# Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881

Author: Gillett, James B., 1856-1937

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65675

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Six+Years+with+the+Texas+Rangers%2C+1875+to+1881+Gillett&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The greatest shaping force in human life is heredity, and from my father I inherited my love of the open frontier and its life of danger and excitement. This inheritance was further strengthened by environment and training, and finally led me to embrace the life of the Texas Ranger. My father, James S. Gillett, was himself a frontiersman, though born in the quieter, more settled east. At a very early age his parents emigrated from his birthplace in Kentucky and moved to Missouri. Here, after a short time, they died and the young orphan lived with a brother-in-law. When still quite a youth my father, with three other adventurous Missourians, set out on an expedition to Santa Fe, New Mexico...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/six-years-with-the-texas-rangers-1875-to-1881-65675/chapters/5/index.md)