Index:Bridge of the Gods (Balch).djvu

TitleThe Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon
AuthorF. H. Balch
IllustratorL. Maynard Dixon
Year1912
PublisherA. C. McClurg & Co.
LocationChicago
Sourcedjvu
ProgressTo be proofread
TransclusionIndex not transcluded or unreviewed

CONTENTS.


Book I.

THE APOSTLE TO THE INDIANS.

CHAPTER PAGE I. THE NEW ENGLAND MEETING 13 II. THE MINISTER S HOME 21 III. A DARKENED FIRESIDE 31 IV. THE COUNCIL OF ORDINATION 39 V. INTO TRACKLESS WILDS 47


Book II.

THE OPENING OF THE DRAMA.

THE OPENING OF THE DRAMA. I. SHALL THE GREAT COUNCIL BE HELD? . 53 II. THE WAR-CHIEF AND THE SEER .... 69 III. WALLULAH ............ 74 IV. SENDING OUT THE RUNNERS ...... 87

Book III.

THE GATHERING OF THE TRIBES.

I. THE BROKEN PEACE-PIPE ...... 91 II. ON THE WAY TO THE COUNCIL .... 103 III. THE GREAT CAMP ON THE ISLAND ... 120 IV. AN INDIAN TRIAL ......... 131

V. SENTENCED TO THE WOLF-DEATH .... 142

Book IV.

THE LOVE TALE.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE INDIAN TOWN ........ 151 II. THE WHITE WOMAN IN THE WOOD . . 159 III. CECIL AND THE WAR-CHIEF ..... 169 IV. ARCHERY AND GAMBLING ...... 176 V. A DEAD QUEEN S JEWELS ...... 181 VI. THE TWILIGHT TALE ........ 191 VII. ORATOR AGAINST ORATOR ...... 200 VIII. IN THE DARK ........... 210 IX. QUESTIONING THE DEAD ...... 217

Book V.

THE SHADOW OF THE END.

I. THE HAND OF THE GREAT SPIRIT = . . 227 II. THE MARRIAGE AND THE BREAKING UP 241 III. AT THE CASCADES ......... 248 IV. MULTNOMAH S DEATH-CANOE ..... 260

V. As WAS WRIT IN THE BOOK OF FATE . 268

ILLUSTRATIONS.


" 'What think you now, Tohomish?' "
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Frontispiece
" 'I have spoken; I will not turn back from my words' "
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" 'The Earth hears us, the Sun sees us' "
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The Great "Witch Mountain" of the Indians
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" 'I will kill him' "
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" 'It was the Death-song of the Willamettes' "
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" 'Come back! Come back!' "
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Multomah's Death-canoe
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