The Prairie Chief

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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Prairie Chief

Chapter One. The Alarm

Chapter Two. The Surprise and Combat

Chapter Three. The Massacre and the Chase

Chapter Four. Circumventing the Blackfeet

Chapter Five. The Mountain Fortress

Chapter Six. A Strange Visitor

Chapter Seven. Big Tim’s Method with Savages

Chapter Eight. Netting a Grizzly Bear

Chapter Nine. A Daring Exploit

Chapter Ten. Snakes in the Grass

Chapter Eleven. The Snakes make a Dart and Secure their Victims

Chapter Twelve. The Pursuit, Failure, Despair

Chapter Thirteen. The Powerful Influence of Bad Weapons and of Love

Chapter Fourteen. In which Plans, Prospects, Love, Dangers, and Perplexities are dealt with

Chapter Fifteen. Plot and Counterplot

Chapter Sixteen. The Last

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How frequently that “slip ’twixt the cup and the lip” is observed in the affairs of this life! Little Tim, the trapper, had barely pronounced the words “All safe,” when an appalling yell rent the air, and a cloud of dark forms was seen to rush over the open space that lay between the wigwams of the old chief Bald Eagle and a thicket that grew on its westward side.

The Blackfoot band had taken the slumbering Indians completely by surprise, and Whitewing had the mortification of finding that he had arrived just a few minutes too late to warn his friends. Although Bald Eagle was thus caught unprepared, he was not slow to meet the enemy. Before the latter had reached the village, all the fighting men were up, and armed with bows, scalping-knives, and tomahawks. They had even time to rush towards the foe, and thus prevent the fight from commencing in the midst of the village.

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Whitewing looked with a puzzled expression at his friend.

“Is that her—the girl, you know?” said Little Tim, with a series of looks and nods which were intended to convey worlds of deep meaning.

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