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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:
