
NAT, THE TRAPPER AND INDIAN-FIGHTER.
NAT, THE TRAPPER. - CHAPTER I. THE LEDGE.
CHAPTER II. A WILD CHASE.
CHAPTER III. THE FRIEND IN NEED.
CHAPTER IV. LOST MARION.
CHAPTER V. THE HOLE IN THE HILL.
CHAPTER VI. A HAPPY MEETING.
CHAPTER VII. HOLED.
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAST HOPE.
CHAPTER IX. HO-HO! AND AWAY!
In the rugged high plains of the untamed West, a lanky, piercing‑eyed hunter rides alone, his deer‑skin garb and weather‑worn rifle marking him as a legend among the scattered settlements. Known far and wide as “Wild Nat,” he lives by his wits, tracking game and keeping a wary eye on the ever‑present threat of hostile tribes. When a solitary lunch beneath a lone grove of trees is shattered by an eerie silence, Nat’s instincts flare, and he finds himself caught in a sudden, desperate scramble for survival.
The narrative thrusts listeners into a vivid tableau of raw frontier life—howling winds, the crackle of campfire, and the tense, breath‑stopping moments before a fight erupts. Nat’s grizzled humor and tight‑knit bond with his horse offer brief levity amid the looming danger. As the clash of rifles and shouted war cries echo across the open land, the story leaves you poised on the brink, eager to hear how this seasoned trapper confronts the peril that has come upon him.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (159K characters)
Series
Beadle's Pocket Novels No. 41
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Beadle and Adams, 1872.
Credits
David Edwards, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)
Release date
2021-08-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A little-known 19th-century writer of frontier adventure and periodical fiction, she left behind a small but intriguing body of work. Best remembered today for Nat, The Trapper and Indian-Fighter, she also wrote essays and poems for newspapers and magazines.
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