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THE MISSOURI OUTLAWS

By

GUSTAVE AIMARD

AUTHOR OF "PRAIRIE FLOWER," "INDIAN SCOUT," ETC., ETC.

TRANSLATED BY PERCY B. ST. JOHN

LONDON

JOHN and ROBERT MAXWELL

MILTON HOUSE, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET

AND

35, ST. BRIDE STREET, LUDGATE CIRCUS.

1877

NOTICE.

GUSTAVE AIMARD was the adopted son of one of the most powerful Indiantribes, with whom he lived for more than fifteen years in the heart ofthe prairies, sharing their dangers and their combats, and accompanyingthem everywhere, rifle in one hand and tomahawk in the other. In turnsquatter, hunter, trapper, warrior, and miner, GUSTAVE AIMARD hastraversed America from the highest peaks of the Cordilleras to theocean shores, living from hand to mouth, happy for the day, carelessof the morrow. Hence it is that GUSTAVE AIMARD only describes hisown life. The Indians of whom he speaks he has known—the manners hedepicts are his own.

PREFACE

Very few of the soul-stirring narratives written by GUSTAVE AIMARDare equal in freshness and vigour to "The Missouri Outlaws," hithertounpublished in this country. The characters of the Squatter, the real,restless, unconquerable American, who is always going ahead, and ofhis wife and daughter, are admirably depicted, while his eccentricbrother is a perfect gem of description. The great interest, however,of the narrative is centred in Tom Mitchell, the mysterious outlaw,whose fortunes excite the readers' imagination to the utmost. Therecan be no doubt he is one of the most original characters depicted bythe versatile pen of the great French novelist. In addition to beinga story of adventure, "The Missouri Outlaws" is also a love tale, andabounds in tender pathos, the interest of which is well sustained in"The Prairie Flower" and in its sequel, "The Indian Scout."

PERCY B. ST. JOHN.

London: February, 1877.

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