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The EYES of
THE WOODS
By JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
THE CIVIL WAR SERIES
The Guns of Bull Run
The Guns of Shiloh
The Scouts of Stonewall
The Sword of Antietam
The Star of Gettysburg
The Rock of Chickamaugua
The Shades of the Wilderness
The Tree of Appomattox
THE WORLD WAR SERIES
The Guns of Europe
The Hosts of the Air
The Forest of Swords
THE YOUNG TRAILERS SERIES
The Young Trailers
The Forest Runners
The Keepers of the Trail
The Eyes of the Woods
The Free Rangers
The Riflemen of the Ohio
The Scouts of the Valley
The Border Watch
THE TEXAN SERIES
The Texan Star
The Texan Scouts
The Texan Triumph
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES
The Hunters of the Hills
The Shadow of the North
The Rulers of the Lakes
BOOKS NOT IN SERIES
Apache Gold
The Quest of the Four
The Last of the Chiefs
In Circling Camps
A Soldier of Manhattan
The Sun of Saratoga
A Herald of the West
The Wilderness Road
My Captive
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK
“It was the shiftless one who had shot the bear, and hewas proud”
The EYES of
THE WOODS
A STORY OF THE
ANCIENT WILDERNESS
BY
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
AUTHOR OF
“THE YOUNG TRAILERS,” “THE SHADOW OF THE NORTH,”
“THE HUNTERS OF THE HILLS,” “THE TREE OF APPOMATTOX,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
D. C. HUTCHISON
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON: 1917
Copyright, 1917, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
FOREWORD
“The Eyes of the Woods” is an independent story, telling of certainremarkable events in the life of Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Shif’less SolHyde, Silent Tom Ross and Long Jim Hart. But it is also a part of theseries dealing with these characters, and is the fourth in point oftime, coming just after “The Keepers of the Trail.”