Deerfoot in The Mountains is a children's adventure novel, the third in the New Deerfoot Series. It follows young Deerfoot and his companions through the American wilderness and mountains during the era of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It is worth listening to for its frontier adventure, friendship, and vivid natural settings.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
Panoramic scene of a lake, hills with trees, clouds in the sky
A Friend in Need.
A Friend in Need.
NEW DEERFOOT SERIES
Deerfoot in the Mountains
BY
EDWARD S. ELLIS
Author of "Deerfoot in the Forest," "Deerfoot on the Prairies,"
"An American King," "The Cromwell of Virginia,"
"The Boy Pioneer Series," "Log Cabin Series,"
Etc., Etc.
Illustrated
with Eight Engravings by J. Steeple Davis PHILADELPHIA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. 1905 THE NEW DEERFOOT SERIES BY EDWARD S. ELLIS Illustrated by J. STEEPLE DAVIS No. 1.—Deerfoot in the Forest No. 2.—Deerfoot on the Prairies No. 3.—Deerfoot in the Mountains Each contains seven half-tone engravings and color frontispiece. They make more real the fortunes and adventures of the heroic little band that journeys through the wilderness and prairies from the Ohio to the Pacific. It was in the time of daring when Lewis and Clark were engaged in their thrilling expedition that the adventures narrated by the distinguished author of boys' books are described as occurring. Our old friends, George and Victor, of the "Log Cabin Series," are again met with in these pages, and the opportunity of once more coming face to face with Deerfoot will be welcomed by every juvenile reader. The New Deerfoot Series is bound in
uniform style in cloth, with side and back stamped in colors. Price, single volume $1.00 Price, per set of three volumes, in attractive box 3.00 Copyright by The John C. Winston Co., 1905 CONTENTS Page Chap. I. Eastward Bound 9 Chap. II. Lost, Strayed or Stolen 23 Chap. III. The Trail Northward 37 Chap. IV. The Land of the Assiniboines 51 Chap. V. A Welcome Sight 65 Chap. VI. Comrades True 79 Chap. VII. A Mishap 93 Chap. VIII. Enemies and Friends 106 Chap. IX. In the Rockies 121 Chap. X. In the Blackfoot Country 135 Chap. XI. In Winter Quarters 149 Chap. XII. Blackfoot Citizens 161 Chap. XIII. Summoned to Court 173 Chap. XIV. A New Blackfoot Citizen 185 Chap. XV. The Spirit Circle 197
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