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CHAPTER XIV. 



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Move to Clear Lake. A bankrupt railway. Abundance of game. 

 Stalking wild geese. Invitation to a bear-hunt. A norther. Story 

 of a norther. Lynch law. Bear-hunting poor sport. Great 

 abundance of snipe. Good shooting. Extortionate landlord. 

 Semi-wild hogs. Wild bulls. Narrow escapes from them. Our 

 dog Booze. His fighting capabilities. Invitation to a plantation. 

 Melancholy appearance of it. A good afternoon at the ducks. 

 A Masonic tip. A Texan ball. Buying mules. Fishing in Texas. 1 80 



CHAPTER XV. 



San Antonio and Texas in 1868. Horse-stealing. Its punishment. 

 Shoeing and breaking wild ponies. Negroes the best breakers. 

 Mexicans and their mode of life. Part with Billy Breeze. Move 

 to Fredericksburg. Too hot for dogs. Death of one. Trying the 

 men's courage. Halliday, his history. A real frontiersman. He 



declines to go with us. H has an adventure while on guard. 



Fort Mason. Indians catch and torture a man. Big-foot Wal- 

 lace. Refuses to go with us. Leave Fort Mason. Fight between 

 horses. A refractory mule. His cure. An over-confident Major. 

 Start for Fort Belknap. A plundered waggon. I meet with 

 Indians. I am pursued. Shoot an Indian's horse and escape. 

 Difficult country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Fort Belknap. Buffalo-dance by Tonkaways. A-sa-ha-be. W e agree 

 to his coming with us. His suspicious conduct. He leaves us by 

 night. We turn back. Appearance of Indians. A-sa-ba-be 

 comes to propose terms. They are rejected. The Comanches 

 attack us. We still move on. -We kill and scalp an Indian. A 

 reinforcement of Indians. Downfall of A-sa-ha-be. Arrival of 

 three Caddo Indian scouts. We send one of them for help. He 

 is pursued, but escapes. Our casualties. Halliday's courage. 

 Arrival of troops. We reach Fort Arbuckle . . . . . . 211 



