The War Trail
Thomas Mayne Reid
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"Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!—I cannot wring thy memories from my heart! Years may roll on, hand wax weak, and heart grow old, but never till both are cold can I forget thee! I would not; for thee would I remember. Not for all the world would I bathe my soul in the waters of Lethe. Blessed be memory for thy sake!" So begins this tale of the American Southwest, when our narrator, Captain Warfield of a Ranger detachment, shoots the horse of Isolina de Vargas. Our captain is smitten with Señorita de Vargas at first sight, and he finds that she is as illusive as she is beautiful. (18 hr 25 min)
Chapters
| Souvenirs | 8:44 | Read by John |
| A Mexican Frontier Village | 10:10 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| The Rangers on Picket | 14:46 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| Making a Captive | 11:57 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| My Captive | 8:44 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| Isolina de Vargas | 17:32 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| An Order to Forage | 16:14 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| Don Ramon | 10:49 | Read by Reeses118 |
| "Un Papelcito" | 14:02 | Read by Reeses118 |
| An Old Emnity | 14:04 | Read by Reeses118 |
| Rafael Ijurra | 18:46 | Read by Reeses118 |
| The Yellow Domino | 12:20 | Read by John |
| The Blue Domino | 17:36 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| Love-Thoughts | 9:29 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| An Odd Epistle | 11:34 | Read by John |
| The Manada | 14:04 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| The Hunt of the Wild Horse | 6:23 | Read by Ebele |
| The Phantom-Horse | 13:46 | Read by John |
| A Prairie Dream | 9:53 | Read by John |
| Lost Upon the Prairie | 10:00 | Read by John |
| A Prairie Repast | 11:00 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| Chased by a "Grizzly" | 15:09 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| The Toughest Struggle of my Life | 9:50 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| Old Comrades | 13:19 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| A Queer Conversation | 14:23 | Read by John |
| Vows of Vengeance | 12:17 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| A "Weed" -Prairie Fire | 16:26 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| Rube Roasted Alive | 15:21 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| The Mesa | 13:46 | Read by John |
| Guerrilleros | 12:40 | Read by John |
| The Parley | 9:30 | Read by John |
| A Dead Shot | 10:39 | Read by John |
| A Running-Shot | 16:36 | Read by John |
| Rube's Charger | 11:17 | Read by John |
| El Zorro | 9:14 | Read by John |
| A Plan of Escape | 11:18 | Read by John |
| Elijah Quackenboss | 10:21 | Read by John |
| Rube's Plan | 11:13 | Read by John |
| Scaling the Cliff | 17:01 | Read by John |
| A Reinforcement | 9:22 | Read by John |
| The Indian Spy | 8:32 | Read by Nichole Kristen |
| The Caballada | 9:54 | Read by DNorena |
| A Chapters of Explanations | 14:30 | Read by DNorena |
| Dutch Lige in a Difficulty | 10:09 | Read by DNorena |
| A Lover on the Trail | 17:14 | Read by DNorena |
| A Declaration on Horseback | 13:10 | Read by DNorena |
| Strayed from the Track | 16:01 | Read by DNorena |
| An Adios | 9:44 | Read by DNorena |
| Threats | 11:53 | Read by DNorena |
| Awkward Odds | 14:36 | Read by DNorena |
| An Official Black List | 7:57 | Read by DNorena |
| The Route | 13:37 | Read by DNorena |
| Camp Gossip | 12:14 | Read by DNorena |
| The Ruined Rancho | 9:38 | Read by DNorena |
| A Cruel Proscription | 8:56 | Read by DNorena |
| The Bivouac of the Guerrilla | 10:47 | Read by DNorena |
| Taking the Trail | 9:46 | Read by DNorena |
| The Voyageur | 6:55 | Read by DNorena |
| Trailing by Torch-Light | 8:29 | Read by DNorena |
| The Sombrero | 7:06 | Read by DNorena |
| The Trail Recovered | 8:19 | Read by DNorena |
| Wolves on the Track | 7:28 | Read by DNorena |
| Across the Torrent | 9:57 | Read by John |
| The Lilliputian Forest | 9:18 | Read by Bruce McCready |
| Scattering the Wild Stallions | 9:20 | Read by Bruce McCready |
| Lost in a Chapparal | 7:14 | Read by TheIntern356 |
| Encounter with Javall | 10:55 | Read by TheIntern356 |
| The Woods on Fire? | 9:35 | Read by TheIntern356 |
| Smoke and Thirst | 8:26 | Read by TheIntern356 |
| A Burnt Prairie | 8:25 | Read by TheIntern356 |
| The Talk of the Trackers | 12:18 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| "Injun Sign" | 7:33 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| Translating the "Sign" | 9:10 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| The Steed Lazoed | 8:44 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| The "Indios Bravos" | 11:30 | Read by sanjayparikh |
| On the War-Trail | 10:58 | Read by John |
| The Writing on the Maguey | 8:46 | Read by John |
| The Southern Savage | 9:14 | Read by John |
| The Subterranean Fire | 12:45 | Read by John |
| A Red Epistle | 11:40 | Read by John |
| More Writing in Red | 9:47 | Read by John |
| An "Injun on the Back-Track" | 9:35 | Read by John |
| My Plan | 7:24 | Read by Silvia Wolf |
| "Painting Injun" | 12:07 | Read by Silvia Wolf |
| The Last Hours on the Trail | 8:30 | Read by Nichole James |
| The Comanche Camp | 7:41 | Read by Nichole James |
| No Cover | 9:56 | Read by Nichole James |
| Rube Consulting His Oracle | 8:16 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| The Trapper's Counsel | 9:05 | Read by Gini Rosario |
| Taking to the Water | 9:15 | Read by John |
| Up-Stream | 10:19 | Read by TR Love |
| Coup-d'oeil of the Camp | 7:34 | Read by TR Love |
| A Friendly Encounter | 10:09 | Read by TR Love |
| The Council | 7:16 | Read by TR Love |
| Measuring the Chances | 9:22 | Read by John |
| The White-Haired Chief | 9:09 | Read by John |
| Speeches in Council | 10:58 | Read by John |
| A Rough Courtship | 9:48 | Read by John |
| The Crisis | 10:22 | Read by John |
| The Last Chase | 14:42 | Read by John |
Reviews
Drawn at times, but interesting. Good book
Donatas Glodenis
The author draws some scenes too much, but in general I found the book to be a good and interesting. The earless trapper was read in a voice that made him very hard to comprehend - no doubt that was the intent, but I would have preferred more modern speech.