The Trapper's Daughter

A young trapper's daughter is kidnapped by a band of Indians and sold into slavery among the Sioux. She escapes and joins a group of French-Canadian voyageurs who are traveling to the Mandan villages, where she hopes to find her father. Along the way, she faces numerous challenges and dangers, including encounters with hostile tribes and wild animals.

By Gustave Aimard · First published 1847 · Genre: Adventure, Western, Historical Fiction · 40 chapters

Contents

• The Jacal
• Inside the Cabin
• A Conversation
• A Backward Glance
• The Hacienda Quemada
• The Apaches
• The Hill of the Mad Buffalo
• Black Cat and Unicorn
• The Meeting
• A War Stratagem
• In the Forest
• The Missionary
• Return to Life
• An Old Acquaintance of the Reader
• Convalescence
• An Accomplice
• Mother and Son
• The Consultation
• Bloodson
• Red Cedar
• Curumilla
• El Mal Paso
• El Rastreador
• The Camp in the Mountains
• A Game at Hazard
• Nathan Paints himself
• A Trail in the Air
• The Fight with the Grizzly
• A Mother's Love
• The Sorcerer
• White Gazelle
• The Escape
• Plot and Counterplot
• Cousin Bruin
• The Hunt Continued
• The Last Refuge
• The Casket
• Smoke in the Mountain
• The Boar at Bay
• Lynch Law

More by Gustave Aimard

• The Frontiersmen (1867)
• The Border Rifles (1867)
• The Freebooters (1867)
• The White Scalper (1847)
• The Pirates of the Prairies (1844)
• The Gold-Seekers (1869)
• The Tiger-Slayer (1867)
• The Indian Chief (1867)
• All works by Gustave Aimard