FIRST FAM'LIES OF THE SIERRAS.
By JOAQUIN MILLER
Author of "Songs of the Sierras," "Songs of the Sun-Lands," "The Ship in the Desert," Etc.
CHICAGO:
JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.
1876.
COPYRIGHT,
JANSEN, McCLURG & CO.
A. D. 1876.
LAKESIDE
PUBLISHING & PRINTING CO.
CHICAGO.
TO
MY OLD
COMPANION IN ARMS,
PRINCE JAMIE TOMAS,
OF
Leon, Nicaragua.
CONTENTS.
[CHAPTER I. In the Forks]
[CHAPTER II. Little Billie Piper]
[CHAPTER III. The First Woman in the Forks]
[CHAPTER IV. Sunday in the Sierras]
[CHAPTER V. Washee-Washee]
[CHAPTER VI. Some Unwritten History]
[CHAPTER VII. That Boy]
[CHAPTER VIII. Sandy's Courtship]
[CHAPTER IX. "That Boy" is Ill]
[CHAPTER X. A Scene in the Sierras]
[CHAPTER XI. The Parson's Pursuit of Love]
[CHAPTER XII. Grit]
[CHAPTER XIII. An Announcement]
[CHAPTER XIV. A Wedding in the Sierras]
[CHAPTER XV. What's the Matter Now?]
[CHAPTER XVI. Was the Woman Insane?]
[CHAPTER XVII. Captain Tommy]
[CHAPTER XVIII. "Blood!"]
[CHAPTER XIX. How did it Happen?]
[CHAPTER XX. A Flag of Truce]
[CHAPTER XXI. The Question None Could Answer]
[CHAPTER XXII. Debatable Ground]
[CHAPTER XXIII. Another Wedding at the Forks]
[CHAPTER XXIV. The Judge is Lonesome]
[CHAPTER XXV. After the Deluge—What Then?]
[CHAPTER XXVI. The Widow in Disgrace]
[CHAPTER XXVII. Billie Piper and Deboon]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. The Gopher]
[CHAPTER XXIX. A Natural Death]
[CHAPTER XXX. A Funeral]
[CHAPTER XXXI. The Caravan of Death]
[CHAPTER XXXII. The End]
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