The Trail-Hunter: A Tale of the Far West
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Gustave Aimard. The Trail-Hunter: A Tale of the Far West
PART I. RED CEDAR
CHARTER I. THE VIRGIN FOREST
CHAPTER II. THE CONTEST
CHAPTER III. DON MIGUEL ZARATE
CHAPTER IV. THE PECCARIES
CHAPTER V. THE WOUND
CHAPTER VI. THE SQUATTER'S SHANTY
CHAPTER VII. THE RANGERS
CHAPTER VIII. THE VALLEY OF THE BUFFALO
CHAPTER IX. THE ASSASSINATION
CHAPTER X. THE SACHEM OF THE CORAS
CHAPTER XI. CONVERSATION
CHAPTER XII. EL MESON
CHAPTER XIII. RED CEDAR
CHAPTER XIV. THE TWO HUNTERS
CHAPTER XV. FRAY AMBROSIO
CHAPTER XVI. TWO VARIETIES OF VILLAINS
CHAPTER XVII. EL CAÑON DEL BUITRE
CHAPTER XVIII. FATHER SERAPHIN
CHAPTER XIX. UNICORN
CHAPTER XX. THE HUNT OF WILD HORSES
CHAPTER XXI. THE SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXII. THE MEETING
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ABDUCTION
CHAPTER XXIV. THE REVOLT
PART II. – EL PRESIDIO DE SANTA FE
CHAPTER I. EL RANCHO DEL COYOTE
CHAPTER II. THE CUCHILLADA
CHAPTER III. THE HUNTERS
CHAPTER IV. SUNBEAM
CHAPTER V. THE ADOPTION
CHAPTER VI. THE MISSIONARY
CHAPTER VII. THE INTERVIEW
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRISON
CHAPTER IX. THE EMBASSY
CHAPTER X. THE PRESENTATION
CHAPTER XI. PSYCHOLOGICAL
CHAPTER XII. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
CHAPTER XIII. A STORMY DISCUSSION
CHAPTER XIV. THE MYSTERY
CHAPTER XV. THE AMBUSCADE
CHAPTER XVI. A FRIENDLY DISCUSSION
CHAPTER XVII. NATHAN
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WOUNDED MAN
CHAPTER XIX. INDIAN DIPLOMACY
CHAPTER XX. THE STRANGER
CHAPTER XXI. GENERAL VENTURA
CHAPTER XXII. THE COMANCHES
CHAPTER XXIII. NEGOTIATIONS
CHAPTER XXIV. FREE
CHAPTER XXV. THE MEETING
CHAPTER XXVI. DOÑA CLARA
CHAPTER XXVII. EL VADO DEL TORO
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In Mexico the population is only divided into two classes, the upper and the lower. There is no intermediate rank to connect the two extremes, and this is the cause of the two hundred and thirty-nine revolutions which have overthrown this country since the declaration of its independence. Why this is so is simple enough. The intellectual power is in the hands of a small number, and all the revolutions are effected by this turbulent and ambitious minority; whence it results that the country is governed by the most complete military despotism, instead of being a free republic.
Still the inhabitants of the States of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Texas have retained, even to the present day, that stern, savage, and energetic physiognomy which may be sought in vain among the other States of the Confederation.
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"Go on," he said.
"I entered my house, procured the weapons, and then, mounted on Negro, my black charger, I proceeded toward Buffalo Valley. As you are aware, father, the place we call so, and which belongs to us, is an immense forest of cedars and maples, nearly forty miles in circumference, and traversed almost through its entire length by a wide confluent of the Rio San Pedro."
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