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A White Boy among the Indians	1
STORIES OF AMERICAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE.	1
THE MAKING OF A CANOE.	3
SOME THINGS ABOUT INDIAN CORN.	6
SOME WOMEN IN THE INDIAN WARS.	8
THE COMING OF TEA AND COFFEE.	10
KIDNAPPED BOYS.	12
THE STORY OF PETER WILLIAMSON.—TWICE A SLAVE.	12
SOLD LIKE JOSEPH.—STORIES OF TWO KIDNAPPED BOYS.	13
A LITTLE LORD SOLD INTO BONDAGE.	14
THE LAST BATTLE OF BLACKBEARD.	16
AN OLD PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL.	18
A DUTCH FAMILY IN THE REVOLUTION.	18
A SCHOOL OF LONG AGO.	20
STORIES OF WHALING.	22
A WHALING SONG.	26
PART OF A FAVORITE SONG SUNG BY WHALEMEN IN OLD TIMES.	26
GRANDMOTHER BEAR.	28
THE GREAT TURTLE.	29
THE RATTLESNAKE GOD.	31
WITCHCRAFT IN LOUISIANA.	32
A STORY OF NIAGARA.	35
AMONG THE ALLIGATORS.	36
JASPER.	37
SONG OF MARION’S MEN.	38
A BRAVE GIRL.	38
A PRISONER AMONG THE INDIANS.	39
HUNGRY TIMES IN THE WOODS.	41
SCOUWA BECOMES A WHITE MAN AGAIN.	43
A BABY LOST IN THE WOODS.	43
ELIZABETH ZANE.	45
THE RIVER PIRATES.	47
OLD-FASHIONED TELEGRAPHS.	49
TELEGRAPHING BY FIRE.	49
TELEGRAPHS IN THE REVOLUTION.	50
A BOY’S TELEGRAPH.	51
A BOY’S FOOLISH ADVENTURE.	52
A FOOT RACE FOR LIFE.	53
LORETTO AND HIS WIFE.	55
A BLACKFOOT STORY.	57
HOW FREMONT CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS.	58
FINDING GOLD IN CALIFORNIA.	60
DESCENDING THE GRAND CANYON.	62
THE-MAN-THAT-DRAWS-THE-HANDCART.	64
THE LAZY, LUCKY INDIAN.	67
PETER PETERSEN.	68
THE GREATEST OF TELESCOPE MAKERS.	71
ADVENTURES IN ALASKA.	73
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