Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. A BOY ESCAPES A TYRANT AND PAYS A DEBT
WITH A HORNET'S NEST—MEETS KIT CARSON AND BECOMES THE OWNER OF A PONY
AND A GUN.
CHAPTER II. BEGINNING OF AN ADVENTUROUS
LIFE.—FIRST WILD TURKEY.—FIRST BUFFALO.—FIRST FEAST AS AN HONORED
GUEST OF INDIANS.—DOG MEAT.
CHAPTER III. HUNTING AND TRAPPING IN SOUTH PARK,
WHERE A BOY, UNAIDED, KILLS AND SCALPS TWO INDIANS—MEETING WITH
FREMONT, THE "PATH-FINDER."
CHAPTER IV. A WINTER IN NORTH PARK—RUNUPS FIGHT
WITH A BAND OF UTES FOR MOKE THAN A HUNDRED MILES, ENDING HAND TO
HAND—VICTORY.
CHAPTER V. ON THE CACHE-LA-POUDRE.—VISIT FROM
GRAY EAGLE, CHIEF OF THE ARAPAHOES.—A BEAR-HUNTER IS HUNTED BY THE
BEAR.—PHIL, THE CANNIBAL.
CHAPTER VI. TWO BOYS RIDE TO THE CITY OF MEXICO.
ELEVEN HUNDRED MILES OF TRIAL, DANGER AND DUTY—-A GIFT HORSE.—THE
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER VII. BATTLING THREE DAYS' BATTLE BETWEEN
THE COMANCHES AND THE UTES FOR THE POSSESSION OF A "HUNTER'S
PARADISE."—AN UNSEASONABLE BATH.
CHAPTER VIII. KIT CARSON KILLS A HUDSON BAY
COMPANY'S TRAPPER, WHO WAS SPOILING FOR A FIGHT.—SOCIAL GOOD TIME
WITH A TRAIN OF EMIGRANTS.
CHAPTER IX. MARRIAGE OF KIT CARSON.—THE WEDDING
FEAST.—PROVIDING BUFFALO MEAT, IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE, FOR THE
BOARDING-HOUSE AT BENT'S FORT.
CHAPTER X. ROBBIN GAMBLERS OF SAN
FRANCISCO.—ENGAGED BY COL. ELLIOTT AS INDIAN SCOUT.—KILLS AND SCALPS
FIVE INDIANS.—PROMOTED TO CHIEF SCOUT.
CHAPTER XI. A LIVELY BATTLE WITH
PAH-UTES.—PINNED TO SADDLE WITH AN ARROW.— SOME VERY GOOD
INDIANS.—A STUTTERING CAPTAIN.—BECKWITH OPENS HIS PASS.
CHAPTER XII. COL. ELLIOTT KILLS HIS FIRST DEER,
AND SECURES A FINE PAIR OF HORNS AS A PRESENT FOR HIS
FATHER.—BECKWITH's TAVERN.—SOCIETY.
CHAPTER XIII. SOMETHING WORSE THAN FIGHTING
INDIANS.—DANCE AT COL. ELLIOTT'S.— CONSPICUOUS SUIT OF BUCKSKIN.—I
MANAGE TO GET BACK TO BECKWITH'S.
CHAPTER XIV. DRILLING THE DETAILED SCOUTS.—WE
GET AMONG THE UTES.—FOUR SCOUTS HAVE NOT REPORTED YET.—ANOTHER
LIVELY FIGHT.—BECKWITH MAKES A RAISE.
CHAPTER XV. A HUNT ON PETALUMA CREEK.—ELK FEVER
BREAKS OUT.—THE EXPEDITION TO KLAMATH LAKE.—A LIVELY BRUSH WITH
MODOC INDIANS.
CHAPTER XVI. MORE FISH THAN I HAD EVER SEEN AT
ONE TIME.—WE SURPRISE SOME INDIANS, WHO ALSO SURPRISE US.—THE CAMP
AT KLAMATH LAKE.—I GET ANOTHER WOUND AND A LOT OF HORSES.
CHAPTER XVII. DISCOVERY OF INDIANS WITH STOLEN
HORSES.—WE KILL THE INDIANS AND RETURN THE PROPERTY TO ITS
OWNERS.—MEETING OF MINERS.—IN SOCIETY AGAIN.
CHAPTER XVIII. TRAPPING ON THE GILA.—THE PIMAS
IMPART A SECRET.—RESCUE OF A WHITE GIRL.—A YOUNG INDIAN
AGENT.—VISIT TO TAOS.—UNCLE KIT FAILS TO RECOGNIZE ME
CHAPTER XIX. A WARM TIME IN A COLD COUNTRY.—A
BAND OF BANNOCKS CHASE US INTO A STORM THAT SAVES US.—KIT CARSON
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.—BECKWITH MAKES A CENTURY RUN.
CHAPTER XX. CARSON QUITS THE TRAIL.—BUFFALO
ROBES FOR TEN CENTS.—"PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST."—THE NEW CITY OF
DENVER.—"BUSTED."—HOW THE NEWS GOT STARTED.
CHAPTER XXI. A FIGHT WITH THE SIOUX.—HASA, THE
MEXICAN BOY, KILLED.—MIXED UP WITH EMIGRANTS SOME MORE.—FOUR NEW
GRAVES.—SUCCESSFUL TRADING WITH THE KIOWAS.
CHAPTER XXII. A TRIP TO FORT KEARNEY—THE GENERAL
ENDORSES US AND WE PILOT AN EMIGRANT TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA.—WOMAN WHO
THOUGHT I WAS "NO GENTLEMAN."—A CAMP DANCE.
CHAPTER XXIII. BRIDGER AND WEST GIVE CHRISTMAS A
HIGH OLD WELCOME IN SACRAMENTO.- -CALIFORNIA GULCH.—MEETING WITH
BUFFALO BILL.—THIRTY-THREE SCALPS WITH ONE KNIFE.
CHAPTER XXIV. FACE TO FACE WITH A BAND OF
APACHES.—THE DEATH OF PINTO.—THE CLOSEST CALL I EVER HAD.—A NIGHT
ESCAPE.—BACK AT FORT DOUGLAS.
CHAPTER XXV. THREE THOUSAND DEAD INDIANS.—A
DETECTIVE FROM CHICAGO.—HE GOES HOME WITH AN OLD MORMON'S YOUNGEST
WIFE AND GETS INTO TROUBLE.— THE FLIGHT.
CHAPTER XXVI. THROUGH TO BANNOCK.—A DANCE OF
PEACE.—FRIGHT OF THE NEGROES.—A FREIGHT TRAIN SNOWED IN AND A TRIP
ON SNOW-SHOES.—SOME VERY TOUGH ROAD AGENTS.
CHAPTER XXVII. ORGANIZATION OF A VIGILANCE
COMMITTEE.—END OF THE NOTORIOUS SLADE—ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A
"CROW-BAIT" HORSE.—FLOUR A DOLLAR A POUND.
CHAPTER XXVIII. TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
GOLD DUST.—A STAGE ROBBERY.— ANOTHER TRIP TO CALIFORNIA.—MEETING
WITH GEN. CROOK.—CHIEF OF SCOUTS AGAIN.
CHAPTER XXIX. FIND SOME MURDERED EMIGRANTS.—WE
BURY THE DEAD AND FOLLOW AND SCALP THE INDIANS.—GEN. CROOK IS PLEASED
WITH THE OUTCOME.—A MOHAVE BLANKET.
CHAPTER XXX. A WICKED LITTLE BATTLE.—CAPTURE OF
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO HORSES.—DISCOVERY OF BLACK CANYON.—FORT
YUMA AND THE PAY MASTER.
CHAPTER XXXI. TO CALIFORNIA FOR HORSES.—MY
BEAUTIFUL MARE, BLACK BESS.—WE GET SIXTY-SIX SCALPS AND SEVENTY-EIGHT
HORSES.—A CLEAN SWEEP.
CHAPTER XXXII. SOME MEN WHO WERE ANXIOUS FOR A
FIGHT AND GOT IT.—GEN. CROOK AT BLACK CANYON.—BAD MISTAKE OF A GOOD
MAN.—THE VICTIMS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MASSACRE AT CHOKE CHERRY
CANYON.—MIKE MALONEY GETS INTO A MUSS.—RESCUE OF WHITE GIRLS.—MIKE
GETS EVEN WITH THE APACHES.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MASSACRE OF THE DAVIS FAMILY.—A
HARD RIDE AND SWIFT RETRIBUTION.- -A PITIFUL STORY.—BURIAL OF THE
DEAD.—I AM SICK OF THE BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XXXV. BLACK BESS BECOMES POPULAR IN SAN
FRANCISCO.—A FAILURE AS RANCHER.—BUYING HORSES IN OREGON. THE
KLAMATH MARSH.—CAPTAIN JACK THE MODOC
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MODOC WAR—GEN WHEATON IS HELD
OFF BY THE INDIANS—GEN CANBY TAKES COMMAND AND GETS IT
WORSE—MASSACRE OF THE PEACE COMMISSION.
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE CRY OF A BABE.—CAPTURE OF A
BEVY OF SQUAWS. TREACHERY OF GEN. ROSS' MEN IN KILLING
PRISONERS.—CAPTURE OF THE MODOC CHIEF.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. STORY OF THE CAPTURED
BRAVES.—WHY CAPTAIN JACK DESERTED.— LOATHSOME CONDITION OF THE
STRONGHOLD.—END OF THE WAR.—SOME COMMENTS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. AN INTERESTED BOY.—THE EXECUTION
OF THE MODOC LEADERS.—NEWSPAPER MESSENGERS.—A VERY SUDDEN DEPUTY
SHERIFF.—A BAD MAN WOUND UP.
CHAPTER XL. IN SOCIETY SOME MORE.—A VERY TIGHT
PLACE.—TEN PAIRS OF YANKEE EARS.—BLACK BESS SHAKES HERSELF AT THE
RIGHT TIME.—A SOLEMN COMPACT.
CHAPTER XLI. WE LOCATE A SMALL BAND OF RED
BUTCHERS AND SEND THEM TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.—EMIGRANTS
MISTAKE US FOR INDIANS.—GEORGE JONES WOUNDED.
CHAPTER XLII. "WE ARE ALL SURROUNDED."—A BOLD
DASH AND A BAD WOUND—MRS. DAVIS SHOWS HER GRATITUDE.—THE MOST OF MY
WORK NOW DONE ON CRUTCHES.
CHAPTER XLIII. POOR JONES MAKES HIS LAST
FIGHT.—HE DIED AMONG A LOT OF THE DEVILS HE HAD SLAIN.—END OF
THIRTY-ONE YEARS OF HUNTING, TRAPPING AND SCOUTING.
CHAPTER XLIV. A GRIZZLEY HUNTS THE
HUNTER.—SHOOTING SEALS IN ALASKAN WATERS.—I BECOME A SEATTLE HOTEL
KEEPER AND THE BIG FIRE CLOSES ME OUT.— SOME REST.
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