Читать книгу Stories of American Life and Adventure - Eggleston Edward - Страница 2

PREFACE.

A WHITE BOY AMONG THE INDIANS.

THE MAKING OF A CANOE.

SOME THINGS ABOUT INDIAN CORN.

SOME WOMEN IN THE INDIAN WARS.

THE COMING OF TEA AND COFFEE.

KIDNAPPED BOYS.

THE STORY OF PETER WILLIAMSON.—TWICE A SLAVE.

SOLD LIKE JOSEPH.—STORIES OF TWO KIDNAPPED BOYS.

LITTLE LORD SOLD INTO BONDAGE.

THE LAST BATTLE OF BLACKBEARD.

AN OLD PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL.

A DUTCH FAMILY IN THE REVOLUTION.

A SCHOOL OF LONG AGO.

STORIES OF WHALING.

A WHALING SONG.

A STRANGE ESCAPE.

GRANDMOTHER BEAR.

THE GREAT TURTLE.

THE RATTLESNAKE GOD.

WITCHCRAFT IN LOUISIANA.

A STORY OF NIAGARA.

AMONG THE ALLIGATORS.

JASPER.

SONG OF MARION'S MEN.

A BRAVE GIRL.

A PRISONER AMONG THE INDIANS.

HUNGRY TIMES IN THE WOODS.

SCOUWA BECOMES A WHITE MAN AGAIN.

A BABY LOST IN THE WOODS.

ELIZABETH ZANE.

THE RIVER PIRATES.

OLD-FASHIONED TELEGRAPHS.

THE MUSKET TELEGRAPH.

TELEGRAPHING BY FIRE.

TELEGRAPHS IN THE REVOLUTION.

A BOY'S TELEGRAPH.

A BOY'S FOOLISH ADVENTURE.

A FOOT RACE FOR LIFE.

LORETTO AND HIS WIFE.

A BLACKFOOT STORY.

HOW FREMONT CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS.

FINDING GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.

DESCENDING THE GRAND CANYON.

THE-MAN-THAT-DRAWS-THE-HANDCART.

THE LAZY, LUCKY INDIAN.

PETER PETERSEN.

A STORY OF THE MINNESOTA INDIAN WAR.

THE GREATEST OF TELESCOPE MAKERS.

ADVENTURES IN ALASKA.