The Pioneer Boys of the Columbia; or, In the Wilderness of the Great Northwest

ON the following day the flag of the United States floated from the green hills of Columbia Bay. And, when the adventurers had become thoroughly rested, they began to discuss th...

"MORE trouble ahead!" cried Roger, starting back, for he did not fancy a hand-to-hand conflict with that furious beast, intent on claiming the game that had fallen to Dick's gun.

Dick hastened to comply, for by that time he also had detected the presence of the venomous reptiles. They seemed to be of a small species, such as can be found on the plains of...

"I am of the same opinion," declared Dick, "though for that matter I hope we may never need his help. After all, we did not lose much time, and it was worth while to save a life."

this calamity could only be looked on as a manifestation of anger on the part of the Great Manitou, who doubtless held the strange boys, with the white skins, under his protection.

"IF you think you can get on without me, Dick, I'd like to slip away for a little time," Roger was saying, after the boats had been run ashore, the horses tethered among the tre...

They had selected only dry wood for various reasons. In the first place, this would burn more readily, and thus throw off the heat they wanted in order to dry their clothes. At...

WITH lusty strokes the two boys urged the boat up-stream. The Indian sat amidship and seemed to be scanning the shore as though deeply interested in everything he saw; though, f...

NO sooner had Dick gained this point than he gave a whoop. It was a sound that Roger would recognize if he were living, and capable of giving back any sort of reply.

ON the following day orders were given to prepare to start once more in the direction of the beckoning West. There was not much to be done, for, knowing that their departure wou...

"HOW terribly big they seem, towering so high above us," Roger remarked to his cousin, as they stood just outside the camp that evening, looking upward at the lofty heights that...

IT was soon planned that a short stop should be made here, in order to recuperate to some extent after their recent strenuous experiences. A number of the men had become ill thr...

"I HOPE you don't think I'm discouraged, Dick, because so far no fish has come near my hook?" remarked Roger, when the time came to wrap their blankets around them and seek rest.

IT was with the utmost eagerness that the two boys studied the strange characters depicted on the strip of bark. The hand that had drawn them there must have been accustomed to...

THE man held a couple of guns in his hands and was apparently loaded down with the ammunition that had been left as a most attractive bait. He hung his head as if at first overc...

THE two prisoners had been made to sit down, and were under constant surveillance. It would not have been possible for them to make any move looking to escape without being imme...

Roger made this remark some two weeks after their adventure with the rascally Dacotahs, who had been misled by the false words of Andrew Waller. All this while the whites had be...

"THERE, I could see him reach down then and strike at a leaping wolf!" exclaimed Dick, showing signs of excitement, something he seldom did, since he had wonderful control over...

DICK knew the folly of resistance when he saw that, besides the two warriors who held him down, there were half a dozen others nearby. Roger, always impulsive and headstrong, wa...

WHEN they made this sudden plunge, the two boys were careful to maintain their grip upon the sides of the boat, one being on the right and the other on the left. Relieved of the...

SEEN for the first time in all their experience as hunters of big game, the animal that stood there facing the two boys was remarkable enough to arouse their interest to fever p...

"We must get away from here!" he cried, thinking of what Roger had said concerning the savage ways of the Indians, and how they often preferred killing their prisoners to lettin...

The afternoon was getting well along when Roger made this remark to his cousin. His tone had a vein of complaint in it, for, although Roger could tramp through the woods all day...

ROGER was considerably relieved when he heard his chum say this with so much confidence. A bear might be troublesome, but it was not to be compared with an Indian, for the latte...

FORTUNATELY the others were close at hand when this catastrophe happened. Dick, of course, plied his paddle with the utmost vigor, but, in spite of his endeavors, their canoe wa...

"I WONDER if the plan will work?" remarked Roger, when he and Dick once more found themselves alone, the captain having sauntered over to where some of the men were joking, Andr...

"I say, 'yes.' We started to make the run, and a little extra noise isn't going to frighten us off. Besides, we may not have another chance to try it."

"I did at first, but I was very tired, and he seemed to be sound asleep; so I gave it up. Perhaps, if I had kept awake for just another half hour, I might have caught him in the...

"Yes, and in every case if you went to the trouble to examine those trees," he was told by Dick, "you would find that they were rotten at the heart. They may keep on standing up...

THE first thing the boys noticed was the fact that two of the great beasts had gone down in answer to their shots. The camp was likely to have an abundance of fresh meat that ni...

The pioneer boys had often, when sitting at the knees of their fathers, heard how the crafty Indians along the Ohio River, wishing to coax the settlers ashore when they drifted...

There was a slight movement in the undergrowth just ahead of them. Dick, looking in that direction, was surprised to see a crouching animal slink away. He instantly recognized i...

IT was just at that critical moment that something wholly unexpected happened. As long as they lived Dick and Roger believed that the Providence that had so long watched over th...