GUSTAVE AIMARD,
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "GUIDE OF THE DESERT," "INSURGENT CHIEF," ETC., ETC.
REVISED AND EDITED BY PERCY B. ST. JOHN
LONDON: J. and R. MAXWELL
MILTON HOUSE, 4, SHOE LANE, E.C.
GEORGE VICKERS, ANGEL COURT, STRAND
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS
(From the Collected Works 1863-1885)
NOTICE.
Gustave Aimard was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indian tribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart of the Prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanying them everywhere, rifle in one hand and tomahawk in the other. In turn squatter, hunter, trapper, warrior, and miner, Gustave Aimard has traversed America from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras to the ocean shores, living from hand to mouth, happy for the day, careless of the morrow. Hence it is that Gustave Aimard only describes his own life. The Indians of whom he speaks he has known—the manners he depicts are his own.
CONTENTS
I.THE STORM
II.BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
III.THE VALLE DEL TAMBO
IV.DIPLOMACY
V.FREE—PERHAPS
VI.COMPLICATIONS
VII.HOSPITALITY
VIII.THE GUIDE
IX.THE CAMP
X.THE FORAGERS
XI.TIGERS AND FOXES
XII.A DOUBLE DUEL
XIII.EXPLANATIONS
XIV.EVENTS
XV.THE GAUCHOS
XVI.A CONSPIRACY
XVII.ARNAL
XVIII.ZENO CABRAL
XIX.CATASTROPHE
XX.CONCLUSION