title: Canyon Fever and Other Short Fishing Stories
author:  Capt Denny C Dillon 
description: <span>"...</span>sweet collection of short stories that will appeal most to fishermen."<br /><span></span><br /><span>"...</span>clearly an expert fisherman, and his love for and knowledge of his subject shines through with a warm, golden glow..."<br /> <br /><br />"...themes of kindness, generosity, and goodwill...should be relatable to all."<br /><span></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>--</span><i>Kirkus Reviews
  						    	
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  In the Rocky Mountains
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER ONE. HOW UNCLE JEFF CAME TO “ROARING WATER”—THE SITUATION OF THE
  FARM—THE INMATES OF THE HOUSE—MY SISTER CLARICE AND BLACK RACHEL—UNCLE JEFF—
  BARTLE WON AND GIDEON TUTTLE—ARRIVAL OF LIEUTENANT BROADSTREET AND HIS MEN—THE
  TROOPERS QUARTERED IN THE HUT—OUR FARM-LABOURERS—SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE
  REDSKIN WINNEMAK—HIS FORMER VISIT TO THE FARM— CLARICE ENCOUNTERS HIM AT THE
  SPRING—BADLY WOUNDED—KINDLY TREATED BY CLARICE AND RACHEL—HIS GRATITUDE.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWO. WINNEMAK WARNS US OF THE APPROACH OF INDIANS—BARTLE GOES OUT TO
  SCOUT— NO SIGNS OF A FOE—I TAKE THE LIEUTENANT TO VISIT “ROARING WATER”—
  BARTLE REPORTS THAT THE ENEMY HAVE TURNED BACK—THE LIEUTENANT DELAYED BY THE
  SERGEANT'S ILLNESS—THE VISIT TO THE HUT—A TIPSY TROOPER—KLITZ AND GILLOOLY
  MISSING—THE LIEUTENANT BECOMES WORSE—SEARCH FOR THE MISSING MEN—I OFFER TO ACT
  AS GUIDE TO THE LIEUTENANT—BARTLE UNDERTAKES TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS BECOME OF
  KLITZ AND BAR