Publisher's noteEncouraged by the steady demand for Mr. Balch’s “The Bridge of
the Gods,” since its publication twelve years ago, the publishers
have decided to issue a new edition beautified with drawings from
the pencil of Mr. L. Maynard Dixon. This tale of the Indians of the
far West has fairly earned its lasting popularity, not only by the
intense interest of the story, but by its faithful delineations of
Indian character.
In his boyhood Mr. Balch enjoyed exceptional opportunities to
inform himself regarding the character and manners of the Indians:
he visited them in their homes, watched their industries, heard
their legends, saw their gambling games, listened to their
conversation; he questioned the Indians and the white pioneers, and
he read many books for information on
