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 · 127,718 words

First lines

About three in the afternoon, a horseman, dressed in the Mexican costume, was galloping along the banks of a stream, an affluent of the Gila, whose capricious windings compelled him to make countless detours. This man, while constantly keeping his hand on his weapons, and watching for every event, urged his horse on by shouts and spur, as if anxious to reach his journey's end.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Gustave Aimard
• Date: 1847 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Western, Historical Fiction, Action, Romance
• Length: 127,718 words
• Structure: 40 chapters, 3,512 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Genres

• Adventure — The plot centers around exploration and survival in the wilderness, typical of adventure narratives.
• Western — Set in the American frontier, it features elements like trappers and Native American interactions, common in Westerns.
• Historical Fiction — The story is set in a specific historical period, reflecting the customs and challenges of that era.
• Action — The narrative includes numerous action-packed sequences and physical confrontations.

Tags

Adventure · American West · Fiction · Frontier Life · Historical Fiction · Native American · Pioneer Life · Romance · Scouting · Survival · Trapping · Wilderness

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

• Los Merodeadores de Fronteras (1861)
• Las noches mejicanas (1864)
• The Frontiersmen (1867)
• The Border Rifles (1867)
• The Freebooters (1867)
• The White Scalper (1847)
• The Pirates of the Prairies (1844)
• The Gold-Seekers (1869)
• All works by Gustave Aimard