The Watchers of the Plains: A Tale of the Western Prairies

The Watchers of the Plains: A Tale of the Western Prairies
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Cullum Ridgwell. The Watchers of the Plains: A Tale of the Western Prairies

CHAPTER I. A LETTER

CHAPTER II. ON THE PLAINS

CHAPTER III. AN ALARM IN BEACON CROSSING

CHAPTER IV. ROSEBUD

CHAPTER V. A BIRTHDAY GIFT

CHAPTER VI. A NEWSPAPER

CHAPTER VII. AN INDIAN POW-WOW

CHAPTER VIII. SETH WASHES A HANDKERCHIEF

CHAPTER IX. THE ADVENTURES OF RED RIDING HOOD

CHAPTER X. SETH ATTEMPTS TO WRITE A LETTER

CHAPTER XI. THE LETTER WRITTEN

CHAPTER XII. CROSS PURPOSES

CHAPTER XIII. THE DEVOTION OF WANAHA

CHAPTER XIV. THE WARNING

CHAPTER XV. THE MOVEMENTS OF LITTLE BLACK FOX

CHAPTER XVI. GENERAL DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF

CHAPTER XVII. THE LETTER FROM ENGLAND

CHAPTER XVIII. SETH’S DUTY ACCOMPLISHED

CHAPTER XIX. SETH PLAYS A STRONG HAND

CHAPTER XX. SETH PAYS

CHAPTER XXI. TWO HEADS IN CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER XXII. ROSEBUD’S ANSWER

CHAPTER XXIII. LOVE’S PROGRESS

CHAPTER XXIV. ROSEBUD’S FORTUNE

CHAPTER XXV. IN WHICH THE UNDERCURRENT BELIES THE SUPERFICIAL CALM

CHAPTER XXVI. THE SUN-DANCE

CHAPTER XXVII. IN DESPERATE PLIGHT

CHAPTER XXVIII. A LAST ADVENTURE

CHAPTER XXIX. HARD PRESSED

CHAPTER XXX. THE LAST STAND

CHAPTER XXXI. THE SENTENCE

CHAPTER XXXII. WANAHA THE INDIAN

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CAPITULATION

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There is no place in the world which affords more cheerful solitude than the prairie. One may be miles and miles away from human habitation and yet there is an exhilaration in the very sunlight, in the long nodding grass, in the dusty eddies of the breeze which is never actually still on the plains. It is the suggestion of freedom in a great boundless space. It grips the heart, and one thanks God for life. This effect is not only with the prairie novice. It lasts for all time with those who once sniff the scent of its delicious breath.

Dakota and the more southern Nebraska are not the finest examples of the American plains, but they will do. What is better they will make one ask for more, and that is an excellent sign.

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Two men were lying upon their stomachs conning the northwestern sky-line.

The scout at last spoke in his slow drawling way.

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