Bushy

Transcriber’s Notes

The only footnote has been renumbered and moved to the end of its paragraph.

Illustrations have been moved to the nearest paragraph break.

Itemized changes from the original text:

• On page 18, changed “half-hour” to “half hour”, near “he quit wriggling about”
• On page 25, changed “or” to “of”, near “like one ball of fire”
• On page 33, changed “horse thief” to “horse-thief”, near “to be cut down”
• On page 45, changed “deer-meat” to “deer meat”, near “that kept the pot of”
• On page 64, changed “buck-board” to “buckboard”, near “had just arrived in his”
• On page 69, changed “breakneck” to “break-neck”, near “speed up and down the”
• On page 70, changed “sun-burnt” to “sunburnt”, near “face clouded with a frown.”
• On page 73, changed “red-skin” to “redskin”, near “I’d just like to see a”
• On page 80, changed “wont” to “won't”, near “count if you like it.”
• On page 95, inserted comma after “a little”, near “just to calm me down”
• On page 98, changed “everyday” to “every-day”, near “was settling down to”
• On page 99, added “to”, near “and pulling Bushy to one side;”
• On page 130, changed “fore-feet” to “fore feet”, near “in one hand and the”
• On page 130, changed “hind-feet” to “hind feet”, near “in one hand and the”
• On page 151, changed “Noon-time” to “Noontime”, near “and as there were no signs”
• On page 152, changed “awhile” to “a while”, near “fight the Indians off for a while”
• On page 154, changed “warwhoops” to “war-whoops”, near “that chilled the blood”
• On page 158, changed “warwhoop” to “war-whoop”, near “suddenly sounded in front.”
• On page 183, added quote mark at end of sentence, near “even if they should wake and see him.”
• On page 191, changed “hand-spring” to “handspring”, near “in the road in her great delight”
• On page 193, changed “ecstacy” to “ecstasy”, near “half shutting her eyes in the ecstasy of her delight.”
• On page 214, changed “wood-work” to “woodwork”, near “about the mouth of the excavation”
• On page 214, changed “wood-work” to “woodwork”, near “at the opening of the tunnel”
• On page 236, changed “rattle-snakes” to “rattlesnakes”, near “the prairie-dogs and”
• On page 251, changed “grocery-store” to “grocery store”, near “was a long way off”
• On page 257, changed “wagon-tongue” to “wagon tongue”, near “leaning back against the”
• On page 276, changed “,” to “”, near “Bushy still held the end of the rope”
• On page 277, changed “cabin-door” to “cabin door”, near “the next day.”
• On page 284, removed comma after “understand”, near “I can't understand Bushy,”
• On page 286, changed “dress-skirt” to “dress skirt”, near “which she held up to receive”
• On page 292, changed “mountain-peaks” to “mountain peaks”, near “rose high and sharp”
• On page 298, changed “gold diggers” to “gold-diggers”, near “driven out by a set of”
• On page 301, changed “” to “"”, near “Hark, I hear a foot-fall!"”
• On page 301, changed “” to “"”, near “bang! bang!" sounded from”
• On page 302, changed “buffalo-robe” to “buffalo robe”, near “and covered her head and ears.”
• On page 308, changed “Any thing” to “Anything”, near “asked: "Anything happened, Padre?"”