A collection of short narratives drawn from the author's frontier experience presents episodic scenes of scouting, overland travel, raids and narrow escapes. The pieces include action-driven accounts of patrols and ambushes, sketches of isolated characters such as a hermit priest, reflections on the passing of the buffalo and episodes of rough frontier justice, and portraits of well-known frontier figures. Tone and length vary from brisk adventure to contemplative local sketches, together offering vivid vignettes of hardship, endurance, and the transforming plains.