A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX
[Illustration: RAY'S TROOP.]
_A Tale of the Indian Frontier_
BY GENERAL CHARLES KING
AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER," "FORT FRAYNE," "AN ARMY WIFE," ETC., ETC.
"He is bred out of that bloody strain That haunted us in our familiar paths." _King Henry V._
ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERIC REMINGTON _and_ EDWIN WILLARD DEMING
NEW YORK THE HOBART COMPANY 1903
COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THE HOBART COMPANY.
_A Daughter of the Sioux_ _Published March 15, 1903_
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
FORESHADOWED EVENTS,
CHAPTER II.
ABSENT FROM DUTY,
CHAPTER III.
A NIGHT ENCOUNTER,
CHAPTER IV.
THE SIGN OF THE BAR SHOE,
CHAPTER V.
A GRAVE DISCOVERY,
CHAPTER VI.
FIRST SIGHT OF THE FOE,
CHAPTER VII.
BLOOD WILL TELL,
CHAPTER VIII.
MORE STRANGE DISCOVERIES,
CHAPTER IX.
BAD NEWS FROM THE FRONT,
CHAPTER X.
"I'LL NEVER GO BACK,"
CHAPTER XI.
A FIGHT WITH A FURY,
CHAPTER XII.
THE ORDEAL BY FIRE,
CHAPTER XIII.
WOUNDED--BODY AND SOUL,
CHAPTER XIV.
A VANISHED HEROINE,
CHAPTER XV.
A WOMAN'S PLOT,
CHAPTER XVI.
NIGHT PROWLING AT FRAYNE,
CHAPTER XVII.
A RIFLED DESK,
CHAPTER XVIII.
BURGLARY AT BLAKE'S,
CHAPTER XIX.
A SLAP FOR THE MAJOR,
CHAPTER XX.
THE SIOUX SURROUNDED,
CHAPTER XXI.
THANKSGIVING AT FRAYNE,
CHAPTER XXII.
BEHIND THE BARS,
CHAPTER XXIII.
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Daughter of the Sioux by Charles King
- 2: And I expect my adjutant to see to it that they don't
- 3: Said every soldier at Fort Frayne
- 4: Beautiful brunette came a visitor to old Fort Frayne
- 5: The talk of every household at Fort Frayne
- 6: Hay should be held in esteem and affection
- 7: Dade was far too tired to think of going
- 8: Webb stopped short Come right in here
- 9: From Webb down to the junior subaltern
- 10: It was plain to see that Webb uneasily held aloof
- 11: And with a reassuring wave of the hand
- 12: Plodder had strong men at his back
- 13: Sinewy arms the Sioux had locked his foeman round
- 14: Meantime all Fort Frayne had seemed to wake to life
- 15: But Webb met the crisis with marked aplomb
- 16: Has the post adjutant been ordered to go
- 17: Ray turned in saddle as the last of his men went by
- 18: And whithersoever Webb was ordered
- 19: And thither would Schreiber next have gone
- 20: Followed by Sergeant Schreiber and an orderly
- 21: But when sharply told that Stabber
- 22: Glanced up at Major Webb as they passed him by
- 23: Tapping the envelope Webb had given him
- 24: Webb lifted up his eyes and looked straight into the amazed
- 25: Passed around to the eastward side of the column
- 26: Swung from the cantle and underneath the blanket roll
- 27: Conscious of her intuitive aversion
- 28: To stand off some fifty warriors
- 29: And that Stabber meant to watch the road
- 30: Spirited response from Laramie
- 31: Then But Blake got no further
- 32: All Fort Frayne seemed hurrying to the northward bluff
- 33: Women with straining eyes gazed at the lonely courier
- 34: While the unconscious courier still rode
- 35: Rudge was ordered to make a wide sweep to the east
- 36: Dade noted the flushed and swollen face
- 37: The rookie gasped in explanation that he was on stable guard
- 38: Kennedy sprang from saddle and
- 39: Until crippled by the bullets of the Sioux
- 40: Walking until in sight of Frayne and safety
- 41: Won't Captain Dade send more men with you
- 42: Awaited him at the Chugwater nearly fifty miles out
- 43: It may well be that Stabber let him through
- 44: But there's a dozen Sioux in sight
- 45: Ray coolly seated astride his pet sorrel
- 46: Rode the skirmish line from the first platoon
- 47: The horse of the leading flanker
- 48: The cottonwood grove was the place
- 49: Seemed giving Stabber as good as he got
- 50: He's a bigger man this day than Stabber
- 51: If only the Sioux would listen and be patient
- 52: With a chorus of exultant yells
- 53: The Sioux were scampering back
- 54: The Sioux were coming for the second trial
- 55: Already sprawled upon the turf
- 56: Laid him on the turf at the foot of a cottonwood
- 57: Heading now for the cottonwoods
- 58: Only jeers rewarded the stirring spectacle
- 59: I've made my mark on wan o' thim
- 60: We'll get you back to Frayne to morrow
- 61: The general thought highly of Field
- 62: Dade and the doctor looked into each other's eyes
- 63: At guard mounting Hay brought the package to the major
- 64: And then Dade would have ended the talk
- 65: Nanette Flower was indeed gone
- 66: Why she was glad Nanette was gone
- 67: Was a letter addressed in Nanette Flower's hand
- 68: In the pouch of a painted Sioux
- 69: Dade came out and bore the general off to breakfast
- 70: Accompanied by Dade and the aide de camp
- 71: The woman at Fort Frayne to whom he most looked up was Mrs
- 72: Venturing to the south bank of the Platte
- 73: The dominant and unterrified Wilkins
- 74: In a sputtering mixture of Dakota French and French Dakota
- 75: Were slow in reaching Fort Frayne
- 76: Dade and other women had come to visit and console her
- 77: McGann said the meejor she meant not Flint
- 78: Except Wilkins were away at the front
- 79: Dade suddenly held up her hand in signal for silence
- 80: Dade was like an elder sister to these two sworn friends
- 81: To rouse Bitzer from even a nap
- 82: Major Flint had ordered sentries posted at the trader's home
- 83: Leaders and the household of the post trader at Fort Frayne
- 84: The Wilkins pair had been prompt with their protests
- 85: Stabber swore he'd gather all his villagers
- 86: Scratching and protesting back to Frayne
- 87: Trooper Kennedy had been entrusted with distinguished duty
- 88: He was again placed at Carlisle
- 89: Waller feared the result on so high strung a temperament
- 90: With one motherly arm twining about the quivering
- 91: Webb to make an all night forced march
- 92: Was the word sent back by Schreiber
- 93: Schreiber had just come sliding
- 94: Jogged a blanketed rider on jaded pony
- 95: CHAPTER XXITHANKSGIVING AT FRAYNE Thanksgiving Day at Frayne
- 96: Convalescing under guard at Frayne
- 97: But Nanette herself had spoiled all chance of that
- 98: Dade departed for the kitchen forthwith
- 99: Foster's little house was southernmost of the settlement
- 100: Quartermaster and commissary sergeants
- 101: Gag and bonds he might have so placed
- 102: And the lady smilingly Schmidt did not say how smilingly
- 103: Miss McGrath hadn't been spying
- 104: Ralph Moreau was run down by my men soon after midnight
- 105: Moreau Eagle Wing whom you recognized at the Elk
- 106: With significant glance at Ray
- 107: When the sentry once more tossed his carbine to the shoulder
- 108: Also deftly worked with bead and quill
- 109: When she returned the little Ogalalla maid
- 110: Waller went out to minister to Kennedy
- 111: Somebody had to restrain Nanette
- 112: Meeting messengers from the Sioux camps
- 113: Then Nanette begged her for more money
- 114: Deluded girl in the little cemetery of Fort Frayne
- 115: Nanette climbed back to her window
- 116: Where twice Miss Dade was found