Vanguards of the Plains
McCarter, Margaret Hill, 1860-1938
English
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VANGUARDS OF THE PLAINS
I COULD NOT SPEAK THEN, FOR ONE SENTENCE WAS RINGING IN MY EARS--"I WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF YOU"
VANGUARDS OF THE PLAINS
A ROMANCE OF THE OLD SANTA FÉ TRAIL
BY
MARGARET HILL McCARTER
AUTHOR OF The Price of the Prairie
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
VANGUARDS OF THE PLAINS
1917, Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
DEDICATION
This story of the old Santa Fé Trail would do honor to the memory of those stalwart men who defied the desert, who walked the prairies boldly, and who died bravely--vanguards in the building of a firm highway for the commerce of a westward-moving Empire.
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PART I
CLEARING THE TRAIL
I. THE BEGINNINGS OF A PLAINSMAN
II. A DAUGHTER OF CANAAN
III. THE WIDENING HORIZON
IV. THE MAN IN THE DARK
V. WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST
VI. SPYING OUT THE LAND
VII. "SANCTUARY"
VIII. THE WILDERNESS CROSSROADS
PART II
BUILDING THE TRAIL
IX. IN THE MOON OF THE PEACH BLOSSOM
X. THE HANDS THAT CLING
XI. "OUR FRIENDS--THE ENEMY"
XII. THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE PLAINS
XIII. IN THE SHELTER OF SAN MIGUEL
XIV. OPENING THE RECORD
XV. THE SANCTUARY ROCKS OF SAN CHRISTOBAL
XVI. FINISHING TOUCHES
XVII. SWEET AND BITTER WATERS
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