CHAPTER I.—Into the Unknown
CHAPTER II.—The First Great Exploit
CHAPTER III.—Lost in the Wilderness
CHAPTER IV.—The Haunted Forest
CHAPTER V.—Afloat
CHAPTER VI.—The Voice of the Woods
CHAPTER VII.—The Giant Bones
CHAPTER VIII.—The Wild Turkey's "Gobble"
CHAPTER IX.—The Escape
CHAPTER X.—The Cave Dust
CHAPTER XI.—The Forest Spell
CHAPTER XII.—The Primitive Man
CHAPTER XIII.—The Call of Duty
CHAPTER XIV.—The Return
CHAPTER XV.—The Siege
CHAPTER XVI.—A Girl's Way
CHAPTER XVII.—The Battle in the Forest
CHAPTER XVIII.—The Test
CHAPTER XIX.—An Errand and a Friend
It was a white caravan that looked down from the crest of the mountainsupon the green wilderness, called by the Indians, Kain-tuck-ee. Thewagons, a score or so in number, were covered with arched canvas,bleached by the rains, and, as they stood there, side by side, theylooked like a snowdrift against the emerald expanse of forest andfoliage.
The travelers saw the land of hope, outspread before them, a wide sweepof rolling country, covered with trees and canebrake, cut by streams ofclear water, flowing here and there, and shining in the distance, amidthe green, like threads of silver wire. All gazed, keen with interestand curiosity, because this unknown land was to be their home, but nonewas more eager than Henry Ware, a strong boy of fifteen who stood infront of the wagons beside the guide, Tom Ross, a tall, l