Chapters (25)(click to expand)
- R.M. Ballantyne "The Pioneers"
- Preface.
- Chapter One.
- Shows how it began.
- Chapter Two.
- Terrible Discoveries and Altered Plans.
- Chapter Three.
- Introduces the King of Pioneers.
- Chapter Four.
- Vicissitudes of the Voyage—Indians Met with, etcetera.
- Chapter Five.
- Describes a Literal Wild-Goose Chase and Other Matters.
- Chapter Six.
- Indians met with, and the Mouth of the Great River Reached.
- Chapter Seven.
- A Voyage of Discovery to the Far West Planned and Begun.
- Chapter Eight.
- Difficulties and Dangers Faced and Overcome.
- Chapter Nine.
- Deeper and Deeper into the Unknown Wilderness.
- Chapter Ten.
- The Last.
- The End.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Extract of Letter Referred to on Page 85.
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