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CONTENTS.

Page CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

  • Wild Turkey Hunting 9

  • Summer Retreat in Arkansas 28

  • Tom Owen, the Bee-Hunter 47

  • Arrow-Fishing 54

  • The Big Bear of Arkansas 72

  • The Mississippi 94

  • Large and Small Steamers on the Mississippi 105

  • Familiar Scenes on the Mississippi 114

  • A Storm Scenes on the Mississippi 126

  • Grizzly Bear Hunting 135

  • A Piano in Arkansas 145

  • Wild-Cat Hunting 155

  • Mike Fink, the Keel-Boatman 163

  • Alligator Killing 184


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  • Buffalo Hunting 193

  • Scenes in Buffalo Hunting 213

  • Woodcock Fire-Hunting 225

  • The Water Craft of the Back-Woods 232

  • Place de La Croix 240

  • Opossum Hunting 255

  • A “Hoosier” in Search of Justice 266

  • Major Gasden's Story 271

  • The Great Four-Mile Day 280

  • The Way that Americans go down Hill 302