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Report of our having been murdered. Mr. Martin. His history. 

 Visit to Fort Kearney. Interview with Major North. His 

 recent fight with Sioux. Start on my return journey. Uncanny 

 sight. Dense fog. Camp on Little Blue River. Horse missing. 

 Vain efforts to track him. Weary journey back to ranche. 

 Quite done up. Kindness of the Martins. Return journey to 

 camp. A pleasant surprise. Narrow escape from Indians. A 

 horrible sight . . . ...... 136 



CHAPTER XII. 



Awful thunder-storms. Bad water-supply. Life in camp. I leave 

 for St. Joe. Come across two Indians. Arrive at Lake Sibley. 

 Swarm of grasshoppers. Apprehensions of the settlers. A man 

 wishes me to engage him. I decline. I make the acquaintance 

 of a detective. A plan to rob me. I manage to frustrate it. 



Meet F at Martin's. Sioux steal Pawnees' horses. Pawnees 



and Whites try to recover them. A fight and repulse of Pawnees. 

 Mrs. Martin's reminiscences of her husband. Poor sport. 

 Return to St. Joe. Intend to winter in Texas. Billy Breeze. 

 His history . . . . . . . . 153 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Voyage down the Missouri. Wild-fowl shooting. Objectionable freed 

 slaves. New Orleans. My companion dies of cholera. I also 

 am attacked. I recover. Meet some Confederate generals. 

 Gambling-saloons. Galveston. Several shooting-trips. An ex- 

 pensive night's lodging. A young Englishman joins us. A New 

 Yorker and his supper-party. The lone tree. Difficulties with 

 the waggon. The town of Richmond. We are fined. But do 



not pay. F has an accident. A useful doctor. General 



Sheridan's horse. Buy a wild horse. A stream in flood. 

 Racing in Texas. A racing mule .. 164 



