The Settler and the Savage
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About This Book
R. M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. In 1848 he published his first book, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated. The Young Fur-Traders (1856), The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: A Tale of Eski...
Chapters (60)(click to expand)
- R.M. Ballantyne "The Settler and the Savage"
- Chapter One.
- The Wild Karroo.
- Chapter Two.
- Introduces a Cape Dutchman and his Family, and Shows the Uncertainty of Human Plans.
- Chapter Three.
- Describes the somewhat Curious Beginning of Settler-Life in South Africa.
- Chapter Four.
- Further Particulars of “Settlers’ Town,” and a Start made for the Promised Land.
- Chapter Five.
- Adventures and Incidents of the First Night in the “Bush”.
- Chapter Six.
- Spreading over the Land.
- Chapter Seven.
- The “Location.”
- Chapter Eight.
- Shows the Pleasures, Pains, and Penalties of Housekeeping in the Bush.
- Chapter Nine.
- Off to the Highlands and Black Snakes in the Bush.
- Chapter Ten.
- The Location on the River of Baboons.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Explorations and Hunting Experiences.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Gives some Account of a Great Lion-Hunt.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Adventure with an Ostrich.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Bergenaars.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Treats of the Zuurveld again, and one or two Surprising Incidents.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- The Great Floods of 1823.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Treats of Hopes, Fears, and Prospects, besides describing a Peculiar Battle.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- Fairs, Fights, Free-Trade, Factions, and other Matters.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- Describes a Series of Early Risings.
- Chapter Twenty.
- Treats of the Delights, Dangers, and Distresses of the Wilderness.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- Treats of Matters too Numerous and Stirring to be briefly referred to.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Tells of Dark and Threatening Clouds, and War.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- War.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- Shows what befell a Trader and an Emigrant Band.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- Treats of Various Strange Incidents, some Interesting Matters, and a Rescue.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Relates Incidents of the War and a Great Deliverance.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- The Fate of the Paramount Chief of Kafirland.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- The Results of War.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- The Last.
- The End.
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