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PAGE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         I.--AN ESTRAY,                                             5\u003cbr\u003e        II.--THE TINKLE OF A BELL,                                 15\u003cbr\u003e       III.--AN ABORIGINAL PLOT,                                   25\u003cbr\u003e        IV.--A PARTY OF THE THIRD PART,                            34\u003cbr\u003e         V.--A FRIEND IN NEED,                                     44\u003cbr\u003e        VI.--FRED LINDEN RECEIVES A MESSAGE FROM THE OZARK CAMP,   54\u003cbr\u003e       VII.--THE HUNTERS OF OZARK,                                 64\u003cbr\u003e      VIII.--A WELCOME ACQUAINTANCE,                               74\u003cbr\u003e        IX.--A MISHAP,                                             84\u003cbr\u003e         X.--A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE,                                  94\u003cbr\u003e        XI.--TRAMPING SOUTHWARD,                                  104\u003cbr\u003e       XII.--A STRANGE ANIMAL,                                    114\u003cbr\u003e      XIII.--A TROUBLESOME VISITOR,                               124\u003cbr\u003e       XIV.--A WELCOME ALLY,                                      134\u003cbr\u003e        XV.--\"DEERFOOT WILL BE SENTINEL TO-NIGHT,\"                144\u003cbr\u003e       XVI.--AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE,                                154\u003cbr\u003e      XVII.--A SUSPICIOUS SOUND,                                  164\u003cbr\u003e     XVIII.--LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT,                           174\u003cbr\u003e       XIX.--SHAWANOE AND WINNEBAGO,                              185\u003cbr\u003e        XX.--ANOTHER NIGHT VISITOR,                               195\u003cbr\u003e       XXI.--THE CAMP OF THE WINNEBAGOS,                          205\u003cbr\u003e      XXII.--\"KEEP TO THE TRAIL,\"                                 215\u003cbr\u003e     XXIII.--AN INFURIATE SHAWANOE,                               225\u003cbr\u003e      XXIV.--THE DEFIANCE,                                        236\u003cbr\u003e       XXV.--THE SIGNAL FIRE,                                     245\u003cbr\u003e      XXVI.--ON THE EDGE OF THE PRAIRIE,                          257\u003cbr\u003e     XXVII.--A MORNING MEAL,                                      269\u003cbr\u003e    XXVIII.--A STRANGE RIDE,                                      281\u003cbr\u003e      XXIX.--A YOUNG HUNTER'S STRATEGY,                           293\u003cbr\u003e       XXX.--TERRY FINISHES HIS RIDE,                             305\u003cbr\u003e      XXXI.--THE DEVIL'S PUNCH BOWL,                              316\u003cbr\u003e     XXXII.--THE TERROR IN THE AIR,                               328\u003cbr\u003e    XXXIII.--FRED LINDEN AWAKENS TO AN ALARMING FACT,             340\u003cbr\u003e     XXXIV.--THE CANOE,                                           352\u003cbr\u003e      XXXV.--AMERICA VERSUS IRELAND,                              364\u003cbr\u003e     XXXVI.--AMERICA VERSUS AMERICA,                              376\u003cbr\u003e    XXXVII.--THE LAST CAMP-FIRE,                                  388\u003cbr\u003e   XXXVIII.--CONCLUSION,                                          400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-----------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HUNTERS OF THE OZARK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN ESTRAY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day in the autumn Terence Clark came to the house of Frederick\u003cbr\u003eLinden and urged him to join in a hunt for a cow that had been missing\u003cbr\u003esince the night before. The latter got the consent of his mother and the\u003cbr\u003etwo lads started on a search that proved to be the most eventful one\u003cbr\u003ethey had ever known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few words in the way of explanation must be given at this point. The\u003cbr\u003edate of the events I have set out to tell was toward the close of the\u003cbr\u003elast century, and the scene the south-western part of the present State\u003cbr\u003eof Missouri, but which was then a part of the vast territory known as\u003cbr\u003eLouisiana. Though the town of St. Louis had been settled a good many\u003cbr\u003eyears before, there were only a few pioneers scattered through the\u003cbr\u003ealmost limitless region that stretched in every direction from the\u003cbr\u003eMississippi. Here and there the hunters and trappers were often absent\u003cbr\u003efrom their homes for months at a time, during which they suffered much\u003cbr\u003eexposure and hardship. They slept for weeks in the open woods, or when\u003cbr\u003ethe severity of the weather would not allow this, they found refuge in\u003cbr\u003ecaves or hollow trees. Then, when enough skins had been gathered to load\u003cbr\u003etheir pack-horses they started on the long tramps to the French trading\u003cbr\u003epost on the Mississippi. They followed faintly marked paths or trails\u003cbr\u003ethat converged from a score or hundred different points until they\u003cbr\u003ereached the Father of Waters, where the peltries were soon sold and the\u003cbr\u003eproceeds, too often, squandered within the succeeding few hours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the date of which I am speaking, a small settlement known as Greville\u003cbr\u003estood in the south-western section of the large State of Missouri, as it\u003cbr\u003eis now known. The first cabins were put up only a few years before, and\u003cbr\u003ethe settlers, including men, women and children, numbered about two\u003cbr\u003ehundred.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162981777648,"sku":"2940013221017","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013221017_p0.jpg?v=1763578363","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013221017","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}