TABLE OF CONTENTS 



FRONTISPIECE, TV/.E ROUND-UP. 



I. THE CATTLE COUNTRY OF THE FAR WEST 



ILLUSTRATIONS : ^ STUDY FROM LIFE INITIAL AN EXPLORING OUTFIT THE MID- 

 DAY MEAL THE OUTLYING CAMP COWBOY FUN IN A BOG-HOLETAIL-PIECE. 



II. OUT ON THE RANGE 15 



ILLUSTRATIONS: THE BRANDING CHUTE INITIAL PULLING A cow OUT OF THE 



MUD A DISPUTE OVER A BRAND BRONCO-BUSTERS SADDLING TAIL-PIECE. 



III. THE HOME RANCH 25 



ILLUSTRATIONS: PONIES PAWING IN THE SNOW INITIAL ELK HORN RANCH 

 BUILDINGS ROPING IN A HORSE-CORRAL A DEEP FORD A HARD TRAIL IN 

 WITH THE HORSE HERD A BUCKING BRONCO CRUISING FOR STOCK TAIL- 

 PIECE, OLD-STYLE TEXAN COWMAN. 



IV. THE ROUND-UP 45 



ILLUSTRATIONS: BRONCOS AND TIMBER WOLVES INITIAL DRIVING TO THE 

 ROUND-UPSADDLING FRESH HORSES TRAILING CATTLE THE ROPE CORRAL 

 CUTTING OUT A STEER - BRANDING A CALF BRANDING A HORSE THE HERD 

 AT NIGHT IN A STAMPEDE TAIL-PIECE, ROPED .' A TEXAN PONY. 



V. WINTER WEATHER 73 



ILLUSTRATIONS: LINE RIDING IN WINTER INITIAL CATTLE DRIFTING BEFORE 

 THE STORM TAIL-PIECE HORSE OF THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST. 



VI. FRONTIER TYPES 81 



ILLUSTRATIONS : THE FUGITIVE INITIAL, A MEXICAN VAQUEROA FRENCH-CANA- 

 DIAN TRAPPER A FIGHT IN THE STREET MAKING A TENDERFOOT DANCE - 

 PAINTING THE TOWN RED A ROW IN A CATTLE TOWN THE MAGIC OF THE 

 DROP TAIL-PIECE, WHICH IS THE BAD MAN? 



VII. RED AND WHITE ON THE BORDER 101 



ILLUSTRATIONS: SIGN LANGUAGE INITIAL, THE PEACE SIGN STANDING OFF IN- 

 DIANS AN EPISODE IN THE OPENING UP OF A CATTLE COUNTRY TAIL-PIECE, 

 ONE OF THE BOYS THE INDIAN PONY. 



