x i v CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



i VA4E3. 



A TRIAL BY JUDGE LYNCH - HONG FOB CONTEMPT OF COURT - QUAIL 



SHOOTING HABITS OF THE BIRDS, AND MODE OF KILLING THEM A 

 RING OF QUAILS THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE WINTER THB SNOW 

 GOOSB, ............ 75--B3 



CHAPTER VI. 



OFF FOR BUFFALO LAND THE NAVIGATION OF THE KAW FORT RILEY - 

 THE CENTER-POST OF THE UNITED STATES OUR PURCHASE OF HORSES 

 "LO" AS A SAVAGE AND AS A CITIZEN GRIPE UNFOLDS THE IN- 

 DIAN QUESTION - A BALLAD BY SACHEM, PRESENTING ANOTHER VIEW, 84-98 



CHAPTER VII. 



GKIPK'S VIEWS OF INDIAN CHARACTER THE DELAWARES, THE ISHMAELITES 

 OF THE PLAINS THE TERRITORY OF THE "LONG HORNS " TEXANS 

 AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS MUSHROOM ROCK A VALUABLE DIS- 

 COVERY - FOOTPRINTS IN THB ROCK THE PRIMEVAL PAUL AND 



VIRGINIA, ........... 99-111 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE " GREAT AMERICAN DESERT " ITS FOSSIL WEALTH AN ILLUSION DIS- 

 PELLED FriSfes ACCORDING TO NOVELS AND ACCORDING TO FACT 

 SENSATIONAL HEROES AND HEROINES - PRAIRIE DOGS AND THEIR HAB- 

 ITSHAWK AND DOG, AND HAWK AND CAT, ..... 112-123 



CHAPTER IX. 



"VE SEE BUFFALO - ARRIVAL AT HAYS - GENERAL SHERIDAN AT THE FORT 

 INDIAN MURDERS BLOOD-CHRISTENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD 

 SURPRISED BY A BUFFALO HERD A BUFFALO BULL IN A QUANDARY - 

 GENTLE ZEPHYRS HOW A CIRCUS WENT OFF BOLOGNA TO LEAN ON - 

 A CALL UPON SHERIDAN, . . . 124-141 



