Category: Adventure

The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains

IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO A MAD HERO, A RECKLESS LOVER, AND A RUNAWAY HUSBAND--BACKWOODS JUVENILE TRAINING DESCRIBED--THE PRINCIPLES OF FIGHTING FULLY DISCUSSED, AND SOME VALUABLE HINTS THROWN OUT.

Chapters

13. Chapter 13

THE PURSUIT--CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES OF THE ARTIST--STRATEGIC MOVEMENTS-- SURPRISED IN THE WILD-CAT PASS--MARCH SHOWS COOLNESS AND PLUCK IN THE HOUR OF DANGER--A TERRIFIC ONSLAUG...

18. Chapter 18

THE CAVE OF THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST--MARCH AND MARY HOLD PLEASANT INTERCOURSE--DICK'S GOOD QUALITIES ENLARGED ON--THE WILD MAN GIVES A REDSKIN A STRANGE LESSON--A STARTLING INT...

9. Chapter 9

A little red squirrel had been seated on the trunk of that tree just two minutes before his arrival. It was now seated on the topmost branch of a neighbouring pine, looking with...

20. Chapter 20

When Dick, _alias_ the Wild Man of the West, left his cave, as narrated in a previous chapter, and galloped away with reckless speed to afford the aid of his stout right arm to...

16. Chapter 16

MARCH GETS A SURPRISE; MORE THAN THAT, HE GETS A VARIETY OF SURPRISES-- MEETS WITH A STRANGE HUNTER--GOES IN A STRANGE FASHION TO A STRANGE CAVERN AND BEHOLDS STRANGE SIGHTS--BE...

25. Chapter 25

MARCH MARSTON AT HOME--HIS ASTONISHING BEHAVIOUR--NARRATION OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES--WIDOW MARSTON'S BOWER--THE RENDEZVOUS OF THE TRAPPERS--A STRANGE INTERRUPTION TO MAR...

2. Chapter 2

THE GREAT PRAIRIE--A WILD CHASE--A REMARKABLE ACCIDENT AND AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARGER, ALL OF WHICH TERMINATE IN A CRASH--BOUNCE TALKS PHILOSOPHY AND TELLS OF TERRIBLE THINGS--OUR...

4. Chapter 4

Meanwhile Black Gibault, having followed the course of the river for some distance on foot, struck into the woods, sought for and found the track of the bear, and, looking caref...

7. Chapter 7

One of the ancient poets has said that wandering through the wild woods is a pleasant thing. At least, if one of them has not said that, he ought to have said it, and, certainly...

11. Chapter 11

ORIGINAL EFFORTS IN THE ART OF PAINTING--FUR-TRADING HOSPITALITY-- WONDERFUL ACCOUNTS OF THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST, FROM AN EYE-WITNESS-- BUFFALO HUNTING, SCALPING, MURDERING, AN...

6. Chapter 6

There are few passages in Holy Writ more frequently brought to remembrance by the incidents of everyday life than this--"Ye know not what a day or an hour may bring forth." The...

5. Chapter 5

There is no doubt whatever that a western trapper knows how to make a fire. That is an axiomatic certainty. He also knows how to enjoy it. He is thoroughly conversant with it in...

8. Chapter 8

The sun was high, scattering the golden clouds in the bright sky, gilding the hilltops, flooding the plains, vivifying vegetable life, and gladdening the whole animal creation,...

3. Chapter 3

After paddling, and hauling, and lifting, and tearing, and wading, and toiling, and struggling, for three weeks, our hero and his friends found themselves deep in the heart of t...

10. Chapter 10

A horse is a wonderful thing--if we may presume to style so noble a creature "a thing!" And the associations connected in some minds with a horse are wonderful associations. No...

24. Chapter 24

When they reached the entrance to the cavern, March and his companion dismounted; but the latter was so weak from loss of blood that he stumbled at the foot of the track, and fe...

12. Chapter 12

When McLeod returned to the square, he found that the trappers had adjourned with the men of the establishment to enjoy a social pipe together, and that Theodore Bertram was tak...

19. Chapter 19

There are few things in this world which are not somewhat mysterious, or that cannot be, by a peculiar combination of circumstances, more or less invested with mystery; and we h...

23. Chapter 23

MARCH MARSTON IS PERPLEXED, SO ARE HIS FRIENDS--AN UNLOOKED-FOR MEETING--TERRIBLE NEWS--THE ATTACK--THE WILD MAN OF THE WEST ONCE AGAIN RENDERS SIGNAL SERVICE TO THE TRAPPERS--W...

1. Chapter 1

IN WHICH THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO A MAD HERO, A RECKLESS LOVER, AND A RUNAWAY HUSBAND--BACKWOODS JUVENILE TRAINING DESCRIBED--THE PRINCIPLES OF FIGHTING FULLY DISCUSSED, AND...

21. Chapter 21

MARCH, THOUGH WILLING IN SPIRIT, FINDS HIS BODY WEAK--HE MAKES MARY A PRESENT--THE TRAPPERS SET OUT TO SEARCH FOR THEIR LOST COMRADE--AN UNEXPECTED MEETING--BIG WALLER WAXES PUG...

14. Chapter 14

At the period of which we write, the fur of the beaver was much in demand in the European markets, and trappers devoted much of their time to the capture of that sagacious anima...

17. Chapter 17

It is all very well for men of the world, men of fashion, men who pride themselves on being highly civilised and peculiarly refined, to fancy that there are no other visions in...

15. Chapter 15

One morning, just as the trappers were dropping into camp about the usual breakfast hour, laden with the produce of the trap and the chase, they were startled by the sudden appe...

22. Chapter 22

Of course March was filled with surprise at this second unexpected return of Dick; but the latter relieved his mind by explaining, in an offhand way, that he had met a man who h...