CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. A GLIMPSE AT THE PAST II. THE CABIN IN THE CLEARING III. BARRINGFORD'S STRANGE DISCOVERY IV. SEARCHING FOR CLEWS V. A LIVELY ELK HUNT VI. SURRENDER OF FORT DETROIT VII. PREPARING FOR THE EXPEDITION WESTWARD VIII. ON THE OLD BRADDOCK ROAD IX. HENRY'S STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE X. A WAIT IN CAMP XI. HAPPENINGS OF A STORMY NIGHT XII. THE RUINS OF THE OLD TRADING-POST XIII. BUILDING THE NEW TRADING-POST XIV. JEAN BEVOIR HAS HIS SAY XV. DAVE'S UNWELCOME VISITOR XVI. DAVE MEETS PONTIAC XVII. THE ATTACK ON THE PACK-TRAIN XVIII. AFTER THE ENCOUNTER XIX. THE TRAIL THROUGH THE FOREST XX. GUARDING THE TRADING-POST XXI. SAM BARRINGFORD BRINGS NEWS XXII. THE ROCK BY THE RIVER XXIII. DAVE AND THE FAWN XXIV. SOMETHING ABOUT SLAVES AND INDIAN CAPTIVES XXV. THE RESULTS OF A BUFFALO HUNT XXVI. STRANGE INDIAN MAGIC XXVII. THE TRAIL OF PONTIAC XXVIII. AN UNDERGROUND STOREHOUSE XXIX. PONTIAC'S TRAIL ONCE MORE XXX. IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY XXXI. HELD AS A SPY XXXII. A FIGHT AND A VICTORY—CONCLUSION

ILLUSTRATIONS

The dance of the magicians lasted fully a quarter of an hour
(Frontispiece)

The report was followed by a mad yelp of pain

Henry … rolled over and over down a long hill

"Let go!" cried Dave. "Let go, I say!"

"Where are your furs?" asked James Morris

He let the animal have a bullet directly in the head

"Tis one of the English" said the taller of the Indians

"The white young man is sorry to be a prisoner," he said slowly