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قراءة كتاب In the Rocky Mountains: A Tale of Adventure
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In the Rocky Mountains: A Tale of Adventure
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IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
FINDING A FRIEND.IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
A Tale of Adventure.
BY
W. H. G. KINGSTON,
AUTHOR OF "OLD JACK," "IN THE EASTERN SEAS," "ON THE BANKS OF THE AMAZON," "IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA," ETC.
LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS.
EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK.
1878.
Contents.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| WHY UNCLE JEFF CAME TO "ROARING WATER,"—THE SITUATION OF THE FARM—THE | |
| INMATES OF THE HOUSE—MY SISTER CLARICE AND BLACK RACHEL—UNCLE | |
| JEFF—BARTLE WON AND GIDEON TUTTLE—ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT | |
| BROADSTREET AND HIS MEN—THE TROOPERS QUARTERED IN THE HUT—OUR | |
| FARM-LABOURERS—SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE REDSKIN WINNEMAK—HIS FORMER | |
| VISIT TO THE FARM—CLARICE ENCOUNTERS HIM AT THE SPRING—BADLY | |
| WOUNDED—KINDLY TREATED BY CLARICE AND RACHEL—HIS GRATITUDE | 13-33 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| WINNEMAK WARNS US OF THE APPROACH OF ENEMIES—BARTLE GOES OUT TO | |
| SCOUT—NO SIGNS OF A FOE—I TAKE THE LIEUTENANT TO VISIT "ROARING | |
| WATER"—BARTLE REPORTS THAT THE ENEMY HAVE TURNED BACK—THE LIEUTENANT | |
| DELAYED BY THE SERGEANT'S ILLNESS—THE VISIT TO THE HUT—A TIPSY | |
| TROOPER—KLITZ AND GILLOOLY MISSING—THE SERGEANT BECOMES WORSE—SEARCH | |
| FOR THE MISSING MEN—I OFFER TO ACT AS GUIDE TO THE LIEUTENANT—BARTLE | |
| UNDERTAKES TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS BECOME OF KLITZ AND BARNEY | 31-55 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| MY FAMILY HISTORY—MY FATHER, ONCE A CAPTAIN IN THE BRITISH ARMY, COMES | |
| TO AMERICA AND MARRIES UNCLE JEFF'S SISTER—HE SETTLES ON A FARM IN | |
| OHIO—CLARICE AND I ARE BORN—MY GRANDFATHER'S FARM DESTROYED BY A | |
| FLOOD—THE NEXT YEAR OUR FARM IS BURNT—MY FATHER RESOLVES TO MIGRATE TO | |
| THE WEST—WE SET OFF IN WAGGONS WITH AN EMIGRANT TRAIN—PROSPEROUS | |
| COMMENCEMENT OF JOURNEY—PROVISIONS RUN SHORT—I WITNESS A BUFFALO | |
| HUNT—THE EMIGRANTS SUFFER FROM CHOLERA—MY MOTHER DIES—MANY OF THE | |
| EMIGRANTS TURN BACK—MY FATHER PERSEVERES—FIERCELY ATTACKED BY | |
| INDIANS—WE KEEP THEM AT BAY—AGAIN ATTACKED, WHEN A STRANGER COMES TO | |
| OUR ASSISTANCE—CLARICE GIVES HIM A BOOK—HE PROMISES TO READ IT—WE | |
| CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY, AND REACH FORT KEARNEY—REMAIN THERE FOR SOME | |
| MONTHS—MY FATHER, THOUGH STILL SUFFERING, INSISTS ON SETTING OUT | |
| AGAIN—HE SOON BECOMES WORSE, AND DIES—I AM DIGGING HIS GRAVE, WHEN AN | |
| EMIGRANT TRAIN COMES BY—UNCLE JEFF IS THE LEADER, AND WE ACCOMPANY HIM | |
| TO ROARING WATER | 56-80 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| AS THE LIEUTENANT AND I ARE STARTING, WE HEAR THAT KLITZ AND BARNEY HAVE | |
| GONE OFF WITH A WHEELBARROW FOR CALIFORNIA—A PLEASANT BIVOUAC—AT LAST | |
| WE CATCH SIGHT OF THE DESERTERS—THE LIEUTENANT IS ABOUT TO RIDE AFTER | |
| THEM, WHEN A PARTY OF INDIANS APPEAR—THE INDIANS TAKE TO FLIGHT, AND WE | |
| LOSE SIGHT OF THE RUNAWAYS—FORM OUR CAMP—DISCOVER THAT WE ARE | |
| WATCHED—FOLLOW THE SPY, WHO PROVES TO BE MAYSOTTA—FIND THE DESERTERS | |
| TAKING THEIR EASE—WE CAPTURE THEM, AND, GUIDED BY MAYSOTTA, TAKE THEM | |
| TO THE INDIAN CAMP—RESOLVE TO RETURN TO THE FARM | 81-102 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| WE LEAVE THE INDIAN CAMP—MAYSOTTA'S KIND OFFER—OUR RIDE TO ROARING | |
| WATER—INDIANS IN THE DISTANCE—IN SIGHT OF THE FARM—A STRANGER | |
| INDIAN—OUR RECEPTION BY UNCLE JEFF—THE INDIAN'S STORY—HE GETS FOOD | |
| AND SHELTER—MATTERS NOW LOOK SERIOUS—A COUNCIL OF WAR—MY DOUBTS OF | |
| THE INDIAN—CLARICE AND RACHEL ACCOMPANY THE LIEUTENANT TO THE INDIAN | |
| CAMP—WE BARRICADE THE HOUSE—DISAPPEARANCE OF THE INDIAN—BARTLE GOES | |
| OUT TO RECONNOITRE—APPROACH OF THE ENEMY—A DETERMINED ATTACK—SEVERE | |
| LOSSES—THE OUT-BUILDINGS SET ON FIRE—OUR AMMUNITION RUNS SHORT—THE | |
| ROOF TAKES FIRE—HOW ARE WE TO ESCAPE?—UNCLE JEFF'S RUSE, AND HOW IT | |
| SUCCEEDED | 103-133 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| WE ARE SURPRISED BY THE INDIANS WHILE LEAVING THE HOUSE—BARTLE'S | |
| ADVICE—I AM PERSUADED TO ESCAPE ALONE—AN EXCITING PURSUIT—FOOD AND | |
| REST—MY JOURNEY RESUMED—AMONG THE MOUNTAINS—MY ANXIETY ABOUT MY | |
| FRIENDS—A WEARY DAY—AN INDIAN IN SIGHT—FRIEND OR ENEMY?—A | |
| RECOGNITION—WINNEMAK AND HIS BRAVES—I AM KINDLY TREATED—NO NEWS OF | |
| UNCLE JEFF—A SPY—WE START IN PURSUIT OF HIM—THE SPY OVERTAKEN—A | |
| DEADLY COMBAT—WINNEMAK OVERCOMES PIOMINGO—IS HE DEAD?—MY | |
| INTERCESSION—ON THE WAY FOR WINNEMAK'S CAMP | 134-157 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| ON THE MARCH—WINNEMAK UNABLE TO GIVE ME NEWS OF MY FRIENDS—MY | |