Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
FREDERIC REMINGTON
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE WAY OF AN INDIAN
## CROOKED TRAILS
## A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX
## AN APACHE PRINCESS
## RED MEN AND WHITE
## PONY TRACKS
## JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONE
## THE WAY TO THE WEST
## THE BLACK LION INN
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE WAY OF AN INDIAN
By Frederic Remington
Illustrated by Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
I White Otter’s Own Shadow
II The Brown Bat Proves Itself
III The Bat Devises Mischief Among the Yellow-Eyes
IV The New Lodge
V “The Kites and the Crows”
VI The Fire Eater’s Bad Medicine
VII Among the Pony-Soldiers
VIII The Medicine-Fight of the Chis-chis-chash
ILLUSTRATIONS
01 Pretty Mother of the Night—white Otter is No Longer
03 He Looked on the Land of his People And he Hated All Vehemently
04 The Wolves Sniffed Along on The Trail, But Came No Nearer
05 O Gray Wolf of My Clan—shall We Have Fortune?
06 The Interpreter Waved at The Naked Youth
07 I Will Tell the White Man How he Can Have his Ponies Back
08 Nothing But Cheerful Looks Followed the Bat
09 The Ceremony of The Fastest Horse
10 He Rushed the Pony Right to The Barricade
11 The Fire Eater Slung his Victim Across His Pony, Taking His Scalp
12 The Fire Eater Raised his Arms to The Thunder Bird
13 The Rushing Red Lodges Passed Through The Line of The Blue Soldiers
14 He Made his Magazine Gun Blaze Until Empty
15 He Shouted his Harsh Pathos at a Wild and Lonely Wind
CROOKED TRAILS
By Frederic Remington
Illustrated By Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
CROOKED TRAILS
HOW THE LAW GOT INTO THE CHAPARRAL
THE BLUE QUAIL OF THE CACTUS
A SERGEANT OF THE ORPHAN TROOP
THE SPIRIT OF MAHONGUI
THE ESSENTIALS AT FORT ADOBE
MASSAI'S CROOKED TRAIL
JOSHUA GOODENOUGH'S OLD LETTER
CRACKER COWBOYS OF FLORIDA
THE STRANGE DAYS THAT CAME TO JIMMIE FRIDAY
THE SOLEDAD GIRLS
ILLUSTRATIONS
01 Texas Rangers Holding up Chapparal Bandits
02 A Bearer of Civilization
03 The Charge Anp Killing of Padre Jarante
04 We Struck Some Boggy Ground
05 Prisoners Drawing Their Beans
06 How the Law Got Into The Chaparral
07 Luncheon in the Desert
08 Supper in the Corral
09 On the Shore of The Tank—morning
10 Running Blue Quail
11 Too Big Game for Number Six
12 Mile After Mile Rushed the Little Column
13 The Horses Assembled in a Side Canyon
14 The Two Men Climbed Slowly
15 Brave Cheyennes Running Through the Frosty Hills
16 Through the Smoke Sprang The Daring Soldier
17 This Time the Air Grew Clear
18 This Was a Fatal Embarquation
19 The Omen of The Little Blue Birds
20 Ye Spirit Dog Strode from Ye Darkness
21 The Advance
22 Horse Gymnastics
23 Jumping on a Horse
24 A Tame Horse
25 The Pursuit
26 The Attack on The Cossack
27 Natastale
28 The Arrest of The Scout
29 Scouts
30 The Chief of Scouts
31 Not Much Fitted for Bush-ranging
32 The March of Rogers's Rangers
33 The Storming of Ticonderoga
34 Paddling the Wounded British Officer
35 The Capture of The French Grenadier
36 About Four Dollars Worth of Clothes Between Them
37 A Cracker Cowboy
38 Fighting over a Stolen Herd
39 In Wait for an Enemy
40 A Bit of Cow Country
41 Cowboys Wrestling a Bull
42 The Lawyer Had Become a Voyager
43 It is Strange How One Can Accustom Himself to 'pack'
44 Down the River on a Golden Morning
45 A Real Camp
46 Rough Water
47 The Indians Used 'setting-poles'
48 Trying Moments
49 The Half-wild Cattle Came Down from The Hills
A TALE OF THE INDIAN FRONTIER
By General Charles King
Illustrations By Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A DAUGHTER OF THE SIOUX
CHAPTER I Foreshadowed Events,
CHAPTER II Absent from Duty,
CHAPTER III A Night Encounter,
CHAPTER IV The Sign of the Bar Shoe,
CHAPTER V A Grave Discovery,
CHAPTER VI First Sight of the Foe,
CHAPTER VII Blood Will Tell,
CHAPTER VIII More Strange Discoveries,
CHAPTER IX Bad News from the Front,
CHAPTER X "I'll Never Go Back,"
CHAPTER XI A Fight with a Fury,
CHAPTER XII The Ordeal by Fire,
CHAPTER XIII Wounded—Body and Soul,
CHAPTER XIV A Vanished Heroine,
CHAPTER XV A Woman's Plot,
CHAPTER XVI Night Prowling at Frayne,
CHAPTER XVII A Rifled Desk,
CHAPTER XVIII Burglary at Blake's,
CHAPTER XIX A Slap for the Major,
CHAPTER XX The Sioux Surrounded,
CHAPTER XXI Thanksgiving at Frayne,
CHAPTER XXII Behind the Bars,
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV A Soldier Entangled,
L'ENVOI
ILLUSTRATIONS
Cover
Frontispiece
"The Major Sought to Block that Morning's Ride in Vain"
Ray's Troop
"The Soldier Leaped from his Saddle"
"With One Magnificent Red Arm Uplifted"
"Some Few of their Number Borne away by their Comrades"
"Charge with Me the Moment the Leaders Yell"
"Hush! She's Coming"—She was There
AN APACHE PRINCESS
A Tale of the Indian Frontier
General Charles King
Illustrations By Frederic Remington
And Edwin Willard Deming
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
The Meeting by the Waters, 9
CHAPTER II
Scot Versus Saxon, 21
CHAPTER III
Moccasin Tracks, 33
CHAPTER IV
A Stricken Sentry, 42
CHAPTER V
The Captain's Defiance, 51
CHAPTER VI
A Find in the Sands, 61
CHAPTER VII
"Woman-Walk-in-the-Night," 70
CHAPTER VIII
"Apache Knives Dig Deep," 88
CHAPTER IX
A Carpet Knight, Indeed, 97
CHAPTER X
"Woman-Walk-in-the Night" Again, 105
CHAPTER XI
A Stop—by Wire, 119
CHAPTER XII
Fire! 130
CHAPTER XIII
Whose Letters? 141
CHAPTER XIV
Aunt Janet Braved, 152
CHAPTER XV
A Call for Help, 166
CHAPTER XVI
A Return to Command, 177
CHAPTER XVII
A Strange Coming, 188
CHAPTER XVIII
A Stranger Going, 199
CHAPTER XIX
Besieged, 213
CHAPTER XX
Where is Angela? 226
CHAPTER XXI
Our Vanished Princess, 238
CHAPTER XXII
Suspense, 249
CHAPTER XXIII
An Apache Queen, 259
CHAPTER XXIV
The Meeting at Sandy, 271
CHAPTER XXV
Rescue Requited, 282
CHAPTER XXVI
"Woman-Walk-No-More," 293
CHAPTER XXVII
The Parting by the Waters, 306
L'ENVOI
ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
Frontispiece
"Now Halting, Dropping on One Knee to Fire," 90
"Blakely Led 'Em across No. 4's Post," 134
The Fight in the Cañon, 220
"Indian Signals beyond Possibility of a Doubt," 242
"Then slowly, They Saw Her Raise Her Right Hand, Still Cautiously Holding the Little Mirror," 263
"They Hustled Her Pony into a Ravine," 270
"Natzie Wrenched Her Hand from that of Blakely, and with the Spring of a Tigress Bounded away," 324
RED MEN AND WHITE
By Owen Wister
Illustrated By Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
PAGE
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
PAGE
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
PONY TRACKS
Written And Illustrated By Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHASING A MAJOR-GENERAL 1
LIEUTENANT CASEY’S LAST SCOUT 22
THE SIOUX OUTBREAK IN SOUTH DAKOTA 49
AN OUTPOST OF CIVILIZATION 58
A RODEO AT LOS OJOS 79
IN THE SIERRA MADRE WITH THE PUNCHERS 109
BLACK WATER AND SHALLOWS 131
COACHING IN CHIHUAHUA 149
STUBBLE AND SLOUGH IN DAKOTA 162
POLICING THE YELLOWSTONE 174
A MODEL SQUADRON 193
THE AFFAIR OF THE —TH OF JULY 206
THE COLONEL OF THE FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY 222
A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN A SIBLEY TEPEE 238
BEAR-CHASING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 244
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
THE LAST STAND Frontispiece
GENERAL MILES AND HIS ESCORT 3
THE SUPPLY TRAIN 9
UNITED STATES CAVALRY IN WINTER RIG 13
UNITED STATES INFANTRY IN WINTER RIG 17
CHIS-CHIS-CHASH SCOUT ON THE FLANKS 25
“TWO GHOSTS I SAW” 31
WATCHING THE DUST OF THE HOSTILES 35
THE HOTCHKISS GUN 39
A RUN TO THE SCOUT CAMP 45
IN THE TRENCHES 51
THE ADVANCE GUARD—A MILITARY SACRIFICE 55
THE HACIENDA SAN JOSÉ DE BAVICORA 59
EL PATRON 63
THE ADMINISTRADOR OF SAN JOSÉ DE BAVICORA 67
A HAIR-CUT À LA PUNCHER 71
THE MUSIC AT THE “BAILLE” 75
COMING TO THE RODEO 81
WAVING SERAPE TO DRIVE CATTLE 85
TAILING A BULL 89
JOHNNIE BELL OF LOS OJOS 93
WILLIAM IN ACTION 97
MOUNTING A WILD ONE 101
A MODERN SANCHO PANZA 105
MY COMRADE 110
ON THE MOUNTAINS 111
THE CASA CAMADRA 115
SHOOTING IN THE SIERRA MADRE 119
THE INDIAN’S STORY 123
THE CLIFF-DWELLINGS 127
THE PORTAGE 133
BLACK WATER 137
THE FAWN 140
BREAKING A JAM 141
HUNG UP 145
A COACHERO 150
THE START 151
MORNING TOILET 155
HARNESSING MULES 159
A DAKOTA CHICKEN-WAGON 163
ON THE EDGE OF A SLOUGH 164
A CONFERENCE IN THE MUD 166
“DON’T SHOOT!” 168
“MARK—LEFT” 170
“MARK!” 171
TROOPING HOMEWARD IN THE AFTER-GLOW 172
BURGESS, NEARLY FORTY-FIVE YEARS A SCOUT 176
THE BELL-MARE OVER A BAD PLACE 178
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN 181
GETTING GRUB 183
WORKING ON THE DIVIDE 185
BURGESS FINDING A FORD 189
GENERAL GUY V. HENRY, SEVENTH UNITED STATES CAVALRY 194
RIDING SITTING ON LEGS 196
OVER THE HURDLE BACK TO BACK 197
THROWING A HORSE 199
OVER THE HURDLES IN LINE 201
“WE WERE NOW OUT OF THE SMOKE” 215
OFFICER AND MEN—FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY 225
AMBULANCE CORPS—FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY 231
THE TOAST: “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” 239
WATERING HORSES 245
“DO YOU THINK THIS PONY IS GOING TO BUCK?” 249
DAN AND ROCKS 251
A DANGEROUS PLACE 253
“GONE AWAY” 257
TIMBER-TOPPING IN THE ROCKIES 260
THE BEAR AT BAY 263
THE FINALE 266
THE RETURN OF THE HUNTERS 267
JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONE
By Frederic Remington
Illustrated By The Author
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Virginia City 1
II. White Weasel 12
III. The Coming of the Great Spirit 23
IV. Crooked-Bear 37
V. The White Medicine 51
VI. John Ermine 65
VII. Transformation 77
VIII. Playing a Man's Part 86
IX. In Camp 101
X. A Brush with the Sioux 115
XI. The Truth of the Eyes 134
XII. Katherine 137
XIII. Playing with Fire 150
XIV. In Love 167
XV. Bringing in the Wolf 178
XVI. A Hunt 198
XVII. A Proposal 217
XVIII. Man to Man 229
XIX. Flight 247
XX. The End of All Things 262
ILLUSTRATIONS
John Ermine Frontispiece
PAGE
The Chairman 5
A Crow 15
"In the middle of the bunch sat Weasel" 31
"He called the boy to him and put his arm around him" 47
Wolf-Voice 84
"'Halt! Who goes there?'" 97
Captain Lewis 105
Major Ben Searles 117
"Bullets kicked up the dust" 127
Katherine 142
The Englishman 144
"'Will you please carry my parasol for me?'" 157
Shockley 182
"He bore the limp form to the sands" 209
"A tremendous bang roared around the room" 239
Ramon 254
THE WAY TO THE WEST
And The Lives Of Three Early Americans
BOONE-CROCKETT-CARSON
By Emerson Hough
Illustrated By Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE WAY ACROSS THE ALLEGHANIES
I. THE AMERICAN AX 7
II. THE AMERICAN RIFLE 11
III. THE AMERICAN BOAT 19
IV. THE AMERICAN HORSE 25
V. THE PATHWAY OF THE WATERS 32
VI. THE MISSISSIPPI, AND
INDEPENDENCE 58
VII. ORIGIN OF THE PIONEER 73
VIII. DANIEL BOONE 87
IX. A FRONTIER REPUBLIC 122
BOOK II
THE WAY TO THE ROCKIES
I. DAVY CROCKETT 143
II. AGAINST THE WATERS 185
BOOK III
THE WAY TO THE PACIFIC
I. KIT CARSON 223
II. THE SANTA FÉ TRAIL 260
III. THE OREGON TRAIL 287
IV. EARLY EXPLORERS OF THE
TRANS-MISSOURI 311
V. ACROSS THE WATERS 343
BOOK IV
THE WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC
I. THE IRON TRAILS 381
II. THE PATHWAYS OF THE FUTURE 413
THE BLACK LION INN
By Alfred Henry Lewis
Illustrated By Frederic Remington
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. HOW I CAME TO THE INN.
CHAPTER II. THE WINNING OF SAUCY PAOLI.
CHAPTER III. HOW FORKED TONGUE WAS BURNED.
CHAPTER IV. THAT TOBACCO UPSET.
CHAPTER V. THE SIGN OF THREE.
CHAPTER VI. THAT WOLFVILLE CHRISTMAS.
CHAPTER VII. THE PITT STREET STRINGENCY.
CHAPTER VIII. THAT STOLEN ACE OF HEARTS.
CHAPTER IX. CHIQUITA OF CHAPARITA.
CHAPTER X. HOW STRONGARM WAS AN ELK.
CHAPTER XI. THAT SMUGGLED SILK.
CHAPTER XII. THE WIPING OUT OF McCANDLAS.
CHAPTER XIII. HOW JIM BRITT PASSED HIS BILL.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO TELL THE LAST FOUR.
CHAPTER XV. HOW MOH-KWA FED THE CATFISH.
CHAPTER XVI. THE EMPEROR’S CIGARS.
CHAPTER XVII. THE GREAT STEWART CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE RESCUE OF CONNELLY.
CHAPTER XIX. MOH-KWA AND THE THREE GIFTS.
CHAPTER XX. THE GERMAN GIRL’S DIAMONDS.
CHAPTER XXI. THE LUCK OF COLD-SOBER SIMMS.
CHAPTER XXII. HOW PRINCE RUPERT LOST.
CHAPTER XXIII. WHEN I RAN THE SHOTGUN.
CHAPTER XXIV. WHEN THE CAPITOL WAS MOVED.
CHAPTER XXV. HOW THE FILIBUSTERER SAILED.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MOH-KWA SAVED STRIKE-AXE.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FLIM FLAM MURPHY.
