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  THE DOG CRUSOE

  AND

  HIS MASTER

  A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies

  By

  ROBERT MICHAEL BALLANTYNE

  Author of "The Coral Island," "The Young Fur-Traders," "Ungava,"

  "The Gorilla-Hunters," "The World of Ice,"

  "Martin Rattler."

  &c

  1894

  _CONTENTS_.

  CHAPTER I.

  _The backwoods settlement--Crusoe's parentage and early history--Theagonizing pains and sorrows of his puppyhood, and other interestingmatters_.

  CHAPTER II.

  _A shooting-match and its consequences--New friends introduced to thereader--Crusoe and his mother change masters_.

  CHAPTER III.

  _Speculative remarks with which the reader may or may not agree--Anold woman--Hopes and wishes commingled with hard facts--The dogCrusoe's education begun_.

  CHAPTER IV.

  _Our hero enlarged upon_--_Grumps_.

  CHAPTER V.

  _A mission of peace--Unexpected joys--Dick and Crusoe set off for theland of the Redskins, and meet with adventures by the way as a matterof course--in the wild woods_.

  CHAPTER VI.

  _The great prairies of the far west--A remarkable colony discovered,and a miserable night endured_.

  CHAPTER VII.

  _The "wallering" peculiarities of buffalo bulls--The first buffalohunt and its consequences--Crusoe comes to the rescue--Pawneesdiscovered--A monster buffalo hunt--Joe acts the part of ambassador_.

  CHAPTER VIII.

  _Dick and his friends visit the Indians and see many wonders--Crusoe,too, experiences a few surprises, and teaches Indian dogs a lesson--AnIndian dandy--A foot-race_.

  CHAPTER IX.

  _Crusoe acts a conspicuous and humane part--A friend gained--A greatfeast_.

  CHAPTER X.

  _Perplexities--Our hunters plan their escape--Unexpectedinterruption--The tables turned--Crusoe mounts guard--The escape_.

  CHAPTER XI.

  _Evening meditations and morning reflections--Buffaloes, badgers,antelopes, and accidents--An old bull and the wolves--"Madtails"--Henri floored, etc_.

  CHAPTER XII.

  _Wanderings on the prairie--A war party--Chased by Indians--A boldleap for life_.

  CHAPTER XIII.

  _Escape from Indians--A discovery--Alone in the desert_.

  CHAPTER XIV.

  _Crusoe's return, and his private adventures among the Indians--Dickat a very low ebb--Crusoe saves him_.

  CHAPTER XV.

  _Health and happiness return--Incidents of the journey--A buffaloshot--A wild horse "creased"--Dick's battle with a mustang_.

  CHAPTER XVI.

  _Dick becomes a horse tamer--Resumes his journey--Charlie'sdoings--Misfortunes which lead to, but do not terminate in, the RockyMountains--A grizzly bear_.

  CHAPTER XVII.

  _Dick's first fight with a grizzly--Adventure with a deer--Asurprise_.

  CHAPTER XVIII.

  _A surprise, and a piece of good news--The fur-traders--Crusoe proved,and the Peigans pursued_.

  CHAPTER XIX.

  _Adventures with the Peigans--Crusoe does good service as adiscoverer--The savages outwitted--The rescue_.

  CHAPTER XX.

  _New plans--Our travellers join the fur-traders, and see many strangethings--A curious fight--A narrow escape, and a prisoner taken_.

  CHAPTER XXI.

  _Wolves attack the horses, and Cameron circumvents the wolves--Abear-hunt, in which Henri shines conspicuous--Joe and the"Natter-list"--An alarm--A surprise and a capture_.

  CHAPTER XXII.

  _Charlie's adventures with savages and bears--Trapping life_.

  CHAPTER XXIII.

  _Savage sports--Living cataracts--An alarm--Indians and theirdoings--The stampede--Charlie again_.

  CHAPTER XXIV.

  _Plans and prospects--Dick becomes home-sick, and Henrimetaphysical--The Indians attack the camp--A blow-up_.

  CHAPTER XXV.

  _Dangers of the prairie--Our travellers attacked by Indians, anddelivered in a remarkable manner_.

  CHAPTER XXVI.

  _Anxious fears followed by a joyful surprise--Safe home at last, andhappy hearts_.

  CHAPTER XXVII.

  _Rejoicings--The feast at the block-house--Grumps and Crusoe come outstrong--The closing scene_.

  THE DOG CRUSOE.