRERO
CHAPTER XII. LOVE AND JEALOUSY
CHAPTER XIII. CARMELA
CHAPTER XIV. THE CONDUCTA DE PLATA
CHAPTER XV. THE HALT
CHAPTER XVI. A POLITICAL SKETCH
CHAPTER XVII. THE PANTHER-KILLER
CHAPTER XVIII. LANZI
CHAPTER XIX. THE CHASE
CHAPTER XX. THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXI. THE JAGUAR
CHAPTER XXII. BLUE-FOX
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WHITE SCALPER
CHAPTER XXIV. AFTER THE FIGHT
CHAPTER XXV. AN EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XXVI. THE EXPRESS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE GUIDE
CHAPTER XXVIII. JOHN DAVIS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE BARGAIN
CHAPTER XXX. THE AMBUSCADE
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The immense virgin forests which once covered the soil of North America are more and more disappearing before the busy axes of the squatters and pioneers, whose insatiable activity removes the desert frontier further and further to the west.
Flourishing towns, well tilled and carefully-sown fields, now occupy regions where, scarce ten years ago, rose impenetrable forests, whose dense foliage hardly allowed the sunbeams to penetrate, and whose unexplored depths sheltered animals of every description, and served as a retreat for hordes of nomadic Indians, who, in their martial ardour, frequently caused these majestic domes of verdure to re-echo with their war-yell.
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