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The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West

Mayne Reid

The story unfolds through the eyes of a protagonist who is an explorer and adventurer, capturing his deep reverence for the natural world, particularly the Mississippi River, which he refers to as the "Father of Waters.

"The Quadroon: Adventures in the Far West" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel. The story unfolds through the eyes of a protagonist who is an explorer and adventurer, capturing his deep reverence for the natural world, particularly the Mississippi River, which he refers to as the "Father of Waters.

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Father of Waters! I worship thy mighty stream! As the Hindoo by the shores of his sacred river, I kneel upon thy banks, and pour forth my soul in wild adoration!

Far different are the springs of our devotion. To him, the waters of his yellow Ganges are the symbols of a superstitious awe, commingled with dark fears for the mystic future; to me, thy golden wares are the souvenirs of joy, binding the present to the known and happy past. Yes, mighty river! I worship thee in the past. My heart fills with joy at the very mention of thy name!

Father of Waters! I know thee well. In the land of a thousand lakes, on the summit of the “Hauteur de terre,” I have leaped thy tiny stream. Upon the bosom of the blue lakelet, the fountain of thy life, I have launched my birchen boat; and yielding to thy current, have floated softly southward. I have passed the meadows where the wild rice ripens on thy banks, where the white birch mirrors its silvery stem, and tall coniferae fling their pyramid shapes, on thy surface. I have seen the red Chippewa cleave thy crystal waters in his bark canoe—the giant moose lave his flanks in thy cooling flood—and the stately wapiti bound gracefully along thy banks. I have listened to the music of thy shores—the call of the cacawee, the laugh of the wa-wa goose, and the trumpet-note of the great northern swan. Yes, mighty river! Even in that far northern land, thy wilderness home, have I worshipped thee!

Contents

  1. 01The Father of Waters.
  2. 02Chapter Two.
  3. 03Six Months in the Crescent City.
  4. 04Chapter Three.
  5. 05The “Belle of the West.”
  6. 06Chapter Four.
  7. 07The Rival Boats.
  8. 08Chapter Five.
  9. 09A Desirable Fellow-Passenger.
  10. 10Chapter Six.
  11. 11Antoine the Steward.
  12. 12Chapter Seven.
  13. 13The Starting.
  14. 14Chapter Eight.
  15. 15The “Coast” of the Mississippi.
  16. 16Chapter Nine.
  17. 17Eugénie Besançon.
  18. 18Chapter Ten.
  19. 19A New Mode of raising the Steam.
  20. 20Chapter Eleven.
  21. 21A Boat-Race upon the Mississippi.
  22. 22Chapter Twelve.
  23. 23The Life-Preserver.
  24. 24Chapter Thirteen.
  25. 25“Blessé.”
  26. 26Chapter Fourteen.
  27. 27Where am I?
  28. 28Chapter Fifteen.
  29. 29“Ole Zip.”
  30. 30Chapter Sixteen.
  31. 31Monsieur Dominique Gayarre.
  32. 32Chapter Seventeen.
  33. 33“Aurore.”
  34. 34Chapter Eighteen.
  35. 35The Creole and Quadroon.
  36. 36Chapter Nineteen.
  37. 37A Louisian Landscape.
  38. 38Chapter Twenty.
  39. 39My Journal.
  40. 40Chapter Twenty One.
  41. 41A Change of Quarters.
  42. 42Chapter Twenty Two.
  43. 43Aurore loves me.
  44. 44Chapter Twenty Three.
  45. 45A Surprise.
  46. 46Chapter Twenty Four.
  47. 47A Rival.
  48. 48Chapter Twenty Five.
  49. 49An Hour of Bliss.
  50. 50Chapter Twenty Six.
  51. 51The “Nigger Quarter.”
  52. 52Chapter Twenty Seven.
  53. 53The Devil’s Douche.
  54. 54Chapter Twenty Eight.
  55. 55Gayarre and “Bully Bill.”
  56. 56Chapter Twenty Nine.
  57. 57“Elle t’aime!”
  58. 58Chapter Thirty.
  59. 59Thoughts.
  60. 60Chapter Thirty One.

About this edition

Author
Mayne Reid
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
415 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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