Molly McDonald - A Tale of the Old Frontier

CONTENTS : I  AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION II  "BRICK" HAMLIN III  THE NEWS AT RIPLEY IV  THE ATTACK V  THE DEFENCE OF THE STAGE VI  THE CONDITION IN THE COACH VII  PLANS FOE ESCAPE VIII  A WAY TO THE RIVER IX  ACROSS THE RIVER X  THE RIPENING OF ACQUAINTANCE XI  A REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST XII  THE PARTING XIII  BACK AT FORT DODGE XIV  UNDER ARREST XV  AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE XVI  THE MEETING XVII  AT CROSS-PURPOSES XVIII  ANOTHER MESSAGE XIX  A FULL CONFESSION XX  MLLY TELLS HER STORY XXI  MOLLY DISAPPEARS XXII  A DEEPENING MYSTERY XXIII  THE DEAD BODY XXIV  IN PURSUIT XXV  IN THE BLIZZARD XXVI  UNSEEN DANGER XXVII  HUGHES' STORY XXVIII  SNOWBOUND XXIX  THE CHASE XXX  THE FIGHT IN THE SNOW XXXI  THE GIRL AND THE MAN XXXII  WORDS OF LOVE XXXIII  MOLLY'S STORY XXXIV  THE ADVANCE OF CUSTER XXXV  THE INDIAN TRAIL XXXVI  READY TO ATTACKXXXVII  THE BATTLE WITH THE INDIANS XXXVIII  AT CAMP SUPPLY ILLUSTRATIONS:  His fingers gripped the iron top rail, and he slowly pulledhis body up . . . . . . Frontispiece "No, don't move! The stage has been gutted and set on fire" The two started back at his rather abrupt entrance His Colt poised for action, he lifted the wooden latch an excerpt from: CHAPTER I AN UNPLEASANT SITUATION When, late in May, 1868, Major Daniel McDonald, Sixth Infantry, was first assigned to command the new three company post established southwest of Fort Dodge, designed to protect the newly discovered Cimarron trail leading to Santa Fé across the desert, and, purely by courtesy, officially termed Fort Devere, he naturally considered it perfectly safe to invite his only daughter to join him there for her summer vacation. Indeed, at that time, there was apparently no valid reason why he should deny himself this pleasure. Except for certain vague rumors regarding uneasiness among the Sioux warriors north of the Platte, the various tribes of the Plains were causing no unusual trouble to military authorities, although, of course, there was no time in the history of that country utterly devoid of peril from young raiders, usually aided and abetted by outcast whites. However, the Santa Fé route, by this date, had become a well-travelled trail, protected by scattered posts along its entire route, frequently patrolled by troops, and merely considered dangerous for small parties, south of the Cimarron, where roving Comanches in bad humor might be encountered. Fully assured as to this by officers met at Fort Ripley, McDonald, who had never before served west of the Mississippi, wrote his daughter a long letter, describing in careful detail the route, set an exact date for her departure, and then, satisfied all was well arranged, set forth with his small command on the long march overland. He had not seen his daughter for over two years, as during her vacation time (she was attending Sunnycrest School, on the Hudson), she made her home with an aunt in Connecticut....

Author / Editor: Parrish, Randall

Category: Action & Adventure

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