iy, The King of the Thundering Herd 



received the rather homely but substantial 

 name of Buck, a name well fitted to the 

 sturdy ox that he had become. 



Not only did the Andersons improve 

 their land, but they also finally builded a 

 very respectable log cabin. This was after 

 the quarters for the animals had been en- 

 larged and improved. In fact, the live 

 stock finally went into the dugout that the 

 family had themselves first used. It is 

 always the way of frontier people to first 

 provide for the stock and then for the 

 humans. 



The third year of their sojourn in this 

 new fertile land a Swedish family settled 

 three miles down the river, and the Ander- 

 sons had neighbors. Before, their nearest 

 neighbors had been eight miles away, still 

 farther down the Kansas. 



Also when Buck was three years old 

 Bennie made a sledge or sled to which he 

 hitched the buffalo whenever he wanted 



