Xiv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



PAGES. 



A TRIAL BY JUDGE LYNCH HUNG FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT QUAIL 



SHOOTING — HABITS OF THE BIRDS, AND MODE OP KILLING THEM A 



RING OF QUAILS THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE WINTER — THE SNOW 



GOOSE, ......•••••• 75-83 



CHAPTER VI. 



OFF FOR BUFFALO LAND — THE NAVIGATION OF THE KAW FORT RILEY 



THE CENTER-POST OF THE UNITED STATES OUR PURCHASE OF HORSES 



"LO" AS A SAVAGE AND AS A CITIZEN — GRIPE UNFOLDS THE IN- 

 DIAN QUESTION A BALLAD BY SACHEM, PRESENTING ANOTHER VIEW, 84-98 



CHAPTER VII. 



gripe's views OF INDIAN CHARACTER THE DELAWARES, THE ISHMAELITES 



OF THE PLAINS THE TERRITORY OF THE "LONG HORNS " TEXAN3 



AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS — MUSHROOM ROCK A VALUABLE DIS- 

 COVERY FOOTPRINTS IN THE ROCK — THE PRIMEVAL PAUL AND 



VIRGINIA, 99-111 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE "GREAT AMERICAN DESERT" ITS FOSSIL WEALTH AN ILLUSION DIS- 

 PELLED — FIRES ACCORDING TO NOVELS AND ACCORDING TO FACT 



SENSATIONAL HEROES AND HEROINES PRAIRIE DOGS AND THEIR HAB- 

 ITS HAWK AND DOG, AND HAWK AND CAT, 112-123 



CHAPTER IX. 



WE SEE BUFFALO ARRIVAL AT HAYS GENERAL SHERIDAN AT THE FORT 



INDIAN MURDERS — BLOOD-CHRISTENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD 



SURPRISED BY A BUFFALO HERD A BUFFALO BULL IN A QUANDARY 



GENTLE ZEPHYRS — HOW A CIRCUS WENT OFF BOLOGNA TO LEAN ON 



A CALL UPON SHERIDAN, 124-141 



