THE EAGLE’S WING
Reading edition
By B. M. Bower
Good Indian
Lonesome Land
The Ranch at the Wolverine
The Flying U’s Last Stand
The Heritage of the Sioux
Starr, of the Desert
Cabin Fever
Skyrider
Rim o’ The World
The Quirt
Cow-Country
Casey Ryan
The Trail of the White Mule
The Voice at Johnnywater
The Parowan Bonanza
The Eagle’s Wing
The man in the distance ducked out of sight amongst the bowlders.
THE EAGLE’S WING
A STORY OF THE COLORADO
BY
B. M. BOWER
WITH FRONTISPIECE BY
FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1924
Copyright, 1924,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved
Published February, 1924
Printed in the United States of America
To the American Eagle,
fighting always the Vultures of the earth;
whose protective wing extends even into the
desert lands; whose shadow has fallen upon
the great river, this story of the Colorado is
loyally inscribed.
B. M. B.
CONTENTS
IKing, of the Mounted
IIJohnny Buffalo Bears Another Message
III“My Heart is Dead”
IVRawley Reads the Bible
VA City Forsaken
VITrails Meet
VIINevada
VIII“Him That is—Mine Enemy”
IX“A Pleasant Trip to You!”
XA Family Tree
XIRawley Thinks Things Out
XIIRawley Plays the Game
XIIIThe Colorado
XIVThe Vulture Screams
XVThe Land of Splendid Dreams
XVIRawley Investigates
XVIIChanged Relations
XVIIIThe Johnny Buffalo Uprising
XIXThe Eagle Strikes
XXNevada Analyzes
XXIThe Truth About Riches
XXIIGreater Than Gold
XXIIIThe Eagle Looks Upon a Great River
XXIVAnita
XXVThe Eagle and the Vulture
XXVI“Take This Fighting Squaw Away!”
XXVII“You Tell Hoover I Said So!”
XXVIIIThe Vulture Makes Terms with the Eagle
XXIXFate Has Decreed
XXXDawn and the River
XXXIThe Vulture Feasts
XXXIIAnother Rescue
XXXIIIThe Eagle’s Wing