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CONTENTS THE CROSSING BOOK I. THE BORDERLAND CHAPTER I. THE BLUE WALL CHAPTER II. WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS CHAPTER III. CHARLESTOWN CHAPTER IV. TEMPLE BOW CHAPTER V. CRAM'S HELL CHAPTER VI. MAN PROPOSES, BUT GOD DISPOSES CHAPTER VII. IN SIGHT OF THE BLUE WALL ONCE MORE CHAPTER VIII. THE NOLLICHUCKY TRACE CHAPTER IX. ON THE WILDERNESS TRAIL CHAPTER X. HARRODSTOWN CHAPTER XI. FRAGMENTARY CHAPTER XII. THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS CHAPTER XIII. KASKASKIA CHAPTER XIV. HOW THE KASKASKEIANS WERE MADE CITIZENS CHAPTER XV. DAYS OF TRIAL CHAPTER XVI. DAVY GOES TO CAHOKIA CHAPTER XVII. THE SACRIFICE CHAPTER XVIII. "AN' YE HAD BEEN WHERE I HAD BEEN" CHAPTER XIX. THE HAIR BUYER TRAPPED CHAPTER XX. THE CAMPAIGN ENDS BOOK II. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM CHAPTER I. IN THE CABIN CHAPTER II. "THE BEGGARS ARE COME TO TOWN" CHAPTER III. WE GO TO DANVILLE CHAPTER IV. I CROSS THE MOUNTAINS ONCE MORE CHAPTER V. I MEET AN OLD BEDFELLOW CHAPTER VI. THE WIDOW BROWN'S CHAPTER VII. I MEET A HERO CHAPTER VIII. TO ST. LOUIS CHAPTER IX. "CHERCHEZ LA FEMME" CHAPTER X. THE KEEL BOAT CHAPTER XI. THE STRANGE CITY CHAPTER XII. LES ILES CHAPTER XIII. MONSIEUR AUGUSTE ENTRAPPED CHAPTER XIV. RETRIBUTION BOOK III. LOUISIANA CHAPTER I. THE RIGHTS OF MAN CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE ABOVE THE FALLS CHAPTER III. LOUISVILLE CELEBRATES CHAPTER IV. OF A SUDDEN RESOLUTION CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF THE HONEYCOMBED TILES CHAPTER VI. MADAME LA VICOMTESSE CHAPTER VII. THE DISPOSAL OF THE SIEUR DE ST. GRE CHAPTER VIII. AT LAMARQUE'S CHAPTER IX. MONSIEUR LE BARON CHAPTER X. THE SCOURGE CHAPTER XI. "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE" CHAPTER XII. VISIONS, AND AN AWAKENING CHAPTER XIII. A MYSTERY CHAPTER XIV. "TO UNPATHED WATERS, UNDREAMED SHORES" CHAPTER XV. AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF A MAN