| CHAPTER I. |
| PAGES. |
| THE OBJECT OF OUR EXPEDITION—A GLIMPSE OF ALASKA THROUGH CAPTAIN |
| WALRUS' GLASS—WE ARE TEMPTED BY OUR RECENT PURCHASE—ALASKAN |
| GAME OF "OLD SLEDGE"—THE EARLY STRUGGLES OF KANSAS—THE |
| SMOKY HILL TRAIL—INDIAN HIGH ART—THE "BORDER-RUFFIAN," |
| PAST AND PRESENT—TOPEKA—HOW IT RECEIVED ITS |
| NAME—WAUKARUSA AND ITS LEGEND, | 25-35 |
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| CHAPTER II. |
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| A CHAPTER OF INTRODUCTIONS—PROFESSOR PALEOZOIC—TAMMANY SACHEM—DOCTOR |
| PYTHAGORAS—GENUINE MUGGS—COLON AND SEMI-COLON—SHAMUS |
| DOBEEN—TENACIOUS GRIPE—BUGS AND PHILOSOPHY—HOW |
| GRIPE BECAME A REPUBLICAN, | 36-54 |
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| CHAPTER III. |
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| THE TOPEKA AUCTIONEER—MUGGS GETS A BARGAIN—CYNOCEPHALUS—INDIAN |
| SUMMER IN KANSAS—HUNTING PRAIRIE CHICKENS—OUR FIRST |
| DAY'S SPORT, | 55-63 |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
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| CHICKEN-SHOOTING CONTINUED—A SCIENTIFIC PARTY TAKE THE BIRDS ON |
| THE WING—EVILS OF FAST FIRING—AN OLD-FASHIONED "SLOW SHOT"—THE |
| HABITS OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN—ITS PROSPECTIVE EXTINCTION—MODE |
| OF HUNTING IT—THE GOPHER SCALP LAW, | 64-74 |
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| CHAPTER V. |
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| A TRIAL BY JUDGE LYNCH—HUNG FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT—QUAIL |
| SHOOTING—HABITS OF THE BIRDS, AND MODE OF KILLING THEM—A |
| RING OF QUAILS—THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE WINTER—THE SNOW |
| GOOSE, | 75-83 |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
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| OFF FOR BUFFALO LAND—THE NAVIGATION OF THE KAW—FORT RILEY—THE |
| CENTER-POST OF THE UNITED STATES—OUR PURCHASE OF HORSES—"LO" |
| AS A SAVAGE AND AS A CITIZEN—GRIPE UNFOLDS THE INDIAN |
| QUESTION—A BALLAD BY SACHEM, PRESENTING ANOTHER VIEW, | 84-98 |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
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| GRIPE'S VIEWS OF INDIAN CHARACTER—THE DELAWARES, THE ISHMAELITES |
| OF THE PLAINS—THE TERRITORY OF THE "LONG HORNS"—TEXANS |
| AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS—MUSHROOM ROCK—A VALUABLE DISCOVERY—FOOTPRINTS |
| IN THE ROCK—THE PRIMEVAL PAUL AND |
| VIRGINIA, | 99-111 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
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| THE "GREAT AMERICAN DESERT"—ITS FOSSIL WEALTH—AN ILLUSION DISPELLED—FIRES |
| ACCORDING TO NOVELS AND ACCORDING TO FACT—SENSATIONAL |
| HEROES AND HEROINES—PRAIRIE DOGS AND THEIR HABITS—HAWK |
| AND DOG, AND HAWK AND CAT, | 112-123 |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
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| WE SEE BUFFALO—ARRIVAL AT HAYS—GENERAL SHERIDAN AT THE FORT—INDIAN |
| MURDERS—BLOOD-CHRISTENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD—SURPRISED |
| BY A BUFFALO HERD—A BUFFALO BULL IN A QUANDARY—GENTLE |
| ZEPHYRS—HOW A CIRCUS WENT OFF—BOLOGNA TO LEAN ON—A |
| CALL UPON SHERIDAN, | 124-141 |
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| CHAPTER X. |
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| HAYS CITY BY LAMP-LIGHT—THE SANTA FE TRADE—BULL-WHACKERS—MEXICANS—SABBATH |
| ON THE PLAINS—THE DARK AGES—WILD BILL |
| AND BUFFALO BILL—OFF FOR THE SALINE—DOBEEN'S GHOST-STORY—AN |
| ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS—MEXICAN CANNONADE—A RUNAWAY, | 142-160 |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
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| WHITE WOLF, THE CHEYENNE CHIEF—HUNGRY INDIANS—RETURN TO HAYS—A |
| CHEYENNE WAR PARTY—THE PIPE OF PEACE—THE COUNCIL |
| CHAMBER—WHITE WOLF'S SPEECH, AS RENDERED BY SACHEM—THE |
| WHITE MAN'S WIGWAM, | 161-176 |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
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| ARMS OF A WAR PARTY—A DONKEY PRESENT—EATING POWERS OF THE |
| NOMADS—SATANTA, HIS CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT—RUNNING OFF |
| WITH A GOVERNMENT HERD—DAUB, OUR ARTIST—ANTELOPE CHASE |
| BY A GREYHOUND, | 177-191 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
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| CHARACTER OF THE PLAINS—BUFFALO BILL AND HIS HORSE BRIGHAM—THE |
| GUIDE AND SCOUT OF ROMANCE—CAYOTE VERSUS JACKASS-RABBIT—A |
| LAWYER-LIKE RESCUE—OUR CAMP ON SILVER CREEK—UNCLE |
| SAM'S BUFFALO HERDS—TURKEY-SHOOTING—OUR FIRST MEAL ON THE |
| PLAINS—A GAME SUPPER, | 192-208 |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
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| A CAMP-FIRE SCENE—VAGABONDIZING—THE BLACK PACER OF THE PLAINS—SOME |
| ADVICE FROM BUFFALO BILL ABOUT INDIAN FIGHTING—LO'S |
| ABHORRENCE OF LONG RANGE—HIS DREAD OF CANNON—AN IRISH |
