PART I. THE TENTATIVE PERIOD

Chapter

I. WASHINGTON IRVING

_Rip Van Winkle_ _1820_ 39

II. WILLIAM AUSTIN

_Peter Rugg, the Missing Man_ _1824_ 61

III. JAMES HALL

_The French Village_ _1829_ 99

IV. ALBERT PIKE

_The Inroad of the Nabajo_ _1833_ 115