THE FRONTIER ANGEL

By Edward S. Ellis

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Night before the Departure	9
II.	The Fate of the Flat-Boat	21
III.	The Two Scouts	46
IV.	The Faint Hope	59
V.	The Mysterious Warning	70
VI.	The Frontier Angel—The Shawnees	83
VII.	The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties	90
VIII.	A Man in Trouble	105
IX.	Peter Jenkins—A Couple of Speeches	127
X.	In which there is a Future Account of the Shawnees, the Speakers, and Jenkins	139
XI.	A Prize Gained and Lost	151
XII.	A Mingling of Fear, Doubt, and Hope	174
XIII.	Dark	189
XIV.	The Attack in the Wood	201
XV.	"All's Well that Ends Well."	225

Jim Peterson Questioning the Frontier Angel	Frontispiece
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"For God's sake come and take me off, for they are after me."	33
The Frontier Angel	39
"Onward they poured, shouting like madmen."	45
"Whosomever is on that flat-boat ain't living, that's sartin."	51
"'O Lord, I'm shot,' suddenly exclaimed Jenkins."	81
"Before he could rise the Indians were upon him."	108
"The Frontier Angel gazed calmly on him a moment."	126
"'Mr. Thomas McGable, Esq., I believe,' said Peterson with much gravity, without removing the aim of his rifle."	156
"'Quick! water; she has fainted,' exclaimed Mansfield."	229
"Then die—!"	244

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	Out Late at Night	9
II.	A New Friend	32
III.	The Trapper’s Story	48
IV.	The Trapping Grounds	72
V.	Conversations and Plans	98
VI.	Still in the Dark—The Canoe Again	116
VII.	Alone in the Wilderness	134
VIII.	Trapping Among the Indians	153
IX.	The Buffalo Hunt and its Consequences	174
X.	An Awful Awakening	191
XI.	The Brigade and an Old Friend	210
XII.	Found at Last	237

The Trapper’s Home	Frontispiece
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“What’s your handle, stranger?”	41
“Gave a snort of alarm and plunged headlong away into the droves.”	61
“Looking back saw a host of savage forms.”	79
“In the stern, with a guiding oar, sat a young female.”	93
“I could see his two coal-black eyes glittering plainly.”	145
“Setting up a wild yell, the Indians scattered and plunged after them.”	177
“Without losing a moment, we mounted and struck to the northward.”	203
“A fight! a fight! make a ring for them.”	213
“No less personage than Nat stepped ashore.”	239
“Hilloa, you!”	251

I	A Prospective Tenderfoot
II	Lost In the Woods
III	The Hermit of the Woods
IV	The Training of the Tenderfoot
V	How "Knot" to Do Several Things
VI	How Two Millionaires Did a Good Turn
VII	On Gosling Lake
VIII	The "Instructor In Woodcraft"
IX	The New Tenderfoot
X	A Few Native Trees
XI	A Lesson In Trailing
XII	How It Was Done
XIII	A Bit of Detective Work
XIV	The Story of Johnny Appleseed
XV	Other Neighbors
XVI	The Sunbeam of Gosling Lake
XVII	An "Injin" Story
XVIII	The Echo of a World Tragedy
XIX	A Queen And Her Subjects
XX	What Did It Mean?
XXI	How It Happened
XXII	Sunshine

I	"He and I Must Never Meet"
II	A Slight Miscalculation
III	A Strange Occurrence
IV	Curious Sights And Doings
V	Concerning Certain American Trees
VI	A Patriot Martyr
VII	Concerning Certain New England Birds
VIII	A Council of War
IX	An Unwelcome Guest
X	A Sudden Separation
XI	An Unsatisfactory Interview
XII	Groping After the Truth
XIII	The Committee of Investigation
XIV	The Men Who Laughed
XV	The True Story of a Famous Sea Serpent
XVI	Zip
XVII	Wonderful Work
XVIII	A Match of Wits
XIX	The Final Test
XX	Speed the Parting Guest
XXI	Call For Help
XXII	Groping In the Dark
XXIII	A Fortunate Meeting
XXIV	"The Latchstring Was Inside!"
XXV	And the Last