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                             Little Wolf.

                                A TALE
                       OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER.

                                  BY
                         MRS. M. A. CORNELIUS.


                              CINCINNATI:
                        JOURNAL AND MESSENGER,
                          No. 178 ELM STREET.


     Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by
                         MRS. M. A. CORNELIUS,
      In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.




CONTENTS:


  CHAPTER I.
    A sad breakfast--The Sherman Family--The Language of
    Flowers--What a Young Man was sure of--The Parting             5

  CHAPTER II.
    Pendleton--The Revelation at the Saloon--Euphonious
    names--The Encounter--Our Heroine Appears and Highwaymen
    Disappear                                                     19

  CHAPTER III.
    A Reign of Confusion--Bloody Jim--Little Wolf's Allies
    Prepare for Defence--Family Trouble                           30

  CHAPTER IV.
    More Troubles--Who was Bloody Jim--His Attempt at Kidnapping
    Little Wolf--The Cause of His Hatred and the Terror he
    Inspired                                                      41

  CHAPTER V.
    Dr. Goodrich leaves with Daddy as Guide--Daddy's War-like
    Preparations--His Testimony to the Curse of Strong
    Drink--What they Discovered on their way to the Village       53

  CHAPTER VI.
    The Saloon Keeper--Comforting Reflections--The Unwelcome
    Call--Diabolical Plotting                                     70

  CHAPTER VII.
    Music--The Warning--Preparations for Winter Interrupted--The
    Welcome Boat                                                  77

  CHAPTER VIII