قراءة كتاب Buffalo Land Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West

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Buffalo Land Authentic Account of the Discoveries, Adventures, and Mishaps of a Scientific and Sporting Party in the Wild West

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Webb W E (William Edward)

دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

الصفحة رقم: 6

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The Rare Old Plainsman of the Novels, 137 Wild Bill—From a Photograph, 147 Buffalo Bill—From a Photograph, 147 Our Horses Run Away with Us, 157 The Pipe of Peace—The Professor's Dilemma, 167 White Wolf at Home, 172 The Wild Denizens of the Plains, 197 Smashing a Cheyenne Black-Kettle, 219 Midnight Serenade on the Plains, 227 Going after Ammunition, 259 Battle between Cheyennes and Pawnees, 271 One of our Specimens—Photographed by J. Lee Knight, Topeka, 301 Wanton Destruction of Buffalo, Embracing: Daily, for Fun, 315 300 a Day for Pleasure, 315 For Excitement, 315 100,000 for Tongues, 315 2,000,000 for Robes, to get Whisky, 315 Dug Out, 329 Taking and Being Taken, 335 Developing—One of the First Families, 348 The Sea which once Covered the Plains, 357 Waconda Da—Great Spirit Salt Spring, 399 More of our Specimens (Photographed by J. Lee Knight), Embracing: Prairie Chickens, 413 Head of an Elk, 413 Wild Turkey, 413 Beaver, 413

BUFFALO LAND.

CHAPTER I.

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.

The great plains—the region

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