A VOLUNTEER WITH PIKE

The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for theFair Señorita Vallois

BY ROBERT AMES BENNET

AUTHOR OF "FOR THE WHITE CHRIST," "INTO THE PRIMITIVE," ETC.

With four Illustrations in color by

CHARLOTTE WEBER-DITZLER

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1909

Copyright
By A. C. McCLURG & Co.
1909

Published October 2, 1909

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

All rights reserved

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

TO ONE
WHO FOLLOWED AFTER PIKE TO
THE GRAND PEAK
HALF A CENTURY LATER
MY FATHER

"'We go in now, señorita,' I said, offering her my arm"

Contents

CHAPTER I. The Rose in the Mire
CHAPTER II. Plain Thomas Jefferson
CHAPTER III. At the President's House
CHAPTER IV. Señorita Alisanda
CHAPTER V. Gulf and Barrier
CHAPTER VI. The Web of the Plotter
CHAPTER VII. Ship and Crew
CHAPTER VIII. The Hospitable Blennerhassetts
CHAPTER IX. My Indian Tale
CHAPTER X. The Father of Waters
CHAPTER XI. General Wilkinson
CHAPTER XII. Au Revoir
CHAPTER XIII. Against the Current
CHAPTER XIV. The Lure
CHAPTER XV. The Pawnee Peril
CHAPTER XVI. The Barrier of Rock
CHAPTER XVII. The Grand Peak
CHAPTER XVIII. Famine and Frost
CHAPTER XIX. Beyond the Barrier
CHAPTER XX. A Message to My Lady
CHAPTER XXI. Ho for Chihuahua!
CHAPTER XXII. Glimpses of Fate
CHAPTER XXIII. The House of Vallois
CHAPTER XXIV. ...