| Page | |
| General Forsythe | 1 |
| The Charge | 13 |
| The Hermit Priest | 24 |
| Little Beaver | 45 |
| Kicking Bird | 58 |
| Susie Réaume | 96 |
| Sitting Bull, Crow Eagle, and Buffalo Bill | 101 |
| Sa-tan-ta | 104 |
| The Mirage | 119 |
| Wal. Henderson | 130 |
| O-ton-son-e-var | 163 |
| Pacer's Son—Chief of all the Apaches | 166 |
| General Sheridan | 170 |
| Catching Wild Turkeys in Gen. Sheridan's Camp | 178 |
| Wolves Attacking a Buffalo | 191 |
| A Lynching Scene | 238 |
| Mandan Chief | 240 |
| Mandan Canoe | 246 |
| Mandan Village | 248 |
| Kit Carson | 256 |
| Train at Pawnee Rock | 266 |
| General Custer | 270 |
| Little River | 273 |
| Sitting Bull | 277 |
About This Book
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.