THE ANTELOPE BOY;
OR,
SMOHOLLER, THE MEDICINE-MAN
A TALE OF INDIAN ADVENTURE AND MYSTERY.
BY GEORGE L. AIKEN.
NEW YORK.
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
FRANK STARR & CO.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
CONTENTS
- I The Surveyors’ Camp 9
- II The Arrow Message 14
- III Smoholler’s Fiend 19
- IV Smoholler’s Angel 24
- V The Scouting Party 28
- VI Finding the Trail 32
- VII A Desperate Encounter 35
- VIII The Prophet-Chief 39
- IX Conjuration 42
- X Oneotah 46
- XI A Silvan Repast 50
- XII The Tree-Ladder 54
- XIII Multuomah 59
- XIV The Chief’s Bride 63
- XV The Old Hunter’s Idea 67
- XVI Holding a Council 70
- XVII The Boy Embassadors 75
- XVIII The White Lily 80
- XIX On the Way 84
- XX Oneotah’s Memories 88
- XXI The Mystic Cavern 91
- XXII The Search is Ended 95
THE ANTELOPE BOY;
OR,
SMOHOLLER, THE MEDICINE-MAN.
CHAPTER I.
THE SURVEYORS’ CAMP.
The surveying party were camped upon the banks of theColumbia River, a short distance from the mouth of its confluent,the Yakima.
This party consisted of the two surveyors—Owen Blaikie,a bluff, middle-aged Scotchman, long since “naturalized” tothis country, and Cyrus Robbins, a shrewd young Yankee,twelve United States soldiers under command of LieutenantCharles Gardiner, detailed expressly from the nearest fort toprotect the su