At War with Pontiac; Or, The Totem of the Bear: A Tale of Redcoat and Redskin
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Munroe Kirk. At War with Pontiac; Or, The Totem of the Bear: A Tale of Redcoat and Redskin
CHAPTER I. TAWTRY HOUSE
CHAPTER II. THE MAJOR GAINS A FRIEND AND MAKES AN ENEMY
CHAPTER III. TRUMAN FLAGG'S STORY
CHAPTER IV. ESCAPE OF THE PRISONERS
CHAPTER V. A BABY LOST AND RECOVERED
CHAPTER VI. THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER VII. THE MAJOR RE-ENTERS ACTIVE SERVICE
CHAPTER VIII. DONALD SETS FORTH ON A PERILOUS MISSION
CHAPTER IX. ST. AUBIN'S STARTLING INFORMATION
CHAPTER X. PONTIAC DECLARES WAR
CHAPTER XI. MAJOR HESTER IS TAKEN PRISONER
CHAPTER XII. DONALD AT JOHNSON CASTLE
CHAPTER XIII. PAYMASTER BULLEN AND HIS WONDERFUL TUB
CHAPTER XIV. A WHITE MEDICINE MAN
CHAPTER XV. DONALD AND CHRISTIE CEMENT A FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER XVI. QUICKEYE AND THE "ZEBRA"
CHAPTER XVII. A BRAVE GIRL CAPTIVE
CHAPTER XVIII. SURPRISE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BOAT BRIGADE
CHAPTER XIX. THE TOTEM SAVES DONALD'S LIFE
CHAPTER XX. BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT AT FORT DETROIT
CHAPTER XXI. IN SEARCH OF A LOST SISTER
CHAPTER XXII. AMID THE RUINS OF FORT SANDUSKY
CHAPTER XXIII. DISCOVERED AND PURSUED BY SAVAGES
CHAPTER XXIV. CHRISTIE'S BRAVE DEFENCE OF HIS POST
CHAPTER XXV. DONALD FIRES THE MINE AND SAVES THE BLOCKHOUSE
CHAPTER XXVI. FRIENDS IN CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER XXVII. HOW THE PAYMASTER NAVIGATED LAKE ERIE IN A TUB
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PAYMASTER IN WAR-PAINT AND FEATHERS
CHAPTER XXIX. DONALD AND THE PAYMASTER ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXX. IMMINENT DANGER OF THE SCHOONER GLADWYN
CHAPTER XXXI. PONTIAC RECOGNIZES THE TOTEM
CHAPTER XXXII. LAST CRUISE OF THE PAYMASTER'S TUB
CHAPTER XXXIII. FORT DETROIT IS REINFORCED
CHAPTER XXXIV. AH-MO, THE DAUGHTER OF PONTIAC
CHAPTER XXXV. A NIGHT OF FIGHTING AND TERROR
CHAPTER XXXVI. BRAVE DEATH OF THE OLD MAJOR
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE CURSE OF THE MAGIC CIRCLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A WINTER IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XXXIX. AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST
CHAPTER XL. THE PRINCESS ANSWERS DONALD'S QUESTION
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For some seconds the three Indians, who were panting heavily from the effect of their long chase through the forest, gazed in silence at the white man who with the child in his arms so fearlessly confronted them. Then the foremost of them, an evil-looking savage who bore the name of Mahng (the Diver), motioned the major aside with a haughty wave of the hand, saying: "Let the white man step from the path of Mahng, that he may kill this Ottawa dog who thought to escape the vengeance of the Senecas."
Without retreating an inch from his position, and still holding the little Donald, who crowed with delight at sight of the Indians, Major Hester replied:—
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"Sartain," replied the hunter, with a silent laugh at the other's evident dismay. "And not only that, but he's the best fighter and best man in the whole Ottaway tribe. They call him Songa, the strong heart, and I consate Sir William would be passing glad to exchange one hundred pounds of the king's money for his scalp to-morrow."
"Why don't you earn it, then?" asked, the other. "Surely one hundred pounds could not be gained more easily, nor is it a sum of money to be despised even by an independent American woods-ranger like yourself."
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