TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER 1. MY EARLY ADVENTURES 19 



My first chipmunk gray squirrels skill with the rifle 

 leaving home my mother's gift, a Bible starting for 

 the Black Hills my first deer prospecting. 



CHAPTER II. INDIAN WARFARE 27 



Sioux massacres horrible mutilations on the trail of 

 murderers a battle with the Sioux Indian tricks 

 Nickerson fires first fatal shot Eleven Sioux killed "Ca- 

 lamity Jane" attacked by Indians Randall's successful 

 shot fourteen Sioux lie dead we pursue our journey. 



CHAPTER III. CROSSING THE PLAINS 38 



Enroute for old Fort Kearney Allen elected general 

 horse thieves organization and discipline life in camp 

 Indian camps seen double guards put out personnel 

 of company first sight of the Rockies on Mount Zion 

 wild country first deer hunt Grizzly Bill grouse 

 Powder River fishing at old Fort Kearney the Fet- 

 terman massacre. 



CHAPTER IV. NATURE STUDIES 54 



Animal life on the plains white-tailed deer buffaloes 

 beaver dams beaver at work a beaver colony. 



CHAPTER V. CUSTER'S LAST BATTLE 62 



The battlefield to-day "Here is where Custer Fell" the 

 brave attack 360 soldiers charge 6,000 Indian warriors 

 all of the soldiers killed Indian warriors Sitting 

 Bull Gaul Rain-in-the-Face the scene of the contest 

 examined the Custer monument description of the bat- 

 tle and Indian customs. 



CHAPTER VI. THE GLAD JOY OF THE HUNT 76 



Plant growth in the Big Horn valley killing a doe 

 the shooting .of Thomas Randall I kill my first grizzly 

 the victim of a murderer Prior's Pass the Big Horn 

 mountains hunting buffaloes something about bears 

 antelopes our guide turns back charming scenery the 

 Bad Lands. 



CHAPTER VII. A STRANGE BATTLE AND INDIAN HORSE RACES. 87 

 A bald eagle and a rattlesnake in a death battle horse 

 racing Indian ponies successful white men's strategy 

 large bets Indians lose heavily Indian riders. 



