The Guide of the Desert
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Gustave Aimard. The Guide of the Desert
CHAPTER I. A PRISONER
CHAPTER II. THE GAUCHO
CHAPTER III. THE RANCHO
CHAPTER IV. THE FAZENDA DO RIO D'OURO
CHAPTER V. O SERTÃO
CHAPTER VI. TAROU NIOM. 6
CHAPTER VII. THE MARQUIS DE CASTELMELHOR
CHAPTER VIII. A NOBLE BANDIT
CHAPTER IX. THROUGH THE DESERT
CHAPTER X. THE GUAYCURUS
CHAPTER XI. A STRATEGIC ASSAULT
CHAPTER XII. THE PAYAGOA VILLAGE
CHAPTER XIII. THE CHASE
CHAPTER XIV. DISASTER
CHAPTER XV. EL VADO DEL CABESTRO
CHAPTER XVI. FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
CHAPTER XVII. THE PEONS
CHAPTER XVIII. SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMÁN
CHAPTER XIX. LA MONTONERA
CHAPTER XX. THE SOIRÉE
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Loading in the environs of Barbara Bay, Cape Horn, I was surprised, with two companions, by the Patagonians, and made prisoner. I had the pain of witnessing from the cliffs the departure of the whaler on board of which I had entered at Havre as harpooner.
It was with a deep pang of grief, and eyes bathed in tears, I saw the white sails of my ship disappear on the horizon, and the sea become solitary once more.
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This uncertainty, however, from a singular disposition of mind, did not seriously affect me; my position, without being pleasant, had nothing in it positively sad in itself. I possessed a good horse, arms, supplies in abundance – what more could I desire? I, who for so long a time had aspired to the adventurous life of the gaucho and of the trapper?
Accordingly I took in good part the desertion of my guide, and prepared myself, half laughing, half railing against the ingratitude of the Guaranis, to commence my apprenticeship to the life of the desert.
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