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THE TRAIL BOOK

BY

MARY AUSTIN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MILO WINTER

1918








[Illustration: "'Arr-rr-ump!' I said"]



TO MARY, MY NIECE

IN THE HOPE THAT SHE MAY FIND THROUGH THE TRAILS OF HER OWN COUNTRY THE
ROAD TO WONDERLAND CONTENTS




   I  HOW OLIVER AND DORCAS JANE FOUND THE TRAIL

  II  WHAT THE BUFFALO CHIEF TOLD

 III  HOW THE MASTODON HAPPENED FIRST TO BELONG TO A MAN, AS TOLD BY
      ARRUMPA

  IV  THE SECOND PART OF THE MASTODON STORY, CONCERNING THE TRAIL TO THE
      SEA AND THE TALKING STICK OF TAKU-WAKIN

   V  HOW HOWKAWANDA AND FRIEND-AT-THE-BACK FOUND THE TRAIL TO THE BUFFALO
      COUNTRY; TOLD BY THE COYOTE

  VI  DORCAS JANE HEARS HOW THE CORN CAME TO THE VALLEY OF THE MISSI-SIPPU;
      TOLD BY THE CORN WOMAN

 VII  A TELLING OF THE SALT TRAIL, OF TSE-TSE-YOTE AND THE DELIGHT-MAKERS;
      TOLD BY MOKE-ICHA

VIII  YOUNG-MAN-WHO-NEVER-TURNS-BACK: A TELLING OF THE TALLEGEWI, BY ONE
      OF THEM

  IX  HOW THE LENNI-LENAPE CAME FROM SHINAKI AND THE TALLEGEWI FOUGHT THEM:
      THE SECOND PART OF THE MOUND-BUILDER'S STORY

   X  THE MAKING OF A SHAMAN: A TELLING OF THE IROQUOIS TRAIL, BY THE
      ONONDAGA

  XI  THE PEARLS OF COFACHIQUE: HOW LUCAS DE AYLLON CAME TO LOOK FOR THEM
      AND WHAT THE CACICA FAR-LOOKING DID TO HIM; TOLD BY THE PELICAN.

 XII  HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME TO TUSCALOOSA: A TELLING OF THE TRIBUTE
      ROAD BY THE LADY OF COFACHIQUE.

XIII  HOW THE IRON SHIRTS CAME LOOKING FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF CIBOLA;
      TOLD BY THE ROAD-RUNNER.

 XIV  HOW THE MAN OF TWO HEARTS KEPT THE SECRET OF THE HOLY PLACES; TOLD
      BY THE CONDOR.

  XV  HOW THE MEDICINE OF THE ARROWS WAS BROKEN AT REPUBLICAN RIVER; TOLD
      BY THE CHIEF OFFICER OF THE DOG SOLDIERS


APPENDIX

GLOSSARY




ILLUSTRATIONS


"'ARR-RR-UMP!' I SAID"

THE BUFFALO CHIEF

THE MASTODON

TAKU AND ARRUMPA

THE TRAIL TO THE SEA

THE TRAIL TO THE BUFFALO COUNTRY

SHOT DOWNWARD TO THE LEDGE WHERE HOWKAWANDA AND YOUNGER BROTHER HUGGED
THEMSELVES (in color)

THE CORN WOMEN

SIGN OF THE SUN AND THE FOUR QUARTERS

MOKE-ICHA

TSE-TSE-YOTE AND MOKE-ICHA (in Color)

TSE-TSE-YOTE AND MOKE-ICHA

THE MOUND-BUILDERS

THE IROQUOIS TRAIL

THE GOLD-SEEKERS

SHE COULD SEE THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN HIS HEART
(in Color)

THE CACICA FAR-LOOKING MEETS THE IRON SHIRTS

THE DESERT

THE CONDOR THAT HAS HIS NEST ON EL MORRO

THE DOG SOLDIERS

LINE ART OF BUFFALO

THE TRAIL BOOK




I

HOW OLIVER AND DORCAS JANE FOUND THE TRAIL


From the time that he had first found, himself alone with them, Oliver
had felt sure that the animals could come alive again if they wished.
That was one blowy afternoon about a week after his father had been made
night engineer and nobody had come into the Museum for several hours.

Oliver had been sitting for some time in front of the Buffalo case,
wondering what might be at the other end of the trail. The cows that
stood midway in it had such a _going_ look