JAMES OTIS
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
PHILIP OF TEXAS
MY DREAMS OF A SHEEP RANCH
SHEEP RAISING
HERDING SHEEP
SOMETHING ABOUT TEXAS
LAND GRANTS
THE "TEXAS FEVER"
WHY I WANTED TO GO INTO TEXAS
HUNTING IN TEXAS
FATHER GOES TO SPY OUT THE LAND
OUR PLANTATION IN MISSISSIPPI
FATHER COMES HOME
THE BIGNESS OF TEXAS
WHERE WE WERE GOING
WHAT I HOPED TO DO
CATTLE DRIVING
HOW WE SET OUT
A LABORIOUS JOURNEY
COMANCHE INDIANS
FATHER COMES TO MY RESCUE
THE ARRIVAL AT FORT TOWSON
PREPARING FOR A STORM
A DRY "NORTHER"
TWO KINDS OF "NORTHERS"
HOW TURKEYS KILL RATTLESNAKES
DEER AND RATTLESNAKES
MAKING A CORRAL OF WAGONS
ON THE TRAIL ONCE MORE
MESQUITE
A TEXAS SHEEP RANCH
THE PROFITS FROM SHEEP RAISING
FATHER'S LAND CLAIM
SPANISH MEASUREMENTS
THE CHAPARRAL COCK
OUR FIRST NIGHT ON THE TRINITY
STANDING GUARD
A TURKEY BUZZARD
PLANS FOR BUILDING A HOUSE
THE COOK SHANTY
A STORM OF RAIN
A DAY OF DISCOMFORT
THINKING OF THE OLD HOME
WAITING FOR THE SUN
TOO MUCH WATER
THE STREAM RISING
TRYING TO SAVE THE STOCK
THE ANIMALS STAMPEDED
SAVING OUR OWN LIVES
A RAGING TORRENT
A TIME OF DISASTER
THE FLOOD SUBSIDING
A JACK RABBIT
REPAIRING DAMAGES
ROUNDING UP THE LIVE STOCK
THE FIRST MEAL AFTER THE FLOOD
WAITING FOR FATHER
RECOVERING OUR GOODS
SETTING TO WORK IN GOOD EARNEST
SAWING OUT LUMBER
LABORING IN THE SAW PIT
WILD CATTLE
A DISAGREEABLE INTRUDER
ODD HUNTING
A SUPPLY OF FRESH MEAT
"JERKING" BEEF
SEARCHING FOR THE CATTLE AGAIN
OUR NEW HOME
PLANTING, AND BUILDING CORRALS
BAR-O RANCH
AN ODD CART
THE VISITORS
ZEBA'S CURIOSITY
POSSIBLE TREACHERY
SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR
GYP'S FIGHT WITH A COUGAR
IN A DANGEROUS POSITION
HUNTING WILD HOGS
TREED BY PECCARIES
GYP'S OBEDIENCE
MY CARELESSNESS
VICIOUS LITTLE ANIMALS
FATHER COMES TO THE RESCUE
THE INCREASE IN MY FLOCK
UNREST OF THE INDIANS
TEXAS JOINS THE UNION
WAR WITH MEXICO
SELLING WOOL
PEACE ON THE TRINITY
MY DREAM FULFILLED
BOOKS CONSULTED IN WRITING PHILIP OF TEXAS
JAMES OTIS'S COLONIAL SERIES
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
HISTORICAL READERS By H. A. GUERBER
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY (2)
JAMES OTIS'S PIONEER SERIES
