Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

GEORGE P. PUTNAM,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The Pawnee Hunting-Grounds.-Travelling Companions.-A Com-

missioner.-A Virtuoso.-A Seeker of Adventures.-A Gil Blas

of the Frontier.—A Young Man's Anticipations of Pleasure.... 17

CHAPTER II.

Anticipations disappointed.-New Plans.-Preparations to join an

Exploring Party.-Departure from Fort Gibson.-Fording of

the Verdigris.-An Indian Cavalier

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CHAPTER III.

An Indian Agency.-Riflemen.-Osages, Creeks, Trappers, Dogs,

Horses, Half-breeds,-Beatte, the Huntsman...

The Departure...

CHAPTER IV.

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CHAPTER V.

Frontier Scenes.-A Lycurgus of the Border.-Lynch's Law.-The

Danger of finding a Horse.-The Young Osage...

CHAPTER VI.

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Trail of the Osage Hunters.-Departure of the Count and his Party.

-A Deserted War-Camp.-A Vagrant Dog.-The Encampment. 42

CHAPTER VII.

News of the Rangers.-The Count and his Indian Squire.-Halt in

the Woods.-Woodland Scene.-Osage Village.-Osage Visitors

at our Evening Camp....

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CHAPTER VIII.

The Honey Camp....

CHAPTER IX.

A Bee-Hunt

CHAPTER X.

Amusements in the Camp.-Consultations.-Hunters' Fare and Feast-

ing.-Evening Scenes.-Camp Melody.-The Fate of an Ama-

teur Owl

CHAPTER XI.

Breaking up of the Encampment.—Picturesque March.—Game.—

Camp-Scenes.-Triumph of a Young Hunter.-Ill Success of

Old Hunters.-Foul Murder of a Polecat..

CHAPTER XII.

The Crossing of the Arkansas..

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