The Smuggler Chief: A Novel
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Aimard Gustave. The Smuggler Chief: A Novel
CHAPTER I. THE PROCESSION
CHAPTER II. THE COUNTRY HOUSE
CHAPTER III. THE CONVENT OF THE PURÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN
CHAPTER IV. THE SMUGGLERS
CHAPTER V. THE INCA OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER VI. THE BANIAN'S HOUSE
CHAPTER VII. THE NOVICE
CHAPTER VIII. A VISIT TO THE CONVENT
CHAPTER IX. ON THE SIERRA
CHAPTER X. INSIDE THE TENT
CHAPTER XI. THE SONS OF THE TORTOISE
CHAPTER XII. A HUMAN SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XIII. THE BALAS RUBY
CHAPTER XIV. THE RUPTURE
CHAPTER XV. A FIRST LOSS
CHAPTER XVI. THE PARUMO DE SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
CHAPTER XVII. THE ABDUCTION
CHAPTER XVIII. AFTER THE COMBAT
CHAPTER XIX. THE MANHUNT
CHAPTER XX. THE REDSKINS
CHAPTER XXI. THE INDIAN CITY
CHAPTER XXII. THE JAGOUAS OF THE HUILICHES
CHAPTER XXIII. A MIRACULOUS CURE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE RUINS OF THE HACIENDA
CHAPTER XXV. THE ARREST
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SCALP
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CAPTURE OF THE CONVENT
CHAPTER XXVIII. AN INDIAN VENGEANCE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE GREEN ROOM
CHAPTER XXX. THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXI. THE CAMP OF THE MOLUCHOS
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SACK OF SANTIAGO
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America, a land not yet thoroughly explored, and whose immense savannahs and gloomy virgin forests conceal so many mysterious secrets and unknown dramas, sees at this moment all eyes fixed upon her, for everyone is eager to know the strange customs of the semi-civilized Indians and the semi-savage Europeans who people the vast solitudes of that continent; for in the age of transformation in which we live, they alone have remained stationary, contending inch by inch against the civilization which invades and drives them back on all sides, and guarding with a religious obstinacy the faith, manners, and customs of their fathers – curious manners, full of interest, which require to be studied carefully and closely to be understood.
It is to America, then, that we invite the reader to accompany us. But he need not feel alarmed at the length of the voyage, for he can make it while comfortably seated in his easy chair by the fireside.
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And, after taking their rifles on their arms, the smugglers left the room. At the door of the inn, two richly-harnessed and valuable horses were waiting for them; they lightly leaped into the saddle, and after giving the landlord a parting wave of the hand, went off at a trot in the direction of the Almendral.1
While riding side by side, Leon and Diego continued to converse about the ill success of their last operation, so unluckily interrupted by the sudden appearance of custom-house officers, who opposed the passage of a string of mules conveying a heavy load of raw silver, which it was intended to smuggle, on account of certain merchants of Santiago, on board English vessels.
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