Barricade—We Hold the Fort—Home Again—Off for the West—Trapping on
the Chugwater And Laramie Rivers—We go to Sleep In a Human Grave—A
Horrifying Discovery—A Jollification at Oak Grove Ranch—Home Once
More—I go to School—The Pike's Peak Gold Excitement—Down the Platte
River on a Raft—I Become a Pony Express Rider.
CHAPTER VII.
ACCIDENTS AND ESCAPES.
Trapping on Prairie Dog Creek—An Accident whereby we Lose one of our
Oxen—I Fall and Break my Leg—Left Alone in Camp—Unwelcome Visitors—A
Party of Hostile Sioux Call upon me and Make Themselves at Home—Old
Rain-in-the-Face Saves my Life—Snow-Bound-A Dreary Imprisonment—Return
of my Partner—A Joyful Meeting—We Pull Out for Home—Harrington Dies.
CHAPTER VIII.
ADVENTURES ON THE OVERLAND ROAD.
Introduction to Alf. Slade—He Employs me as a Pony Express Rider—I Make
a Long Ride—Indians Attack an Overland Stage Coach—Wild Bill Leads a
Successful Expedition against the Indians—A Grand Jollification at
Sweetwater Bridge—Slade Kills a Stage Driver—The End of the Spree—A
Bear Hunt—I fall among Horse Thieves—My Escape—I Guide a Party to
Capture the Gang.
CHAPTER IX.
FAST DRIVING.
Bob Scott, the Stage Driver—The Story of the Most Reckless Piece of
Stage Driving that ever Occurred on the Overland Road.
CHAPTER X.
QUESTIONABLE PROCEEDINGS.
The Civil War—Jayhawking—Wild Bill's Fight with the McCandless Gang of
Desperadoes—I become Wild Bill's Assistant Wagon-Master—We Lose our
Last Dollar on a Horse Race—He becomes a Government Scout—He has a Duel
at Springfield.
CHAPTER XI.
A SOLDIER.
Scouting against the Indians in the Kiowa and Comanche country—The
Red-Legged Scouts—A Trip to Denver—Death of my Mother—I Awake one
Morning to Find myself a Soldier—I am put on Detached Service as a
Scout—The Chase after Price—An Unexpected Meeting with Wild Bill—An
Unpleasant Situation—Wild Bill's Escape from the Southern Lines—The
Charge upon Price's Army—We return to Springfield.
CHAPTER XII.
A WEDDING.
I Fall in Love—A Successful Courting Expedition—I am Married—The Happiest Event of my Life—Our Trip up the Missouri River—The Bushwhackers Come after me—I become Landlord of a Hotel—Off for the Plains once more—Scouting on the Frontier for the Government—A Ride with General Custer—An Expedition from Fort Hays has a Lively Chase after Indians—Cholera in Camp.
CHAPTER XIII.
A MILLIONAIRE.
A Town Lot Speculation—"A Big Thing"—I become Half-Owner of a
City—Corner Lots Reserved—Rome's Rapid Rise—We consider ourselves
Millionaires—Dr. Webb—Hays City—We Regard ourselves as Paupers—A Race
with Indians—Captain Graham's Scout after the Indians.
CHAPTER XIV.
EARNING A TITLE.
Hunting for the Kansas Pacific—How I got my Name of "Buffalo Bill"—The
Indians give me a Lively Chase—They get a Dose of their own
Medicine—Another Adventure—Scotty and myself Corraled by Indians—A
Fire Signal brings Assistance—Kit Carson.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAMPION BUFFALO KILLER.
A Buffalo Killing Match with Billy Comstock—An Excursion party from St.
Louis come out to Witness the Sport—I win the Match, and am declared the
Champion Buffalo Killer of the Plains.
CHAPTER XVI.
A COURIER.
Scouting—Captured by Indians—A Strategic Escape—A Hot Pursuit—The Indians led into an Ambush—Old Satanta's Tricks and Threats—Excitement at Fort Larned—Herders and Wood-Choppers Killed by the Indians—A Perilous Ride—I get into the wrong Pew—Safe, arrival at Fort Hays—Interview with General Sheridan—My ride to Fort Dodge—I return to Fort Larned—My Mule gets away from me—A long Walk—The Mule Passes In his Chips.
CHAPTER XVII.
AN APPOINTMENT.
General Sheridan appoints me Guide and Chief of Scouts of the Fifth
Cavalry—The Dog Soldiers—General Forsyth's Fight on the Arickaree Fork.
CHAPTER XVIII.
SCOUTING.
Arrival of the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Hays—Out on a Scout—A little Skirmish with Indians—A Buffalo Hunt—A False Alarm in camp—A Scout on the Beaver—The Supply Camp is Surprised—Arrival of General Carr—The new Lieutenant and his Reception—Another Indian Hunt—An Engagement—A Crack Shot—I have a little Indian fight of my own—Return to Fort Wallace—While hunting Buffaloes with a small Party, we are Attacked by Fifty Indians.
CHAPTER XIX.
A TOUGH TIME.
A Winter's Campaign in the Canadian River Country—Searching for
Penrose's Command—A Heavy Snow-Storm—Taking the Wagon Train down a
Mountain Side—Camp Turkey—Darkey Deserters from Penrose's
Command—Starvation in Penrose's Camp—We reach the Command with
Timely Relief—Wild Bill—A Beer Jollification—Hunting
Antelopes—Return to Fort Lyon.
CHAPTER XX.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
A Difficulty with a Quartermaster's Agent—I give him a Severe
Pounding—Stormy Interview with General Bankhead and Captain Laufer—I
put another "Head" on the Quartermaster's Agent—I am Arrested—In the
Guard-House—General Bankhead Releases me—A Hunt after Horse
Thieves—Their