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Майн Рид. Osceola the Seminole; or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land
Osceola the Seminole; or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter One
The Flowery Land
Chapter Two
The Indigo Plantation
Chapter Three
The Two Jakes
Chapter Four
The Hommock
Chapter Five
Yellow Jake
Chapter Six
The Alligator
Chapter Seven
The Turtle-Crawl
Chapter Eight
The King Vultures
Chapter Nine
The Bath
Chapter Ten
The “Half-Blood.”
Chapter Eleven
The Chase
Chapter Twelve
A Severe Sentence
Chapter Thirteen
The Chase
Chapter Fourteen
Ringgold’s Revenge
Chapter Fifteen
Maümee
Chapter Sixteen
The Island
Chapter Seventeen
West Point
Chapter Eighteen
The Seminoles
Chapter Nineteen
An Indian Hero
Chapter Twenty
Frontier Justice
Chapter Twenty One
Indian Slaves
Chapter Twenty Two
A Circuitous Transaction
Chapter Twenty Three
Reflections by the Way
Chapter Twenty Four
A Strange Apparition
Chapter Twenty Five
Who Fired the Shot?
Chapter Twenty Six
A Frontier Fort
Chapter Twenty Seven
The Council
Chapter Twenty Eight
The Rising Sun
Chapter Twenty Nine
The Ultimatum
Chapter Thirty
Talk over the Table
Chapter Thirty One
The Traitor Chiefs
Chapter Thirty Two
Shadows in the Water
Chapter Thirty Three
Haj-Ewa
Chapter Thirty Four
A Pretty Plot
Chapter Thirty Five
Light after Darkness
Chapter Thirty Six
In Need of a Friend
Chapter Thirty Seven
The Final Assembly
Chapter Thirty Eight
Cashiering the Chiefs
Chapter Thirty Nine
The Signature of Osceola
Chapter Forty
“Fighting Gallagher.”
Chapter Forty One
Provoking a Duel
Chapter Forty Two
The Challenge
Chapter Forty Three
The Assignation
Chapter Forty Four
An Eclaircissement
Chapter Forty Five
Two Duels in One Day
Chapter Forty Six
A Silent Declaration
Chapter Forty Seven
The Captive
Chapter Forty Eight
The War-Cry
Chapter Forty Nine
War to the Knife
Chapter Fifty
Tracing a Strange Horseman
Chapter Fifty One
Who was the Rider?
Chapter Fifty Two
Cold Courtesy
Chapter Fifty Three
My Sister’s Spirit
Chapter Fifty Four
Asking an Explanation
Chapter Fifty Five
The Volunteers
Chapter Fifty Six
Mysterious Changes
Chapter Fifty Seven
My Informant
Chapter Fifty Eight
Old Hickman
Chapter Fifty Nine
A Hasty Messenger
Chapter Sixty
A Lover’s Gift
Chapter Sixty One
The Route
Chapter Sixty Two
A Knock on the Head
Chapter Sixty Three
An Indian Executioner
Chapter Sixty Four
A Banquet with a Bad Ending
Chapter Sixty Five
“Dade’s Massacre.”
Chapter Sixty Six
The Battle-Ground
Chapter Sixty Seven
The Battle of “Ouithlacoochee.”
Chapter Sixty Eight
A Victory Ending in a Retreat
Chapter Sixty Nine
Another “Swamp-Fight.”
Chapter Seventy
The Talk
Chapter Seventy One
Mysterious Disappearance of an Army
Chapter Seventy Two
The Condition of Black Jake
Chapter Seventy Three
A Bad Spectacle
Chapter Seventy Four
To the Trail
Chapter Seventy Five
The Alarm
Chapter Seventy Six
A False Alarm
Chapter Seventy Seven
“A Split Trail.”
Chapter Seventy Eight
Crossing the Savanna
Chapter Seventy Nine
Groping among the Timber
Chapter Eighty
Signal Shots
Chapter Eighty One
An Empty Camp
Chapter Eighty Two
A Dead Forest
Chapter Eighty Three
A Circular Conflict
Chapter Eighty Four
A Dead Shot by Jake
Chapter Eighty Five
A Meagre Meal
Chapter Eighty Six
A Bullet from Behind
Chapter Eighty Seven
A Jury Amid the Fire
Chapter Eighty Eight
Quick Executioners
Chapter Eighty Nine
An Enemy Unlooked For
Chapter Ninety
A Conflict in Darkness
Chapter Ninety One
The Black Plumes
Chapter Ninety Two
Buried Alive
Chapter Ninety Three
Devils or Angels
Chapter Ninety Four
The End of Arens Ringgold
Chapter Ninety Five
The Death Warning
Chapter Ninety Six
Osceola’s Fate—Conclusion
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Mayne Reid
Published by Good Press, 2019
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For a moment or two, I believed it to be a man—not a white man—but a negro or an Indian. The tactics were Indian, but we were at peace with these people, and why should one of them be thus trailing the mulatto? I say “trailing” for the attitude and motions, of whatever creature I saw, plainly indicated that it was following upon the track which Yellow Jake had just passed over.
