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ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

TO MY DEAR FRIEND,
MRS. SAMUEL BENEDICT,
OF WYOMING VALLEY,
THE SCENE IN WHICH THE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF MY STORY TRANSPIRED,
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

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CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I. THE VALLEY OF WYOMING, 9
• CHAPTER II. HOLY INFLUENCES, 14
• CHAPTER III. THE CRUEL ENLIGHTENMENT, 17
• CHAPTER IV. THE HEMLOCK HOLLOW, 21
• CHAPTER V. THE FOREST WALK, 27
• CHAPTER VI. THE ISLAND COVE, 34
• CHAPTER VII. TAHMEROO, 42
• CHAPTER VIII. THE TEMPTER AND THE TEMPEST, 47
• CHAPTER IX. THE WOODLAND LODGE, 55
• CHAPTER X. THE MISSIONARY'S CABIN, 68
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• CHAPTER XI. CATHARINE'S CONFESSION, 71
• CHAPTER XII. MY FATHER'S WARD, 77
• CHAPTER XIII. MY HUSBAND, 84
• CHAPTER XIV. A NEW WORLD, 89
• CHAPTER XV. STRUGGLES AND PENALTIES, 98
• CHAPTER XVI. THE STOLEN VISIT, 108
• CHAPTER XVII. THE WEDDING FESTIVAL, 109
• CHAPTER XVIII. DREAMS AND FANTASIES, 116
• CHAPTER XIX. THE LOST YEAR, 122
• CHAPTER XX. THE COTTAGE AND THE WIPDERNESS WILDERNESS , 131
• CHAPTER XXI. QUEEN ESTHER, 134
• CHAPTER XXII. THE DEATH-FIRE AND THE SACRIFICE, 139
• CHAPTER XXIII. THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT, 144
• CHAPTER XXIV. SAVAGE STATESMANSHIP, 153
• CHAPTER XXV. THE CASKET OF JEWELS, 159
• CHAPTER XXVI. THE CHERRY-TREE SPRING, 165
• CHAPTER XXVII. THE MERITED LESSON, 173
• CHAPTER XXVIII. AUNT POLLY CARTER, 187
• CHAPTER XXIX. THE SERPENT BRACELET, 201
• CHAPTER XXX. THE OLD JOHNSON HOUSE, 211
• CHAPTER XXXI. THE LAKE BY STARLIGHT, 241
• CHAPTER XXXII. WALTER BUTLER'S CAPTURE, 248
• CHAPTER XXXIII. THE WIFE'S STRUGGLE, 259
• CHAPTER XXXIV. HOUSEHOLD TALK, 267
• CHAPTER XXXV. THE JAIL AT ALBANY, 278
• CHAPTER XXXVI. THE DISGUISED SERVANT, 284
• CHAPTER XXXVII. THE GATHERING STORM, 287
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE UNEXPECTED GUEST, 289
• CHAPTER XXXIX. THE FIRST SKIRMISH, 300
• CHAPTER XL. THE WEDDING PRESENT, 303
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• CHAPTER XLI. THE CHIEF'S BURIAL, 314
• CHAPTER XLII. THE WHITE QUEEN'S GIFT, 327
• CHAPTER XLIII. THE WOMEN AT FORTY FORT, 332
• CHAPTER XLIV. THE BATTLE-FIELD, 339
• CHAPTER XLV. THE HUSBAND AND WIFE, 342
• CHAPTER XLVI. ASSAULT AND CONFLAGRATION, 347
• CHAPTER XLVII. THE WARNING AND FLIGHT, 356
• CHAPTER XLVIII. QUEEN ESTHER'S ROCK, 362
• CHAPTER XLIX. THE ISLAND GRAVE, 366
• CHAPTER L. THE CAPITULATION, 369
• CHAPTER LI. THE DOUBLE WEDDING, 373
• CHAPTER LII. THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER, 378
• CHAPTER LIII. THE LAST SACRIFICE, 385
• CHAPTER LIV. THE INHERITANCE, 391
• CHAPTER LV. THE ASHES OF POWER, 398