Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-10-20
SYNOPSIS

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 CHAPTER I.-To the Kentucky wilder ness outpost commanded by Jerome Sam dsrs. In the time immediately preceding ehe Revolution. comes white boy flee tng from a tribe of Shawnees by whom he had been captured and adopted as a con of the chief. Kahtoo. He is given shelter and attracts the favorable atten- sion of Dave Yandell a leader among the settlers.
 CHAPTER 1.-The boy warns his new friends of the coming of a Shawnee war party party, , The fort Is attacked. and only party of Virginians. The leader of these 0 fatally wounded, but in his dying mo- 1ents recognizes the fugitive youth as ois son.
 CHAPTER ITI-At Red Oaks planta- aon sn the James river, Virginia. Colonel Dsle's home. the boy. appears with a Eng It introduces the bearer to his daugh- Yer Barbara as her cousin. Ersiine Dale. I ITxfTER T Hy;Ipuelins rap1ers vn a Sentton; He takes his first fencing lesson. from Hugh. Dave Yandell. at Williams- 0urs on business. visits Red Oaks.
 S,l1;a TMApTES a'IbG,: Ti-ns the county ralr g, Wuiamspurg Erskine meets a youth. Dane Grey. and there at once arises a distinct antagonism between them. Grey. an liquor. insults Erskine. and the latter xor the moment all Indian. draws his snits s Yandeil disarms him. Ashamed Drsklne leaves Red Oaks that night. to return to the wilderness Yandell. with Harry and Hugh. who have been per Jnltted to visit the Sanders fort. overtake him. At the plantation the boy had left note In which he gave the property, which is his as the son of Colonel Dale's older brother, to Barbara.
 CHAPTER vII.-The party is met by mree Shawnees. who bring news to Err skine Iwhose Indian name Is White Ar row) that his foster father. Kahtoo. is tribe and become it's chief After a brief visit to the fort Erskine goes to the tribe He hnds there white woman and her halfbreed daughter Early Morn. and saves he Is with the Americans against the British. An enemy. Crooked Lightning oyerhears him.
 CHAPTER VIII.-Kahtoo sends Erskins to council where British envoys meet Indian chiefs. Dane Grey Is there and the bitter feeling is intensified. Crooked Lashtning thing, denounces Erskine as a traitor escapes death by flight.
 CHATTER Ix.-Neaching his trfpe, Tsr- skine finds his enemies have the upper only for the arrival of Crooked Light uing to be burned at the stake Early Morn releases him and he reaches Jerome Sanders fort safely.
 CHAPTER x.-The Revolution spreads. George Rogers Clark visits the fort. Erskine resolves to join Clark's expedi- ton to the Northwest. At Red Oaks he rn tlxrN kkov, friendly terms with Barbara.
 CTER x1.-Erskine and Grey en- gage in a duel with rapiers. though the former knows nothing of fencing. The fight Is stopped by Colonel Dale.
 CHAPTER XII.-Barbara and Erskine arrive at a sort of mutual understanding, enough the boy has little hope of winning heF love.
 CHAPTER xIII.-Erskine accompanies the Clark expedition to Kaskaskia, which ss captured. The Indians in the expedi- ton attempt to overthrow Clark. but largely through Erskine the plot fails. The boy accompanies his foster father. Kahtoo, back to the tribe Early Morn avows her love for him.
 CHAPTER KIV.-Erskine learns from the white woman. who believes herself dying. that he is her son, and Early Morn is his half-sster. Hearing this, the girl attempts suicide. Erskine saves her. His mother refuses to leave the trtbe and Erskne returns to Clark's com nand.
 CHAPTER xV.-Events of the Revolu- tion follow swiftly, with victory trem- bling in the balance against the Conti- nentals. though Clark's expedition Is com pletely triumphant. From French officers Erskine learns to fence, and becomes ex- pert. Fearing for Barbara's safety, as To rla Ia ra zinc Virpinia Erskipa h. tains leave of absence and returns to Red Oaks. He finds Grey there in a British uniform, and discovers proof that he has long been a traitor to the American cause.
 CHAPTER xvI-Rejoining the conu- nentai, army. Erskine is present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He notes that Grey Is not among the officers surrendertng and Is vaguely alarmed. CHAPTER XVII.-;Hastening to Red Oaks. Erskine finds Barbara on the verge of leaving her home to go to England with Grey. He decoys the latter to se' dence of his treachery. The two fight. Erskine kills Grey and escapes. Grvyg warped soul st1Tred on ,cs way with a craven cry for help. Erskine sprang back into the shadows and snatched his pistol from Ephraim's hand:
 "Get out of the way now. Tell them I did It."
 Once he looked back. He saw Bar bara at the hall door with old nanny behind her. With running leap he vaulted the hedge, and, hidden in the bushes Ephraim heard Firefy's hOofs beating ever more faintly the sandy road.
 CHAPTER XVIII
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