THE SUN MAID
A Story of Fort Dearborn
by
EVELYN RAYMOND
Author of "The Little Lady of the Horse," Etc.
New YorkE. P. Dutton & Company31 West Twenty-Third St.
Copyright, 1900ByE. P. Dutton & Co.
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
_Page 22._ KITTY AND THE SNAKE. _Frontispiece._]
TO ALL YOUNG HEARTS IN THAT FAIR CITY BY THE INLAND SEA CHICAGO
PREFACE.
In some measure, the story of the Sun Maid is an allegory.
Both the heroine and the city of her love grew from insignificantbeginnings; the one into a type of broadest womanhood, the other intoa grandeur which has made it unique among the cities of the world.
Discouragements, sorrows, and seeming ruin but developed in eachthe same high attributes of courage, indomitable will power, andfar-reaching sympathy. The story of the youth of either would be atale unfinished; and those who have followed, with any degree ofinterest, the fortunes of either during any period will keep thatinterest to the end.
There are things which never age. Such was the heart of the Maid whoremained glad as a girl to the end of her century, and such themarvellous Chicago with a century rounded glory which is still theglory of a youth whose future magnificence no man can estimate.
E. R., BALTIMORE, January, 1900.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. AS THE SUN WENT DOWN 1
II. TWO FOR BREAKFAST 13
III. IN INDIAN ATTIRE 27
IV. THE WHITE BOW 38
V. HORSES: WHITE AND BLACK 50
VI. THE THREE GIFTS 64
VII. A THREEFOLD CORD IS STRONGEST 77
VIII. AN ISLAND RETREAT 91
IX. AT MUCK-OTEY-POKEE 107
X. THE CAVE OF REFUGE 124
XI. UNDER A WHITE MAN'S ROOF 138
XII. AFTER FOUR YEARS 156
XIII. THE HARVESTING 169
XIV. ONCE MORE IN THE OLD HOME 180
XV. PARTINGS AND MEETINGS 194
XVI. THE SHUT AND THE OPEN DOOR 209
XVII. A DAY OF HAPPENINGS 231
XVIII. WESTWARD AND EASTWARD OVER THE PRAIRIE 247
XIX. THE CROOKED LOG 260
XX. ENEMIES, SEEN AND UNSEEN 272
XXI. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 284
XXII. GROWING UP 296
XXIII. HEROES 306
XXIV. CONCLUSION 315