Category: Adventure

The Voyage of the Rattletrap

CHAP I. Getting Ready II. Outward Bound III. From Lookout Lake To The Missouri River IV. Into Nebraska V. Across The Niobrara VI. By Canyons To Valentine VII. Through The Sand Hills VIII. On The Antelope Flats IX. Off For The Black Hills X. Among The Mountains XI. Deadwood XII...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

CHAP I. Getting Ready II. Outward Bound III. From Lookout Lake To The Missouri River IV. Into Nebraska V. Across The Niobrara VI. By Canyons To Valentine VII. Through The Sand H...

2. Chapter 2

After we had finished, and the horses had grazed about on the dry grass some time, we started on. We hoped to reach a little lake which we saw marked on the map, called Lake Loo...

3. Chapter 3

"Puts me in mind of the time a fellow had over at the Santee Agency a year or so ago," said our visitor. "There's a man there named Hawkins that's got a tame buffalo cow. Of cou...

4. Chapter 4

Ollie was willing enough to do this, and the pony was willing enough to go, so off they went. I think if the weed had had a fair field that Ollie would never have overtaken it,...

5. Chapter 5

The camp was near another railroad station called Eli. We had been gradually working north, and were now not over three or four miles from the Dakota line; but Dakota here consi...

6. Chapter 6

"That's the most beautiful place for a stream I ever saw," observed Jack. "If a man had a creek and no bed for it to run in, he'd be awfully glad to get that."

7. Chapter 7

There were some timbers from an old bridge near by, and we soon had a good fire, around which we tramped in a procession till our clothes were fairly dry. The wind was chilly, a...

8. Chapter 8

We thanked him and started. Notwithstanding this assurance, I had intended to fill a jug with water, but forgot it, and we went off without a drop. We were going down what was c...