SPOTTED DEER
BY ELMER RUSSELL GREGOR
AUTHOR OF "THE WHITE WOLF," "THE WAR TRAIL," "RUNNING FOX," ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK, 1924, LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
"PERHAPS SOME SHAWNEES ARE HIDING OVER THERE."
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. The Cry of the Loon
CHAPTER II. A Night of Anxiety
CHAPTER III. Captured
CHAPTER IV. A Wily Captive
CHAPTER V. The Shawnee Camp
CHAPTER VI. A Trying Ordeal
CHAPTER VII. The Mystery Woman
CHAPTER VIII. The Alarm
CHAPTER IX. Away on the Search
CHAPTER X. The Abandoned Canoe
CHAPTER XI. A Council of War
CHAPTER XII. On the Trail
CHAPTER XIII. A Strange Ally
CHAPTER XIV. Waiting and Watching
CHAPTER XV. An Easy Victory
CHAPTER XVI. A Daring Ruse
CHAPTER XVII. Spotted Deer Obtains His Freedom
CHAPTER XVIII. Shawnee Treachery
CHAPTER XIX. Surrounded
CHAPTER XX. A Timely Rescue
By ELMER R. GREGOR
SPOTTED DEER
CHAPTER I
THE CRY OF THE LOON
Spotted Deer was returning to the Delaware village from a huntingexpedition. He was in high spirits for he had been most successful. Hiscanoe contained the carcass of a fat young buck, a brace of geese andseveral grouse. Spotted Deer sang softly to himself. It was a simplesong of thanks to Getanittowit, the Great One.
Getanittowit has filled my canoe with meat.
Getanittowit has made me a great hunter.
O Getanittowit, I feel good about it.
It was a glorious day in early autumn. The soft balmy air wa