Gustave Aimard, a French novelist, born about 1818. He made a voyage as a cabin boy to America, and spent ten adventurous years aime-martin in Arkansas, Mexico, and other parts of this continent. He next figured as a traveller and soldier of fortune in Spain, Turkey, and the Caucasus, served in the mobile guard in Paris in 1848, and eventually gave the story of his experiences and adventures in a series of novels, among which are Les trcqrpeurs de l'Arkansas (1858), Les nuits Mexicaines (1863), and L'Araucan (1864). Several of his tales have been translated into English.