PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

GEN. FORSYTHE AT THE ARRICKAREE. A THRILLING STORY OF INDIAN WARFARE.

EL SOLITARIO, THE HERMIT PRIEST OF THE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL.

MEDICINE BLUFF.

A RACE FOR LIFE. An Incident of the Indian War of 1864.

THE TRAGEDY AT TWIN MOUNDS. An Incident of the Indian War of 1866-'67.

WAL. HENDERSON.

KIT CARSON'S PAWNEE ROCK STORY.

SHERIDAN'S ROOST.

THE PASSING OF THE BUFFALO.

JUDGE LYNCH'S COURT AT WHOOPING HOLLOW.

THE WOOING OF AH-KEY-NES-TOU.

CARSON'S "FIRST INDIAN."

A THEORY AS TO GEN. CUSTER'S DEATH. DID HE COMMIT SUICIDE?

Transcriber's Notes:

Blank pages have been eliminated.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.

A few typographical errors have been corrected.

The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.

Short Stories of Western Life

BY

COLONEL HENRY INMAN
Late Assistant Quartermaster, United States Army

Author of "The Old Santa FÉ Trail," "Salt Lake Trail"

Copyright 1898, by Crane & Co.