GUSTAVE AIMARD,
Lascelles Wraxall translation
AUTHOR OF "PIRATES OF THE PRAIRIES," "TRAPPER'S BRIDE,"
"PRAIRIE FLOWER," ETC.
LONDON:
WARD AND LOCK,
158, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCLXI.
PREFACE.
The following work has been the most successful of all Gustave Aimard has published in Paris, and it has run through an unparalleled number of Editions. This is not surprising, however, when we bear in mind that he describes in it his personal experiences in the Indian Aztec city, from which no European ever returned prior to him, to tell the tale of his adventures. From this volume we learn to regard the Indians from a very different side than the one hitherto taken; for it is evident that they are something more than savages, and possess their traditions just as much as any nation of the Old World. At the present moment, when the Redskins appear destined to play an important part in the American struggle, I think that such knowledge as our Author is enabled alone to give us about their manners and customs, will be read with interest.
L. W.
CONTENTS
I.THE SURPRISEXXI.BRIGHTEYE
II.THE GUESTXXII.THE CAMP
III.A NIGHT CONFERENCEXXIII.FLYING EAGLE
IV.INDIANS AND HUNTERSXXIV.QUIEPAA TANI
V.MUTUAL EXPLANATIONSXXV.A TRIO OF VILLAINS
VI.A DARK HISTORYXXVI.A HUNT ON THE PRAIRIE
VII.A DARK HISTORY CONTINUEDXXVII.A HUNT ON THE PRAIRIE CONCLUDED
VIII.A DARK HISTORY CONCLUDEDXXVIII.REDSKINS AND WHITE
IX.BRIGHTEYE AND MARKSMANXXIX.THE COUNCIL
X.FRESH CHARACTERSXXX.THE SECOND DETACHMENT
XI.THE FORD OF THE RUBIOXXXI.THE TLACATEOTZIN
XII.DON STEFANO COHECHOXXXII.THE FIRST WALK IN THE CITY
XIII.THE AMBUSCADEXXXIII.EXPLANATORY
XIV.THE TRAVELLERSXXXIV.CONVERSATIONAL
XV.RECALLED TO LIFEXXXV.THE INTERVIEW
XVI.THE SEARCH AFTER TRUTHXXXVI.A MEETING
XVII.DON MARIANOXXXVII.COMPLICATIONS
XVIII.BEFORE THE TRIALXXXVIII.A WALK IN THE DARK
XIX.FACE TO FACEXXXIX.THE GREAT MEDICINE
XX.THE JUDGMENTXL.THE FINAL STRUGGLE
THE EPILOGUE