Category: Biographies

Buckskin Mose Or, Life From the Lakes to the Pacific, as Actor, Circus-Rider, Detective, Ranger, Gold-Digger, Indian Scout, and Guide.

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THE CIRCUS--AN ACCIDENT AND A CHANGE OF CALLING--FAMILY AFFECTION--POP-CORN--A LITTLE CHEEK, AND A GREAT DEAL OF DISMAY--SUCCESS AS A DEALER IN GRAIN--BEING AN ACTOR--CAUGHT AGAIN--BLOOD AND ITS CONSEQUENCES--BAILED OUT, AND IN AGAIN--THE GOOD-NATURED IR...

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8. CHAPTER VIII.

SCOUTING AND ITS RESULTS--CAUGHT NAPPING--FRANTIC WITH TERROR--"WHO HAVE BEEN TRIMMED SO NEATLY"--MY FAT FRIEND IN A PICKLE--PERSPIRATION AND BULLETS--THE REQUEST TO "SWAP" TREE...

13. CHAPTER XIII.

A LITTLE COMPASSION--WHITE FOLLY AND RED TREACHERY--A SQUEAK FOR LIFE--MAKING TRACKS--FEMALE SOCIETY--A TASTE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION--DEFERRING A HONEY-MOON--THE ARMY OFFICER--...

19. CHAPTER XIX.

A LIVELY COMMENCEMENT--THE FIGHT IN THE DESERT--EXTERMINATION OF A BAND OF CUT-THROATS--THE CAVALRY SABRE--A CONTRAST--PERMITTED TO RETIRE AND RECEIVING PROMOTION--A LITTLE LOVE...

1. CHAPTER I.

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN THE CIRCUS--AN ACCIDENT AND A CHANGE OF CALLING--FAMILY AFFECTION--POP-CORN--A LITTLE CHEEK, AND A GREAT DEAL OF DISMAY--SUCCESS AS A DEALER IN GRAIN--BEI...

7. CHAPTER VII.

AFTER GOLD--THE PAH-UTE AND WASHO INDIANS--RUNNING OFF STOCK--PAYING TRIBUTE--THE OATH OF VENGEANCE--SOME SILVER BULLETS--"KNOWING DEM VELLERS"--AN UNGIRTHED SADDLE--THE UNBALAN...

18. CHAPTER XVIII.

CIVILIZED LIFE IN A LARGE AND YOUNG CITY--WHAT A REDSKIN WOULD THINK OF IT--A CHANDELIER AND A BONFIRE--THE OLD FRIEND--THE WELL-KNOWN PIPE--TOO OLD TO KILL--SPITTED--THE WHITE...

17. CHAPTER XVII.

THE RESPECTABLE PILE AND AN IDLE WINTER--ONLY ONE STREET--GAMBLING AND DRINKING--A WESTERN COMMUNIST--"KEERDS"--A STICKY WRIST--EIGHT HUNDRED PER CENT--NORTH OR SOUTH--A BLOW FO...

4. CHAPTER IV.

CAUGHT BY THE INDIANS--A PLEASANT RIDE--ONE PITYING FACE--BENEFIT OF BEING A MASON--THE EVIL EYE--INDIAN BEAUTY AND INDIAN EATING--THE OFFER OF MARRIAGE--DECLINING IT, MAKES ME...

10. CHAPTER X.

BETWEEN TORTURE AND SAFETY--THE VALUE OF POPULARITY--UNCLE SAM'S BLUE-COATS--A TRAPPING EXPEDITION--IN FOR IT--THE CAPTURE OF MY FIRST PET GRIZZLY--SKINNING AND CARVING--"PROSPE...

5. CHAPTER V.

A TEMPEST--THE BRUTE WITH NO RHEUMATIC PITY--AN IMPROMPTU GALLOWS--HANGING A RASCAL--MY STAGE WARDROBE--UNDER WATER WITH A WATER-TIGHT WAGON--THE KEG OF WHISKEY--ITS UNFORESEEN...

2. CHAPTER II.

AS A DETECTIVE--HUNTING UP A HORSE AND BUGGY--A RUNAWAY FROM THE SHERIFF--ON THE TRACK--THE HIDDEN CORPSE--FOLLOWING THE MURDERER UP--STRUGGLE AND CAPTURE--QUICK JUSTICE--A GOOD...

12. CHAPTER XII.

DANGER IN THE AIR--THE CHOICE OF A CAPTAIN--AN EFFECTUAL SARCASM--GOING LAME--"THE HEATHEN CHINEE"--A MILITARY ENGINEER WITHOUT A COMMISSION--NO VENTILATION--SMOTHERING LIKE RAT...

11. CHAPTER XI.

LOTS OF PLUCK--ONE OF THE RANGERS KILLED--THINKING OF A BROTHER--TAKING A GOOD POSITION--LOSS OF HAIR, AND WHAT THE RED-SKINS THINK OF IT--"CAPTAIN JACK'S" OR THE MODOC COUNTRY-...

3. CHAPTER III.

UNDER THE SHADOW OF MY OWN VINE AND FIG-TREE--TOO MUCH SYMPATHY--AGAIN IN THE THEATRE--MY FIRST TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS--A FIDDLE AS A SENSATION--THE FREE FIGHT--MY FIRST LESSON...

15. CHAPTER XV.

OFF TO THE NEW MINES--"GOD'S COUNTRY"--A SHOWER OF SPARKS--THE CHEYENNE MAIDEN--SEEING IS BELIEVING--A SHARP WAIL--BEHIND THE BRUSH--THE LEAP LIKE A WILD-CAT--THE EFFECT OF UNPA...

6. CHAPTER VI.

THE MISTY MORNING--ANOTHER INDIAN SCRIMMAGE--MOUNTAIN-FEVER--NEVER SAY DIE--A RASCALLY PROCEEDING--MY SIX-SHOOTER AND A SOMERSAULT--"LO! THE POOR INDIAN!"--HIS LETTER OF INTRODU...

9. CHAPTER IX.

THE PICK, PAN, AND SHOVEL--SOMEWHAT DOWN IN THE MOUTH--"ROPING IN A GREENEY"--THE SHREWD YANKEE--A SQUARE MEAL, AND A BAD ONE--NO GOLD--NEARLY AT STARVATION POINT--THE ELK, AND...

14. CHAPTER XIV.

ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT A HONEY-MOON--LEARNING AND LOVING--TWO UNEXPECTED RECRUITS--PLENTY OF WORK TO DO--A FEW OF THE SAINTS--WHAT A PITY HE IS NOT AN INDIAN--SIGHTING THE ENEMY-- F...

16. CHAPTER XVI.

A GOOD SHOT--THE WHITE HORSE--APPROACHING HELP--ONLY A FLEA-BITE--A SHOUT OF JOY--RAISING THE SIEGE--AN INDIAN PANIC--THE PURSUIT--RECOVERING MY SENSES--FOR THE LAST TIME--A BEA...