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of Uraso and Muro.
XV. THE RESCUE OF FIVE CAPTIVES Page 187
The chief's question. John's brief answer. The chief trying to deceive
John. Questions the chief about the messages. The lying answers. The
punishment imposed on the warriors. Orders the same punishment for
the chief. Consternation. Uraso and Muro plead for the chief. Whipping
the most disgraceful punishment for a chief. Demands the white
captives. Sama to show the way to their hiding place. The wagon
brought out. The boys, accompanied by Lolo, and commanded by Stut.

Reach the village. The captives' hut. The rush for the door. The five
captives. Three Investigator's boys. A pitiable sight. Hungry. Harry's
inscription on the litter. A Saboro and a white man. Taking the Illyas'
warriors along. Feeding the rescued ones.
XVI. REMARKABLE GROWTH OF UNITY Page 199
Awaiting word from John. Telegraph line needed. Wireless telegraphy.
Sound and power. Vibrations. A universal force. B Street in Unity.
Visiting the villagers in their homes. Incentives to beautify their houses.
Erecting larger dwellings for the chiefs. The schoolhouse. A growing
town. Marvels to the chiefs. The mysterious things the white men do.
The thermometer. Teaching medicine. Cinchona. Calisaya. Acids. The
boys reach the Illyas' village with the liberated prisoners. Making them
comfortable. The white man a former companion of John. A health
resort. The Investigator's lifeboat No. 3. Mystery about the note. The
commotion outside. Capturing the Illyas' reinforcements from the south.
Provisions. Cultivation of the soil. George and Harry explore the
buildings. Trying to solve the puzzle. Arrangements of the streets.
XVII. THE MYSTERIOUS CAVE. RETURNING TO UNITY Page
211
Cornerstones. The treasure chart. Caves near the town. A guess at the
meaning of the buildings. The Medicine men. Questioning the chief.
He says John will be destroyed if he enters the cave. John's test of the
truth of the chief's statement. The trip to the cave. Proving that the
Medicine men lied. The chief enjoys his first ride. The cave entrance.
John goes in. He finds the Krishnos. Their conversation. John appears
before them. The consternation. Orders them to leave the cave. Shows
the chief that the Medicine men have lied. Taking them to the village.
John and the boys explore the cave alone. No treasure. An immense
deposit of copper. Probable explanation of the houses of the town. An
immense chamber. The start for Unity. Sighting the Saboro village.
Muro's family. Waiting to go to Unity. The town out to meet the
returning warriors. Angel at the reception.
XVIII. BUILDING A SHIP TO TAKE THEM HOME. PEACE, Page

221
Oroto surprised at the appearance of Marmo. Anxious to see the great
White Chief. The Professor welcomes the Illyas' chief. His great
surprise. Friendship. Has no further belief in the wise men. Life and
death. Why he was brought to Unity. Peace among the tribes. Oroto
and Marmo confer. A jollification of the whites. What had been
accomplished in two years. Building a ship for home. Sadness as well
as joy. The engineering force of Unity. How the different tribes lived
together. Rich soil. New houses. New people. A printing press. A
schoolhouse. Making paper. Many mysteries unsolved. One thing
lacking. The flag. Getting the flagpole. The ceremony. Hoisting OLD
GLORY.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"The warriors, together with the chief and the two boys, Jim and Will,
rushed to meet them" Frontispiece
PAGE "Meantime John consulted Muro and Uraso, and the three
picked out the most trustworthy scouts" 38
"The act was such a startling one that they threw themselves on the
ground in terror" 86
"The party plunged into the forest, taking the direction which Tom and
Ralph had gone on the former trip" 230
Position of Wagon and Attacking Force 18 George's Old Dutch Oven
26 The Tattooed Arm. Antelope 29 The Taro Plant and Bulb 45 The
Banyan Tree 65 Showing Capillary Attraction 68 Sample of Island
Fence 71 The One-cent Coin 76 The Five-cent Coin 77 Chica. The
Gum Plant 84 Stone Cross Found in the Cave 92 Ancient Crosses 93
Ready for the Happy Hunting Grounds 131 Primitive Weaving-Frame
137 Comb from Fin of Fish 140 The Marmoset 166 Proboscis Monkey
167 The Mysterious Message 170 Orders of Architecture 179 The
Peculiar Illya Village 212 Diagram of Cross-shaped Cave 219

Paper-making Machine 231 The Stars and Stripes 236

THE CONQUEST
CHAPTER I
THE COMPACT BETWEEN THE FOUR ALLIED TRIBES
When the morning sun was struggling to come up over the mountains
in the east, the whole camp was startled by Sutoto, who, with a number
of the Berees during the night, had acted as a picket, to observe the
attitude of the defeated tribes.
He made his way to the Professor, who had taken his old place in the
wagon. "The Tuolos, Kurabus and Illyas have all