GUSTAVE AIMARD,

AUTHOR OF "PRAIRIE FLOWER," THE "TIGER-SLAYER," ETC.

LONDON

WARD AND LOCK,

158, FLEET STREET.

MDCCCLXI.

PREFACE.

With this volume terminates the series in which Gustave Aimard has described the sad fate of the Count de Raousset-Boulbon, who fell a victim to Mexican treachery. In the next volume to be published, under the title of the "Trail Hunter," will be found the earlier history of some of the characters whose acquaintance the reader has formed, I trust with pleasure, in the present series.

L.W.

CONTENTS.

I.THE INTERVIEW

II.THE MISSION

III.THE SPY

IV.THE EXPLOSION

V.THE FIRST POWDER BURNT

VI.REPRISALS

VII.GUETZALLI

VIII.THE ENVOY

IX.DOÑA ANGELA

X.THE AMBASSADORS

XI.THE PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN

XII.FATHER AND DAUGHTER

XIII.LA MAGDALENA

XIV.THE COCK-FIGHT

XV.THE INTERVIEW

XVI.FATHER SERAPHIN

XVII.THE QUEBRADA DEL COYOTE

XVIII.THE SURPRISE

XIX.THE FORWARD MARCH

XX.BEFORE THE ATTACK

XXI.THE CAPTURE OF HERMOSILLO

XXII.AFTER THE VICTORY

XXIII.THE HACIENDA DEL MILAGRO

XXIV.THE BOAR AT BAY

XXV.THE BEGINNING OF THE END

XXVI.THE CATASTROPHE