CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE OBJECT OP OUR EXPEDITION A GLIMPSE OP ALASKA THROUGH CAP- 

 TAIN WALRUS' GLASS WE ARE TEMPTED BY OUR RECENT PURCHASE 



ALASKAN GAME OP " OLD SLEDGE " THE EARLY STRUGGLES OF KAN- 

 SAS THE SMOKY HILL TRAIL INDIAN HIGH ART THE "BORDER- 

 RUFFIAN," PAST AND PRESENT TOPEKA HOW IT RECEIVED ITS 

 NAME WAUKARUSA AND ITS LEGEND, . .... 



25-35 



CHAPTER II. 



A. CHAPTER OP INTRODUCTIONS PROFESSOR PALEOZOIC TAMMANY SACHEM 



DOCTOR PYTHAGORAS GENUINE HUGOS COLON AND SEMI-COLON 



SHAMUS DOBEEN TENACIOUS GRIPE BUGS AND PHILOSOPHY HOW 



ORIPE BECAME A REPUBLICAN, 36-54 



CHAPTER III. fr y 



THE TOPEKA AUCTIONEER MUGG3 GETS A BARGAIN CYNOCBPHALUS \ 



INDIAN SUMMER IN KANSAS HUNTING PRAIRIE CHICKENS OUR FIRST 



DAY'S SPORT. ... 65-63 



CHAPTER IY. 



CHICKEN-SHOOTING CONTINUED A SCIENTIFIC PARTY TAKE THE BIRDS ON 



THE WING EVILS OP PAST FIRING AN OLD-FASHIONED "SLOW SHOT 1 ' 



THE HABITS OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN ITS PROSPECTIVE EXTINC- 

 TION liODE OP HUNTING IT THE GOPHER SCALP LAW, . 



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