The Great Sioux Trail: A Story of Mountain and Plain

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Altsheler Joseph Alexander. The Great Sioux Trail: A Story of Mountain and Plain

CHAPTER I. THE SIOUX WARNING

CHAPTER II. THE NARROW ESCAPE

CHAPTER III. THE LITTLE GIANT

CHAPTER IV. THE FLIGHT

CHAPTER V. THE WHITE DOME

CHAPTER VI. THE OUTLAW

CHAPTER VII. THE BEAVER HUNTER

CHAPTER VIII. THE MOUNTAIN RAM

CHAPTER IX. THE BUFFALO MARCH

CHAPTER X. THE WAR CLUB'S FALL

CHAPTER XI. THE YOUNG SLAVE

CHAPTER XII. THE CAPTIVE'S RISE

CHAPTER XIII. THE REWARD OF MERIT

CHAPTER XIV. THE DREADFUL NIGHT

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When he awoke a sun of great brilliancy was shining, and over him arched the high skies of the great west. The air was thin and cool, easy to breathe and uplifting, and in the bracing morning he did not feel the loneliness and immensity of the wilderness. Boyd had already built a little fire among the bushes, and was warming some strips of dried beef over the flames.

"Here's your breakfast, Will," he said. "Beef, a few crackers, and water. Coffee would taste mighty good, but we can't afford to be taking it every morning, or we'd soon use up all we have. This is one of the mornings we skip it."

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"That's the ugly truth, and it's bound to be the mountains for us. I see a line on the prairie, Will. What do your glasses tell us about it?"

Young Clarke turned his gaze to the front, and after a single glance said:

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