THE FRONTIER BOYS IN THE GRAND CANYON

OR, A SEARCH FOR TREASURE

BY CAPT. WYN ROOSEVELT

THE ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY

Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A.

Copyright, 1908
BY CHATTERTON, PECK & COMPANY

Printed in United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A Race
CHAPTER II. After Antelope
CHAPTER III. The Surprise
CHAPTER IV. The Chase
CHAPTER V. On Guard
CHAPTER VI. Within the Fort
CHAPTER VII. The Captain's Record
CHAPTER VIII. The Captain's Scheme
CHAPTER IX. A Mountain Fire
CHAPTER X. The Search
CHAPTER XI. The Captain Departs
CHAPTER XII. The Mesa Village
CHAPTER XIII. Two Honors
CHAPTER XIV. A Night on the Mesa
CHAPTER XV. The Strange Country
CHAPTER XVI. The River
CHAPTER XVII. Beginning the Boat
CHAPTER XVIII. The Building of the Boat
CHAPTER XIX. We Start
CHAPTER XX. Our First Day
CHAPTER XXI. A River Ambush
CHAPTER XXII. The Attack
CHAPTER XXIII. A Close Call
CHAPTER XXIV. The Colorado River
CHAPTER XXV. A Visitor
CHAPTER XXVI. Juarez Brings Us News
CHAPTER XXVII. The Cliff Village
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Face in the Rock
CHAPTER XXIX. A Terrible Experience
CHAPTER XXX. The Great Gorge—The End

FRONTIER BOYS IN THE GRAND CANYON

CHAPTER I

A RACE

"Your cayuse is quiet as a lamb now, isn't he, Jo," inquired Jim.

"He ought to be by this time," I replied. "You wouldn't expect him to buck all the way through New Mexico, I hope."

"It's funny how he began to act up," remarked Tom, "just as soon as we got out of Colorado."

"Maybe he doesn't like getting away from the country of his own tribe," I said; "He's a regular little Injun I can tell you that."

"I can't blame him for his dislike for the Apache range," interposed Captain Graves, "for a more undesirable lot of devils are not to be found in the Southwest."

"You ought to know, captain," remarked Jim, "for you have fought all of them."

"That's true," he replied, "but my fighting days are about over. I shall have to leave you boys in a few days and get back to my log cabin on the plateau in the Big Canyon."

"We all wish you did not have to," said Jim, "I do not know how we will get along without you."

"You boys can take care of yourselves," he replied. "I saw that in our