CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I THE TRAGEDY AT POWELL'S 1
II A ROBBER TURNED LOOSE 13
III TO THE ROUND-UP CAMP 24
IV OLD FRIENDS 34
V CUTTING AND BRANDING 42
VI RIDING CIRCLE 55
VII A BULL FIGHT 66
VIII A BUFFALO STORY 78
IX VICENTE, COWHAND 88
X THE FENCELESS LAND 98
XI TANNING A BUCKSKIN 110
XII INDIAN STORIES 120
XIII BIG WOLVES 133
XIV A BAD MAN 144
XV AN ENGLISHMAN IN CAMP 155
XVI A LESSON IN ROPING 165
XVII DRIFTING 176
XVIII A STAMPEDE 187
XIX COW HORSES AND THEIR WORK 200
XX ROPING A BEAR 211
XXI A CALIFORNIA BEAR HUNT 221
XXII HUNTING WITH A SIX-SHOOTER 230
XXIII A LOAD OF MEAT 240
XXIV FLAGGING AN ANTELOPE 252
XXV THE DANCE AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE 266
ILLUSTRATIONS
Cowboy starting for the round-up camp _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
"The cow started straight off over the prairie" 48
Branding in the corral 170
Gentling a wild one 250
JACK, THE YOUNG COWBOY
Jack the Young Cowboy: An Eastern Boy's Experiance on a Western Round-up Page 2
