THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES.
FRANK
IN THE MOUNTAINS.
BY HARRY CASTLEMON,
AUTHOR OF "THE GUN-BOAT SERIES,"
"THE GO-AHEAD SERIES," ETC.
PHILADELPHIA:
PORTER & COATES.
CINCINNATI, O.:
R. W. CARROLL & CO.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868,
by R. W. CARROLL & CO.
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States,
for the Southern District of Ohio.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | The Foot-race | 5 |
| CHAPTER II. | What Came of It | 20 |
| CHAPTER III. | Frank Learns Something | 34 |
| CHAPTER IV. | The Trapper a Prisoner | 48 |
| CHAPTER V. | Archie Finds a New Uncle | 66 |
| CHAPTER VI. | The Medicine-man | 85 |
| CHAPTER VII. | In the Mountains | 102 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | Frank's Friend the Grizzly | 123 |
| CHAPTER IX. | Adam Brent's Story | 142 |
| CHAPTER X. | Turning out a Panther | 159 |
| CHAPTER XI. | Frank in Search of his Supper | 181 |
| CHAPTER XII. | Adam Besieged | 200 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | Dick in a New Character | 219 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | A Ride for Life | 239 |
| CHAPTER XV. | Conclusion | 257 |
FRANK IN THE MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER I.
THE FOOT-RACE.
One sultry afternoon in September, about four weeks after the occurrenceof the events we have attempted to describe in the second volume of thisseries, Frank and Archie found themselves comfortably settled in newquarters, hundreds of miles from the scene of their recent exploits.According to arrangement, they accompanied Captain Porter on hisexpedition, and in due time encamped a short distance from an old Indiantrading-post, in the very heart of the Rocky Mountains.
The journey across the plains, from Fort Yuma on the Colorado to thehead-waters of the Missouri, was accomplished without danger ordifficulty. The expedition traveled rapidly, and the o