Last of the great scouts: the life story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") as told by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore | ||
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- I. THE OLD HOMESTEAD IN IOWA . . . . . . . . .1
- II. WILL'S FIRST INDIAN . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- III. THE SHADOW OF PARTISAN STRIFE . . . . . 16
- IV. PERSECUTION CONTINUES . . . . . . . . . . 22
- V. THE "BOY EXTRA" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
- VI. FAMILY DEFENDER AND HOUSEHOLD TEASE . . . 39
- VII. INDIAN ENCOUNTER AND SCHOOL-DAY INCIDENTS 48
- VIII. DEATH AND BURIAL OF TURK . . . . . . . . 62
- IX. WILL AS PONY EXPRESS RIDER . . . . . . . . 73
- X. ECHOES FROM SUMTER . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
- XI. A SHORT BUT DASHING INDIAN CAMPAIGN . . . 89
- XII. THE MOTHER'S LAST ILLNESS . . . . . . . . 98
- XIII. IN THE SECRET-SERVICE . . . . . . . . . 111
- XIV. A RESCUE AND A BETROTHAL . . . . . . . . 122
- XV. WILL AS A BENEDICT . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
- XVI. HOW THE SOBRIQUET OF "BUFFALO BILL" WAS WON 149
- XVII. SATANTA, CHIEF OF THE KIOWAS . . . . . . 158
- XVIII. WILL MADE CHIEF OF SCOUTS . . . . . . . 167
- XIX. ARMY LIFE AT FORT MCPHERSON . . . . . . . 174
- XX. PA-HAS-KA, THE LONG-HAIRED CHIEF . . . . . 185
- XXI. THE HUNT OF THE GRAND DUKE ALEXIS . . . . 195
- XXII. THEATRICAL EXPERIENCES . . . . . . . . . 203
- XXIII. THE GOVERNMENT'S INDIAN POLICY . . . . .213
- XXIV. LITERARY WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
- XXV. FIRST VISIT TO THE VALLEY OF THE BIG HORN 233
- XXVI. TOUR OF GREAT BRITAIN . . . . . . . . . .241
- XXVII. RETURN OF THE "WILD WEST" TO AMERICA . .254
- XXVIII. A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL MILES . . . . . . 263
- XXIX. THE "WILD WEST" AT THE WORLD'S FAIR . . .268
- XXX. CODY DAY AT THE OMAHA EXPOSITION . . . . .279
- XXXI. THE LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS . . . . . . 290
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Last of the great scouts: the life story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") as told by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore | ||