CONTENTS 



Chapter. Pi'^ge., 



I. Introduction. 

 II. Speculation — Poultry raising in 



the West — Killed by a bear, etc. 1 2 



III. Out for a hunt — A missing over- 

 coat — Indians on a tramp — "Old 

 Poison Stinger." 20 



IV. Bad Indians — Buffalo "'chips" — 

 A frightened hunter — Not quite 

 dead yet. 28 



V. On Smoky River — ^The Indians 

 go through our cauip — A big 

 chase after them. ^6 



VI. Good luck — More bad Indians — 

 Some of them suddenly die — 

 White women's scalps — How 

 the Indians hunt buffalo — Indian 

 squaws. 47 



VII. A change — A night with the 

 wolves — Black tailed deer — Fe- 

 rocious animals — Back to the 

 plains. ■ 58 



VIII. In Kansas again — Not a happy 

 family — A thief not in luck — 

 Emigrants on a hunt — More 

 Indians. 67 



IX. The way soldiers chase Indians 

 — A greeny catches a buffalo calf 

 — "Help me let it go." 73 



