THANKSGIVING DAY AT ERROLSTRATH—KATE'S RETURN—CUSTER'S BATTLE WITH "BLACK KETTLE"—KATE TELLS HER STORY—THE ORIGIN OF INDIAN CORN—A WOLF HUNT WITH GENERAL CUSTER—A WOLF STORY BY THE COLONEL [Page 156]
CHAPTER XII
A WOLF HUNT—TWO SNAKE STORIES—TERRIBLE STRUGGLE WITH A MOUNTAIN WOLF—A MAIL RIDER EATEN—THE OLD TRAPPER'S EXPERIENCE WITH FOUR OF THE FIERCE BEASTS [Page 193]
CHAPTER XIII
JOE, ROB, AND THE OLD TRAPPER—GENERAL CUSTER ARRIVES AT THE RENDEZVOUS—THE WOLF DENS—FIRST TUSSLE BETWEEN THE HOUNDS AND A WOLF—CINCH'S GREAT BATTLE [Page 211]
CHAPTER XIV
A WILD TURKEY HUNT—THE TRIP TO MUD CREEK—THE TURKEY ROOST—THE SHOOTING BEGINS—COUNTING THE NUMBER KILLED—JOE SELLS TURKEYS [Page 222]
CHAPTER XV
HOW THE ROBIN CAME TO KANSAS—MOCKING-BIRDS—EATEN BY SNAKES—JOE LOSES HIS TAME ELK—THE LAST OF THE WOLVES—FINDING THE QUAIL'S NEST—JOE BUILDS A CAGE FOR THEM—RAISING CHICKENS [Page 229]