The Ranche on the Oxhide: A Story of Boys' and Girls' Life on the Frontier

by Henry Inman

CHAPTER VII

ARRIVAL OF CAVALRY ON THE ELKHORN—A DEER HUNT—WHAT THE SCOUTS SAW—THE STORY OF THE TWO LITTLE GIRLS—THE DEAD AND WOUNDED—MEN HIDDEN IN THE BRUSH—AN INDIAN LEGEND—ARRIVAL OF THE INFANTRY—THE DEER HUNT IN THE MORNING—DEATH OF THE DEER [Page 98]

CHAPTER VIII

MR. TUCKER PASSES THE NIGHT AT ERROLSTRATH—HE TELLS SOME STORIES OF HUNTING BIG GAME IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS—SAGACITY OF THE FEMALE BIGHORN—THE AMERICAN COUGAR—THE BEAR AND THE PANTHER—THE RABBIT HUNT—HOW THE BOYS TRAINED THEIR HOUNDS [Page 118]

CHAPTER IX

INDIAN RAIDS—KATE IS MISSING—"BUFFALO BILL'S" OPINION—"BUFFALO BILL" FINDS HER LITTLE BASKET—THE SOLDIERS RETURN TO THE FORT WITHOUT FINDING HER—GRIEF OF THE FAMILY [Page 137]

CHAPTER X

HOW KATE WAS CAPTURED BY THE INDIANS—THE BAND RIDE RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD—AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE—HER DETERMINATION TO ESCAPE—TEACHES THE SQUAWS—IS TREATED KINDLY [Page 147]

CHAPTER XI