CONTENTS

  CHAPTER PAGE I. "THE BAND" AND THE CAVE 1 II. RAVEN PATROL HITS THE TRAIL 20 III. TRACKING THE ROBBERS 37 IV. "DANGER--COME" 53 V. A CAMPFIRE ON BOB'S HILL 67 VI. A FOURTEEN-MILE HIKE 82 VII. "BILL HASN'T COME BACK" 102 VIII. SMOKE SIGNALS ON THE MOUNTAIN 120 IX. FOUND AT LAST 135 X. A MAIDEN IN DISTRESS 146 XI. TREED BY A BEAR 162 XII. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BEAR 174 XIII. EAGLE PATROL JOINS THE SCOUTS 191 XIV. PLANNING A CAMPING TRIP 206 XV. SCOUTING IN THE GREAT NORTHWEST 219 XVI. CLOUDBURST ON GREYLOCK 233 XVII. ON THE WAY AT LAST 246 XVIII. SCOUTING THROUGH A WILDERNESS 262 XIX. ON HISTORIC GROUND 278 XX. SCOUTS TO THE RESCUE 295