CHAPTER XXVII

The Parting by the Waters, 306 L'ENVOI ILLUSTRATIONS Page Frontispiece "Now Halting, Dropping on One Knee to Fire," 90 "Blakely Led 'Em across No. 4's Post," 134 The Fight in the Cañon, 220 "Indian Signals beyond Possibility of a Doubt," 242 "Then slowly, They Saw Her Raise Her Right Hand, Still Cautiously Holding the Little Mirror," 263 "They Hustled Her Pony into a Ravine," 270 "Natzie Wrenched Her Hand from that of Blakely, and with the Spring of a Tigress Bounded away," 324

RED MEN AND WHITE By Owen Wister Illustrated By Frederic Remington CONTENTS PAGE LITTLE BIG HORN MEDICINE 3 SPECIMEN JONES 36 THE SERENADE AT SISKIYOU 64 THE GENERAL’S BLUFF 82 SALVATION GAP 115 THE SECOND MISSOURI COMPROMISE 131 LA TINAJA BONITA 159 A PILGRIM ON THE GILA 211 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE SPECIMEN JONES Frontispiece “BOASTING IN INDIAN FASHION” Facing page 6 “HIS HORSE DREW CLOSE, SHOVING THE HORSE OF THE MEDICINE-MAN” “ 14 “THE HEAD LAY IN THE WATER” “ 34 AN APACHE “ 38 CUMNOR’S AWAKENING “ 52 THE MEXICAN FREIGHT-WAGON “ 58 “‘AIN’T Y’U GOT SOMETHING TO SELL?’” “ 90 THE CHARGE “ 102 “HE HESITATED TO KILL THE WOMAN” “ 112 THE SHOT-GUN MESSENGER “ 122 “‘I’D LIKE TO HAVE IT OVER’” “ 128 “HIS PLAN WAS TO WALK AND KEEP QUIET” “ 148 “‘DON’T NOBODY HURT ANYBODY,’ SAID SPECIMEN JONES” “ 156 “‘YOU DON’T WANT TO TALK THIS WAY. YOU’RE ALONE’” “ 204 “EACH BLACK-HAIRED DESERT FIGURE” “ 238

PONY TRACKS Written And Illustrated By Frederic Remington CONTENTS PAGE CHASING A MAJOR-GENERAL 1 LIEUTENANT CASEY’S LAST SCOUT 22 THE SIOUX OUTBREAK IN SOUTH DAKOTA 49 AN OUTPOST OF CIVILIZATION 58 A RODEO AT LOS OJOS 79 IN THE SIERRA MADRE WITH THE PUNCHERS 109 BLACK WATER AND SHALLOWS 131 COACHING IN CHIHUAHUA 149 STUBBLE AND SLOUGH IN DAKOTA 162 POLICING THE YELLOWSTONE 174 A MODEL SQUADRON 193 THE AFFAIR OF THE —TH OF JULY 206 THE COLONEL OF THE FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY 222 A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN A SIBLEY TEPEE 238 BEAR-CHASING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 244 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE LAST STAND Frontispiece GENERAL MILES AND HIS ESCORT 3 THE SUPPLY TRAIN 9 UNITED STATES CAVALRY IN WINTER RIG 13 UNITED STATES INFANTRY IN WINTER RIG 17 CHIS-CHIS-CHASH SCOUT ON THE FLANKS 25 “TWO GHOSTS I SAW” 31 WATCHING THE DUST OF THE HOSTILES 35 THE HOTCHKISS GUN 39 A RUN TO THE SCOUT CAMP 45 IN THE TRENCHES 51 THE ADVANCE GUARD—A MILITARY SACRIFICE 55 THE HACIENDA SAN JOSÉ DE BAVICORA 59 EL PATRON 63 THE ADMINISTRADOR OF SAN JOSÉ DE BAVICORA 67 A HAIR-CUT À LA PUNCHER 71 THE MUSIC AT THE “BAILLE” 75 COMING TO THE RODEO 81 WAVING SERAPE TO DRIVE CATTLE 85 TAILING A BULL 89 JOHNNIE BELL OF LOS OJOS 93 WILLIAM IN ACTION 97 MOUNTING A WILD ONE 101 A MODERN SANCHO PANZA 105 MY COMRADE 110 ON THE MOUNTAINS 111 THE CASA CAMADRA 115 SHOOTING IN THE SIERRA MADRE 119 THE INDIAN’S STORY 123 THE CLIFF-DWELLINGS 127 THE PORTAGE 133 BLACK WATER 137 THE FAWN 140 BREAKING A JAM 141 HUNG UP 145 A COACHERO 150 THE START 151 MORNING TOILET 155 HARNESSING MULES 159 A DAKOTA CHICKEN-WAGON 163 ON THE EDGE OF A SLOUGH 164 A CONFERENCE IN THE MUD 166 “DON’T SHOOT!” 168 “MARK—LEFT” 170 “MARK!” 171 TROOPING HOMEWARD IN THE AFTER-GLOW 172 BURGESS, NEARLY FORTY-FIVE YEARS A SCOUT 176 THE BELL-MARE OVER A BAD PLACE 178 DOWN THE MOUNTAIN 181 GETTING GRUB 183 WORKING ON THE DIVIDE 185 BURGESS FINDING A FORD 189 GENERAL GUY V. HENRY, SEVENTH UNITED STATES CAVALRY 194 RIDING SITTING ON LEGS 196 OVER THE HURDLE BACK TO BACK 197 THROWING A HORSE 199 OVER THE HURDLES IN LINE 201 “WE WERE NOW OUT OF THE SMOKE” 215 OFFICER AND MEN—FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY 225 AMBULANCE CORPS—FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY 231 THE TOAST: “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” 239 WATERING HORSES 245 “DO YOU THINK THIS PONY IS GOING TO BUCK?” 249 DAN AND ROCKS 251 A DANGEROUS PLACE 253 “GONE AWAY” 257 TIMBER-TOPPING IN THE ROCKIES 260 THE BEAR AT BAY 263 THE FINALE 266 THE RETURN OF THE HUNTERS 267

JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONE By Frederic Remington Illustrated By The Author

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Virginia City 1 II. White Weasel 12 III. The Coming of the Great Spirit 23 IV. Crooked-Bear 37 V. The White Medicine 51 VI. John Ermine 65 VII. Transformation 77 VIII. Playing a Man's Part 86 IX. In Camp 101 X. A Brush with the Sioux 115 XI. The Truth of the Eyes 134 XII. Katherine 137 XIII. Playing with Fire 150 XIV. In Love 167 XV. Bringing in the Wolf 178 XVI. A Hunt 198 XVII. A Proposal 217 XVIII. Man to Man 229 XIX. Flight 247 XX. The End of All Things 262 ILLUSTRATIONS John Ermine Frontispiece PAGE The Chairman 5 A Crow 15 "In the middle of the bunch sat Weasel" 31 "He called the boy to him and put his arm around him" 47 Wolf-Voice 84 "'Halt! Who goes there?'" 97 Captain Lewis 105 Major Ben Searles 117 "Bullets kicked up the dust" 127 Katherine 142 The Englishman 144 "'Will you please carry my parasol for me?'" 157 Shockley 182 "He bore the limp form to the sands" 209 "A tremendous bang roared around the room" 239 Ramon 254

THE WAY TO THE WEST And The Lives Of Three Early Americans BOONE-CROCKETT-CARSON By Emerson Hough Illustrated By Frederic Remington

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