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Title: The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
Author: Andy Adams
Release Date: July 1, 2004 [EBook #12797]
Language: English
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[Illustration: THE STAMPEDE]
THE LOG OF A COWBOY
A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
BY ANDY ADAMS
ILLUSTRATED BY E. BOYD SMITH
"Our cattle also shall go with us." --Exodus iv. 26.
[Illustration: The Riverside Press]
BOSTON AND NEW YORK: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY,
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1903.
TO THE COWMEN AND BOYS OF THE OLD WESTERN TRAIL
THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. UP THE TRAIL
II. RECEIVING
III. THE START
IV. THE ATASCOSA
V. A DRY DRIVE
VI. A REMINISCENT NIGHT
VII. THE COLORADO
VIII. ON THE BRAZOS AND WICHITA
IX. DOAN'S CROSSING
X. NO MAN'S LAND
XI. A BOGGY FORD
XII. THE NORTH FORK
XIII. DODGE
XIV. SLAUGHTER'S BRIDGE
XV. THE BEAVER
XVI. THE REPUBLICAN
XVII. OGALALLA