HUGE
FOSSIL—THE MOSASAURUS OF THE CRETACEOUS SEA—A GLIMPSE |
OF THE REPTILIAN AGE—REMINISCENCES OF ALLIGATOR-SHOOTING—THEY |
SUGGEST A THEORY, |
318-329 |
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CHAPTER XXIII. |
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FROM SHERIDAN TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS—THE COLORADO PORTION OF |
THE PLAINS—THE GIANT PINES—ATTEMPT TO PHOTOGRAPH A BUFFALO—THINGS |
GET MIXED—THE LEVIATHAN AT HOME—A CHAT |
WITH PROFESSOR COPE—TWENTY-SIX-INCH OYSTERS—REPTILES AND |
FISHES OF THE CRETACEOUS SEA, |
330-350 |
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CHAPTER XXIV. |
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CONTINUED BY COPE—THE GIANTS OF THE SEAS—TAKING OUT FOSSILS |
IN A GALE—INTERESTING DISCOVERIES—THE GEOLOGY OF THE |
PLAINS, |
351-365 |
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CHAPTER XXV. |
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A SAVAGE OUTBREAK—THE BATTLE OF THE FORTY SCOUTS—THE SURPRISE—PACK-MULES |
STAMPEDED—DEATH ON THE ARICKEREE—THE |
MEDICINE MAN—A DISMAL NIGHT—MESSENGERS SENT TO WALLACE—MORNING |
ATTACK—WHOSE FUNERAL?—RELIEF AT LAST—THE OLD |
SCOUT'S DEVOTION TO THE BLUE, |
366-376 |
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CHAPTER XXVI. |
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THE STAGE DRIVERS OF THE PLAINS—"OLD BOB"—JAMAICA AND GINGER—AN |
OLD ACQUAINTANCE—BEADS OF THE PAST—ROBBING THE |
DEAD—A LEAP FROM THE LOST HISTORY OF THE MOUND BUILDERS—INDIAN |
TRADITIONS—SPECULATIONS—ADOBE HOUSES IN A RAIN—CHEAP |
LIVING—WATCH TOWERS, |
377-386 |
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CHAPTER XXVII. |
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OUR PROGRAMME CONCLUDED—FROM SHERIDAN TO THE SOLOMON—FIERCE |
WINDS—A TERRIFIC STORM—SHAMUS' BLOODY APPARITION AND |
INDIAN WITCH—A RECONNOISSANCE—AN INDIAN BURIAL GROVE—A |
CONTRACTOR'S DARING AND ITS PENALTY—MORE VAGABONDIZING—JOSE |
AT THE LONG BOW—THE "WILD HUNTRESS'" COUNTERPART—SHAMUS |
TREATS US TO "CHILE"—THE RESULT, |
387-395 |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. |
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THE BLOCK-HOUSE ON THE SOLOMON—HOW THE OLD MAN DIED—WACONDA |
DA—LEGEND OF WA-BOG-AHA AND HEWGAW—SABBATH MORNING—SACHEM'S |
POETICAL EPITAPH—AN ALARM—BATTLE BETWEEN AN |
EMIGRANT AND THE INDIANS—WAS IT THE SYDNEYS?—TO THE |
RESCUE—AN ELK HUNT—ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP—NOVEL MODE |
OF HUNTING TURKEYS—IN CAMP ON THE SOLOMON—A WARM WELCOME, |
396-415 |
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CHAPTER XXIX. |
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OUR LAST NIGHT TOGETHER—THE REMARKABLE SHED-TAIL DOG—HE |
RESCUES HIS MISTRESS, AND BREAKS UP A MEETING—A SKETCH OF |
TERRITORIAL TIMES BY GRIPE—MONTGOMERY'S EXPEDITION FOR THE |
RESCUE OF JOHN BROWN'S COMPANIONS—SCALPED, AND CARVING HIS |
OWN EPITAPH—AN IRISH JACOB—"SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST"—SACHEM'S |
POETICAL LETTER—POPPING THE QUESTION ON THE RUN—THE |
PROFESSOR'S LETTER, |
416-428 |
CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
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PAGES. |
PRELIMINARY TO THE APPENDIX, |
431, 432 |
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CHAPTER FIRST. |
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COME TO THE GREAT WEST—SHOULD THERE NOT BE COMPULSORY EMIGRATION—"GET |
A GOOD READY"—HOMESTEAD LAWS AND REGULATIONS—THE |
STATE OF KANSAS—THE COST OF A FARM—A FEW MORE |
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, |
433-450 |
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CHAPTER SECOND. |
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HUNTING THE BUFFALO—ANTELOPE HUNTING—ELK HUNTING—TURKEY |
HUNTING—GENERAL REMARKS—WHAT TO DO IF LOST ON THE PLAINS—THE |
NEW FIELD FOR SPORTSMEN, |
451-463 |
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CHAPTER THIRD. |
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"BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES"—THE GREAT WEST—FALL |
OF THE RIVERS—THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS AND VALLEYS OF |
BUFFALO LAND—THE VALLEY OF THE PLATTE—THE SOLOMON AND |
SMOKY HILL RIVERS—THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES—STOCK |
RAISING IN THE GREAT WEST—THE CATTLE HIVE OF NORTH |
AMERICA—THE CLIMATE OF THE PLAINS—CLIMATIC CHANGES ON THE |
PLAINS—THE
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