[6] See Porter’s account of “The Spirit of the Times.”

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

I.
PAGE
MY FIRST AND LAST SPEECH IN THE GENERAL COURT[1]
II.
HOSS ALLEN, OF MISSOURI[17]
III.
THE WIDOW RUGBY’S HUSBAND[21]
IV.
THE BIG BEAR OF ARKANSAS[41]
V.
JOHNNY BEEDLE’S COURTSHIP[66]
VI.
THE MARRIAGE OF JOHNNY BEEDLE[76]
VII.
JOHNNY BEEDLE’S THANKSGIVING[98]
VIII.
AUNT NABBY’S STEWED GOOSE[107]
IX.
DECLINE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF DOGTOWN[115]
X.
THE COON-HUNT; OR, A FENCY COUNTRY[125]
XI.
A RIDE WITH OLD KIT KUNCKER[131]
XII.
SETH WILLETT: THE ELK COUNTY WITNESS[145]
XIII.
THE TWO FAT SALS[154]
XIV.
WAR’S YURE HOSS?[157]
XV.
BOB LEE[161]
XVI.
THE SHOOTING-MATCH[184]
XVII.
THE HORSE SWAP[215]
XVIII.
THREE CHANCES FOR A WIFE[230]
XIX.
THE YANKEE AMONGST THE MERMAIDS[233]
XX.
CAPTAIN STICK AND TONEY[257]
XXI.
THE WAY BILLY HARRIS DROVE THE DRUM-FISH TO MARKET[262]
XXII.
YANKEE HOMESPUN[273]
XXIII.
THE INDEFATIGABLE BEAR-HUNTER[275]
XXIV.
COLONEL CROCKETT’S RIDE ON THE BACK OF A BUFFALO[293]
XXV.
COLONEL CROCKETT’S ADVENTURE WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR[296]
XXVI.
COLONEL CROCKETT, THE BEAR, AND THE SWALLOWS[301]
XXVII.
A PRETTY PREDICAMENT[305]

TRAITS

OF