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Title: The Young Surveyor;
or Jack on the Prairies

Author: J. T. Trowbridge

Release Date: May 4, 2009 [EBook #28680]

Language: English

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THE YOUNG SURVEYOR;

OR,

JACK ON THE PRAIRIES.

BY J. T. TROWBRIDGE

AUTHOR OF "JACK HAZARD AND HIS FORTUNES," ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._

BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,
LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
1875.

Copyright, 1875.
BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO.,
CAMBRIDGE.

[Illustration: HOW THE BOYS WENT TO THE RIVER FOR WATER.]

CONTENTS.

I. "NOTHING BUT A BOY"

II. OLD WIGGETT'S SECTION CORNER

III. THE HOMEWARD TRACK

IV. A DEER HUNT, AND HOW IT ENDED

V. THE BOY WITH ONE SUSPENDER

VI. "LORD BETTERSON'S"

VII. JACK AT THE "CASTLE"

VIII. HOW VINNIE MADE A JOURNEY

IX. VINNIE'S ADVENTURE

X. JACK AND VINNIE IN CHICAGO

XI. JACK'S NEW HOME

XII. VINNIE'S FUTURE HOME

XIII. WHY JACK DID NOT FIRE AT THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN

XIV. SNOWFOOT'S NEW OWNER

XV. GOING FOR A WITNESS

XVI. PEAKSLOW GETS A QUIRK IN HIS HEAD

XVII. VINNIE MAKES A BEGINNING

XVIII. VINNIE'S NEW BROOM

XIX. LINK'S WOOD-PILE

XX. MORE WATER THAN THEY WANTED

XXI. PEAKSLOW SHOWS HIS HAND

XXII. THE WOODLAND SPRING

XXIII. JACK'S "BIT OF ENGINEERING"

XXIV. PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK

XXV. THE BATTLE OF THE BOUNDARY FENCE

XXVI. VICTORY

XXVII. VINNIE IN THE LION'S DEN

XXVIII. AN "EXTRAORDINARY" GIRL

XXIX. ANOTHER HUNT, AND HOW IT ENDED

XXX. JAC