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The Crossing

  
[frontispiece]
  
[title page]
 1. 
BOOK I. THE BORDERLAND
 2. 
BOOK II. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
 3. 
BOOK III. LOUISIANA
 4. 
[contents]
  
ILLUSTRATIONS

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BOOK I: THE BORDERLAND
 1.1. 
CHAPTER I THE BLUE WALL
 1.2. 
CHAPTER II WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
 1.3. 
CHAPTER III CHARLESTOWN
 1.4. 
CHAPTER IV TEMPLE BOW
 1.5. 
CHAPTER V CRAM'S HELL
 1.6. 
CHAPTER VI MAN PROPOSES, BUT GOD DISPOSES
 1.7. 
CHAPTER VII IN SIGHT OF THE BLUE WALL ONCE MORE
 1.8. 
CHAPTER VIII THE NOLLICHUCKY TRACE
 1.9. 
CHAPTER IX ON THE WILDERNESS TRAIL
 1.10. 
CHAPTER X HARRODSTOWN
 1.11. 
CHAPTER XI FRAGMENTARY
 1.12. 
CHAPTER XII THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS
 1.13. 
CHAPTER XIII KASKASKIA
 1.14. 
CHAPTER XIV HOW THE KASKASKEIANS WERE MADE CITIZENS
 1.15. 
CHAPTER XV DAYS OF TRIAL
 1.16. 
CHAPTER XVI DAVY GOES TO CAHOKIA
 1.17. 
CHAPTER XVII THE SACRIFICE
 1.18. 
CHAPTER XVIII "AN' YE HAD BEEN WHERE I HAD BEEN"
 1.19. 
CHAPTER XIX THE HAIR BUYER TRAPPED
 1.20. 
CHAPTER XX THE CAMPAIGN ENDS
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BOOK II: FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
 2.1. 
CHAPTER I IN THE CABIN
 2.2. 
CHAPTER II "THE BEGGARS ARE COME TO TOWN"
 2.3. 
CHAPTER III WE GO TO DANVILLE
 2.4. 
CHAPTER IV I CROSS THE MOUNTAINS ONCE MORE
 2.5. 
CHAPTER V I MEET AN OLD BEDFELLOW
 2.6. 
CHAPTER VI THE WIDOW BROWN' S
 2.7. 
CHAPTER VII I MEET A HERO
 2.8. 
CHAPTER VIII TO ST. LOUIS
 2.9. 
CHAPTER IX "CHERCHEZ LA FEMME"
 2.10. 
CHAPTER X THE KEEL BOAT
 2.11. 
CHAPTER XI THE STRANGE CITY
 2.12. 
CHAPTER XII LES ÎLES
 2.13. 
CHAPTER XIII MONSIEUR AUGUSTE ENTRAPPED
 2.14. 
CHAPTER XIV RETRIBUTION
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BOOK III: LOUISIANA
 3.1. 
CHAPTER I THE RIGHTS OF MAN
 3.2. 
CHAPTER II THE HOUSE ABOVE THE FALLS
 3.3. 
CHAPTER III LOUISVILLE CELEBRATES
 3.4. 
CHAPTER IV OF A SUDDEN RESOLUTION
 3.5. 
CHAPTER V THE HOUSE OF THE HONEYCOMBED TILES
 3.6. 
CHAPTER VI MADAME LA VICOMTESSE
 3.7. 
CHAPTER VII THE DISPOSAL OF THE SIEUR DE ST. GRÉ
 3.8. 
CHAPTER VIII AT LAMARQUE'S
 3.9. 
CHAPTER IX MONSIEUR LE BARON
 3.10. 
CHAPTER X THE SCOURGE
 3.11. 
CHAPTER XI "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE"
 3.12. 
CHAPTER XII VISIONS, AND AN AWAKENING
 3.13. 
CHAPTER XIII A MYSTERY
 3.14. 
CHAPTER XIV "TO UNPATHED WATERS, UNDREAMED SHORES"
 3.15. 
CHAPTER XV AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF A MAN
 4. 
AFTERWORD

  
[notes]
  
DAUGHTERS OF NIJO A ROMANCE OF JAPAN BY ONOTO WATANNA
  
THE CALL OF THE WILD By JACK LONDON
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THE CROSSING

BY

WINSTON CHURCHILL


AUTHOR OF “RICHARD CARVEL,” “THE CRISIS,” “THE CELEBRITY,” ETC. ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY SYDNEY ADAMSON AND LILLIAN BAYLISS

New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1904
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1903,
BY WINSTON CHURCHILL.

COPYRIGHT, 1903,
BY P. F. COLLIER & SON.

COPYRIGHT, 1904,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up, electrotyped, and published May, 1904.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co. Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
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