{"product_id":"2940015227918","title":"Ranche on the Oxhide - A Story of Boys\u0026#x2019; and Girls\u0026#x2019; Life on the Frontier","description":"Every Boy’s Library--Boy Scout Edition: Ranche on the Oxhide - A Story of Boys’ and Girls’ Life on the Frontier by Henry Inman, Late Captain United States Army, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Author of Old Santa Fé Trail; \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by Charles Bradford Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright, 1898,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCH1. Taking up “Claim” in Kansas--Trail from Leavenworth--Animals Seen En Route--Prairie Chickens--Building Cabin-- Cosy Sitting-Room--Animals Found in Timber and Prairie--Why Creek Was Named “Oxhide”\u003cbr\u003eCH2. House Finished--Building Corrals--Hounds--Their Fight with Lynx--Its Hide Given to Gertrude--Immense Herd of Buffalo--Capture Four Calves--Get Their Ponies in Strange Manner--Breaking Them\u003cbr\u003eCH3. Boys Go Fishing for First Time--An Idea Suddenly Strikes Rob--Rob’s Quest and Luck--Island of Willows--Rob’s Big Cat--Joe’s Tussle with a Panther Cub--Kills Him--Is Wounded--Skins the Animal, and Gets Home at Last--Gives the Beautiful Robe to His Mother\u003cbr\u003eCH4. Boy and Girl Life at Errolstrath Ranche--Their Pets--Girls Encounter a Big Prairie Wolf--Joe to the Rescue--Death of the Ferocious Beast\u003cbr\u003eCH5. Friendly Pawnees Camp on the Oxhide--Old “Yellow Calf,” the Chief--Joe Is Named “White Panther”--Joe Goes Hunting with the Band--He Learns the Language--Hunting with the Boys of the Tribe\u003cbr\u003eCH6. Story of the Massacre on Spillman Creek--Scouts Go to the Rescue--Joe and Rob Talk Over the Horrid Work of the Savages--Dog Soldiers--Charley Bent--Place of Rendezvous--Party Starts out--Joe’s Opinion is Asked\u003cbr\u003eCH7. Arrival of Cavalry on the Elkhorn--A Deer Hunt--What the Scouts Saw--Story of the Two Little Girls--Dead and Wounded--Men Hidden in the Brush--An Indian Legend--Arrival of the Infantry--Deer Hunt in the Morning--Death of the Deer\u003cbr\u003eCH8. Mr. Tucker Passes the Night at Errolstrath--He Tells Some Stories of Hunting Big Game in the Rocky Mountains--Sagacity of the Female Bighorn--American Cougar--Bear and the Panther--Rabbit Hunt--How the Boys Trained Their Hounds.\u003cbr\u003eCH9. Indian Raids--Kate is Missing--”Buffalo Bill’s” Opinion--”Buffalo Bill” Finds Her Little Basket--Soldiers Return to the Fort Without Finding Her--Grief of the Family\u003cbr\u003eCH10. How Kate was Captured by the Indians--Band Ride Rapidly Southward--At the Indian Village--Her Determination to Escape--Teaches the Squaws--Is Treated Kindly\u003cbr\u003eCH11. Thanksgiving Day at Errolstrath--Kate’s Return--Custer’s Battle with “Black Kettle”--Kate Tells Her Story--Origin of Indian Corn--A Wolf Hunt with General Custer--A Wolf Story by the Colonel\u003cbr\u003eCH12. A Wolf Hunt--Two Snake Stories--Terrible Struggle with a Mountain Wolf--A Mail Rider Eaten--Old Trapper’s Experience with Four of the Fierce Beasts\u003cbr\u003eCH13. Joe, Rob, and the Old Trapper--General Custer Arrives at the Rendezvous--Wolf Dens--First Tussle Between the Hounds and a Wolf--Cinch’s Great Battle\u003cbr\u003eCH14. A Wild Turkey Hunt--Trip to Mud Creek--Turkey Roost--Shooting Begins--Counting the Number Killed--Joe Sells Turkeys\u003cbr\u003eCH15. How the Robin Came to Kansas--Mocking-Birds--Eaten by Snakes--Joe Loses His Tame Elk--Last of the Wolves--Finding the Quail’s Nest--Joe Builds a Cage for Them--Raising Chickens\u003cbr\u003eCH16. Pawnees Return--Antelope Hunt with the Indians--Joe Misses--White Wolf--Talk of a Wild Horse Hunt--Sand-Hill Cranes--Their Weird Cotillion\u003cbr\u003eCH17. Wild Horses--Joe Sleeps in White Wolf’s Tent--Camp on the Walnut--Wolves and Lynxes--Kill an Elk--Chase--Capture of the Black Stallion--White Wolf’s Skill--Breaking the Horses\u003cbr\u003eCH18. Last Herd of Buffalo--Stampede--Soldiers in Full Chase--Joe Gets Two Cows--Hauling in the Meat--Rattlesnakes\u003cbr\u003eCH19. Indian Horse-Race--Kate’s Pony Wins--Trade with the Pawnees--Dances at Night--Indians Say Good-By to the Family--Noble Action of White Wolf\u003cbr\u003eCH20. Conclusion: Retrospective--Old Trapper Passes Away--Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are Dead--General Custer and Colonel Keogh are Killed--Errolstrath Belongs to Joe and Rob","brand":"Denise Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147821727984,"sku":"2940015227918","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015227918","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}