Excerpt from The White Scalper: A Story of the Texan War These engravings will necessarily enhance the pleasure of the reader; as the most careful attention has been paid to correct ness of costume and scenery, and a perfect idea can be at once formed from them Of the peculiarities Of the country in which the scene is laid. In all Indian novels that have hitherto been published with illustrations, this important point has been neglected; but the purchasers Of the Illustrated Edition Of gustave aimard's works may feel assured that whatever is Offered them in the way Of elucidating the text is strictly true to Nature. When it is stated, for instance, that the Indian dresses have been Obtained from catlin's elaborate work, and the dis tinctive costumes Of each tribe faithfully adhered to, the Pub lishers trust this will prove a sufficient guarantee that no idle boast is intended. At the same time, artistic value has not been neglected. The engraving has been intrusted to Mr. Edmund evans, who has surpassed all his former efforts in the elabora tion Of these, the most perfect specimens which have yet issued from his studio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.