Category: Historical Novels
Having reached the age of sixteen winters, Running Fox, the son of Black Panther, a famous Delaware war-chief, determined to establish his reputation as a warrior. He knew, however, that before he could gain admission into the gallant company of fighting men he would have to p...
Having reached the age of sixteen winters, Running Fox, the son of Black Panther, a famous Delaware war-chief, determined to establish his reputation as a warrior. He knew, howe...
16. CHAPTER XVI—THE ESCAPEThe following day the Delawares waited impatiently for an opportunity to venture into the village, and learn the result of the battle. However, the day was more than half gone b...
15. CHAPTER XV—A BATTLE WITH THE CHIPPEWASFor a long time the lads were kept in continual doubt as to whether they were to live or die. Then they unexpectedly found a friend in the young son of one of the Mohawk medicin...
13. CHAPTER XIII—SURPRISEDShortly after dark the impatient young Delawares set out on their perilous search for the Mohawk camp. When they reached the base of the ridge they stopped to listen. Then, as t...
2. CHAPTER II—INTO THE PERILOUS NORTHThat night Running Fox sufficiently recovered his strength to tell his dream to Sky Dog, the medicine-man. The latter listened with much interest as the excited lad described hi...
6. CHAPTER VI—A PROWLER IN THE DARKThe night passed without further attack, and at dawn the lads scouted carefully about the scene of the battle and found the bodies of twelve large timber wolves. They found anot...
14. CHAPTER XIV—ANXIOUS DAYSSpotted Deer said that he had been surprised and captured soon after Running Fox left him. At first the Mohawks mistook him for a Shawnee, and his appearance in the camp was the...
18. CHAPTER XVIII—THE IROQUOIS BLUNDER INTO A TRAPTwo days later the lads reached the Delaware village. Their sudden appearance caused a great commotion. “Running Fox has come! Running Fox has come!” cried the Delawares. The ne...
4. CHAPTER IV—IN THE GRIP OF THE RAPIDSThe sun was already above the tree-tops when Running Fox finally rejoined Spotted Deer at the river. They seated themselves on a fallen tree, and Running Fox showed his trophies...
3. CHAPTER III—A THRILLING ADVENTUREThe sun was well above the mountains before the young Delawares descended to the river, and resumed the perilous journey into the north. Running Fox told Spotted Deer about the...
9. CHAPTER IX—FORCED INTO HIDINGThe Delawares had not gone far when they heard sounds which convinced them that the Mohawks were already searching for them. The thought spurred them to greater efforts, and the...
5. CHAPTER V—WOLVESThe following day found the Delawares too stiff and sore from their battle with the rapids to proceed with their journey. They limped as far as the spot where they had hidden th...
8. CHAPTER VIII—A NARROW ESCAPEAt daylight the lads continued along the ridge upon which they had spent the night, until they found a spot which offered them a long, unobstructed view of the river. Then they...
17. CHAPTER XVII—PURSUED BY THE ENEMYThe Delawares bounded through the woods like frightened deer, for they knew that the Mohawks were close at their heels. Then they heard something that filled them with dread. Th...
10. CHAPTER X—SPOTTED DEER DISAPPEARSThe night passed without alarm, and at daylight the Delawares began to listen for signals. As the time passed, and they neither saw nor heard anything of the Mohawks, they belie...
7. CHAPTER VII—THE MYSTERIOUS CANOEThe Delawares had not gone far the following day before they came upon an inviting eddy in the river, and as the day was unusually warm they determined to loiter for a swim. The...
11. CHAPTER XI—A SKIRMISH WITH THE SHAWNEESThe Delawares immediately set out to find the distant lake, and learn the identity of the people whom Spotted Deer had seen. They followed the route which Running Fox had taken...
12. CHAPTER XII—SMOKERunning Fox immediately took the lead, and turned toward the north. He believed that the Shawnees would hesitate to follow them far in that direction for fear of being led into...
20. CHAPTER XX—VICTORYFighting continued at intervals throughout the night, and daylight found the exhausted Delawares still keeping weary vigil at the edge of the camp. They had lost almost half of...
19. CHAPTER XIX—THE ATTACK ON THE DELAWARE CAMPWhen Running Fox and his companions returned to the camp they found everything in readiness for an attack. As there was no stockade about the village, the Delawares had hastily...