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LITTLE BIG HORN MEDICINE 3

SPECIMEN JONES 36

THE SERENADE AT SISKIYOU 64

THE GENERAL'S BLUFF 82

SALVATION GAP 115

THE SECOND MISSOURI COMPROMISE 131

LA TINAJA BONITA 159

A PILGRIM ON THE GILA 211

ILLUSTRATIONS

SPECIMEN JONES _Frontispiece_

"BOASTING IN INDIAN FASHION" _Facing page_ 6

"HIS HORSE DREW CLOSE, SHOVING THE HORSE
OF THE MEDICINE-MAN" " 14

"THE HEAD LAY IN THE WATER" " 34

AN APACHE " 38

CUMNOR'S AWAKENING " 52

THE MEXICAN FREIGHT-WAGON " 58

"'AIN'T Y'U GOT SOMETHING TO SELL?'" " 90

THE CHARGE " 102

"HE HESITATED TO KILL THE WOMAN" " 112

THE SHOT-GUN MESSENGER " 122

"'I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT OVER'" " 128

"HIS PLAN WAS TO WALK AND KEEP QUIET" " 148

"'DON'T NOBODY HURT ANYBODY,' SAID SPECIMEN
JONES" " 156

"'YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK THIS WAY.
YOU'RE ALONE'" " 204

"EACH BLACK-HAIRED DESERT FIGURE" " 238

RED MEN AND WHITE

LITTLE BIG HORN MEDICINE

Something new was happening among the Crow Indians. A young pretender
had appeared in the tribe. What this might lead to was unknown alike to
white man and to red; but the old Crow chiefs discussed it in their
councils, and the soldiers at Fort Custer, and the civilians at the
agency twelve miles up the river, and all the white settlers in the
valley discussed it also. Lieutenants Stirling and Haines, of the First
Cavalry, were speculating upon it as they rode one afternoon.

"Can't tell about Indians," said Stirling. "But I think the Crows are
too reasonable to go on the war-path."

"Reasonable!" said Haines. He was young, and new to Indians.

"Just so. Until you come to his superstitions, the Indian can reason as
straight as you or I. He's perfectly logical