Note to the Reader 



race in general, as viewed by a casual and hos- 

 tile human eye. 



This may sound inconsistent in view of my 

 having pieced together some of the characters, 

 but that was made necessary by the fragmentary 

 nature of the records. There is, however, al- 

 most no deviation from the truth in Lobo, Bin- 

 go, and the Mustang. 



Lobo lived his wild romantic life from 1889 

 to 1894 in the Currumpaw region, as the ranch- 

 men know too well, and died, precisely as re- 

 lated, on January 31, 1894. 



Bingo was my dog from 1882 to 188S, in 

 spite of interruptions, caused by lengthy visits 

 to New York, as my Manitoban friends will re- 

 member. And my old friend, the owner of 

 Tan, will learn from these pages how his dog 

 really died. 



The Mustang lived not far from Lobo in the 

 early nineties. The story is given strictly as it 

 occurred, excepting that there is a dispute as to 

 the manner of his death. According to some 

 testimony he broke his neck in the corral that 



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