Chapters 40-42 Summary

Jay and his group reach the Holston River, confident that they will find Lizzie. They still have Peg with them. Dobbs wants to turn back rather than risk getting lost in the mountains. Jay wakens in the middle of the night and sees the fact of an Indian. Lennox tackles the Indian before he can free Peg. They find he has a Jamisson knife. They pull out his nails until he pointed the way to the pass.

In chapter forty-two, Jay finds Mack and Lizzie. He is in the water when Jay and Lennox point guns at him. Dobbs appears with Peg, who is tied up. The Indian is also tied up and bloody.

Lizzie is hunting. A herd of deer appear. She aims and fires. The shot is heard by Jay and the others. Dobbs tells Jamisson not to shoot...