The Arkansas Regulators

Contents\nList of Illustrations\nAcknowledgments\nA Note about the Text\nList of Abbreviations\nIntroduction\nForeword.\nChapter 1. The Reader Makes the Acquaintance of Four Worthy Fellows and Learns More about Their Circumstances\nChapter 2. Several New Persons Make Their Appearance on the Stage. Wonderful Hunting Adventure of “The Little Man.”\nChapter 3. The Indian and the Methodist. – An Invitation to a Wedding\nChapter 4. The Regulators. – Squabble and Struggle\nChapter 5. Brown and Marion\nChapter 6. Bear Baiting. – The Strange Discovery. – The Indian’s Ingenuity\nChapter 7. Two Genuine Backwoodsmen. – Bahrens’ and Harper’s Stories\nChapter 8. Morning in the Log Cabin. – Searching for the Traces of Blood Found the Previous Evening. – Assowaum Dives for the Corpse\nChapter 9. Th e Gang of Four Negotiates a Business Matter. – Rowson’s Righteous Indignation at the Murder, and Marion’s Weakness\nChapter 10. The Sheriff ’s Election in Pettyville. – A Lack of Rosin. The Pursuers Are on the Trail\nChapter 11. Assowaum, the “Feathered Arrow,” and His Squaw. – Weston and Cotton Impatiently Await Their Comrades\nChapter 12. The Horse Thieves’ Trick. – The Surprise. – Alapaha and Rowson\nChapter 13. The Preacher Unmasked by the Indian Woman. – Th e Successful Escape\nChapter 14. Brown on His Way Home. – The Mysterious Meeting. – The Indian. – The Old Farmer. – A Canoe Trip\nChapter 15. The Prayer Meeting. – The Terrible Message\nChapter 16. The Deathwatch\nChapter 17. The Burial of the Indian Woman\nChapter 18. Roberts’ Adventure on the Panther Hunt. – The Water Party\nChapter 19. Harper’s Dwelling. – Cook’s Account of the Pursuit of the Horse Thieves. – Harper’s and Bahrens’ Wonderful Tales\nChapter 20. Rowson at Roberts’. – Assowaum\nChapter 21. Wilson’s Confessions. – The Beautiful Washerwoman. – An Arkansas Cradle. – The Retreat\nChapter 22. Atkins’ Dwelling. – The Strange Visit. – The Password\nChapter 23. A Gang of Criminals. – Unexpected Guests. – Th e New Scheme\nChapter 24. The Pioneer Family. – The New Regulator Sets a Trap for Himself\nChapter 25. Harper and Marion. – Ellen’s Arrival at Roberts’\nChapter 26. The Regulators’ Meeting. – Jones Finds Himself in a Most Unpleasant Position. – Cunning versus Cunning\nChapter 27. The Return from the Meeting\nChapter 28. The Indian on Johnson’s Trail\nChapter 29. Rowson at Roberts’. – The Turkey Hunt. – Ellen and Marion.\nChapter 30. The Ambush\nChapter 31. The Company of Ladies. – Account of Various Children’s Illnesses, Related for the Consolation of the Mother. – The Surprise\nChapter 32. The Cross Oak\nChapter 33. The Criminal Unmasked\nChapter 34. The Siege\nChapter 35. Ruse and Counter-Ruse. – The Assault. – Indian and Methodist\nChapter 36. The Court of the Regulators\nChapter 37. Roberts’ House\nChapter 38. The Revenge of the “Feathered Arrow.”\nChapter 39. Coda\nSelected Bibliography