GUSTAVE AIMARD,
Lascelles Wraxall translation
AUTHOR OF "THE PRAIRIE FLOWER," ETC.
LONDON
WARD AND LOCK
MDCCCLX.
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
I.LA FERIA DE PLATA
II.DON SYLVA DE TORRÉS
III.THE TWO HUNTERS
IV.COUNT MAXIM GAËTAN DE LHORAILLES
V.THE DAUPH'YEERS
VI.BY THE WINDOW
VII.A DUEL
VIII.THE DEPARTURE
IX.A MEETING IN THE DESERT
X.BEFORE THE ATTACK
XI.THE MEXICAN MOON
XII.A WOMAN'S STRATAGEM
XIII.A NIGHT JOURNEY
XIV.AN INDIAN TRICK
XV.SET A CHIEF TO CATCH A CHIEF
XVI.THE CASA GRANDE OF MOCTECUHZOMA
XVII.CUCHARÉS
XVIII.IN WHICH THE STORY GOES BACK
XIX.IN THE PRAIRIE
XX.BOOT AND SADDLE
XXI.THE CONFESSION
XXII.THE MAN HUNT
XXIII.THE APACHES
XXIV.THE WOOD RANGERS
XXV.EL AHUEHUELT
PREFACE.
It is hardly necessary to say anything on behalf of the new aspirant for public favour whom I am now introducing to the reader. He has achieved a continental reputation, and the French regard him proudly as their Fenimore Cooper. It will be found, I trust, on perusal, that the position he has so rapidly assumed in the literature of his country is justified by the reality of his descriptions, and the truthfulness which appears in every page. Gustave Aimard has the rare advantage of having lived for many years as an Indian among the Indians. He is acquainted with their language, and has gone through all the extraordinary phases of a nomadic life in the prairie. Had he chosen to write his life, it would have been one of the most marvellous romances of the age: but he has preferred to weave into his stories the extraordinary events of which he has been witness during his chequered life. Believing that his works only require to be known in order to secure him as favourable a reception in this country as he has elsewhere, it has afforded me much satisfaction to have it in my power to place them in this garb. Some slight modifications have been effected here and there; but in other respects I have presented a faithful rendering.
LASCELLES WRAXALL.