Copyright, 1898,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
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Set up and electrotyped. Published July, 1898. Reprinted
December, 1905; December, 1908; October, 1909; June, 1911.
New edition September, 1906; August, September, 1911; March,
June, 1912; July, 1913.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.


To My Grandson
GEORGE INMAN SEITZ


CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

TAKING UP A "CLAIM" IN KANSAS—THE TRAIL FROM LEAVENWORTH—ANIMALS SEEN EN ROUTE—PRAIRIE CHICKENS—BUILDING THE CABIN—THE COSY SITTING-ROOM—ANIMALS FOUND IN THE TIMBER AND ON THE PRAIRIE—WHY THE CREEK WAS NAMED "OXHIDE" [Page 1]

CHAPTER II