{"product_id":"2940149276844","title":"Life and Adventures of 'Billy' Dixon (Illustrated)","description":"A Narrative in Which Is Described Many Things Relating\u003cbr\u003eto the Early Southwest, with an Account of the\u003cbr\u003eFight Between Indians and Buffalo Hunters at\u003cbr\u003eAdobe Walls, and the Desperate Engagement\u003cbr\u003eat Buffalo Wallow, for which Congress\u003cbr\u003evoted the Medal of Honor to the\u003cbr\u003eSurvivors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX \u003cbr\u003e  Page.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003ePreface — Introductory — What \"Bat\" Masterson Said of \"Billy\" Dixon — How the Story of His Life Was Written — Mrs. Dixon's Devoted Industry in Setting Down the Facts of Her Husband's Life — Fascination of the Plains Country 10\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eDixon's Birth and Boyhood — Death of His Parents — From West Virginia to Home of Uncle in Missouri — Lured by Romance of Plains, the Boy Starts in Search of Adventure — Reaches Leavenworth, Kas., and Becomes a Bull-Whacker — Across the Plains — Hires to Farmer McCall 17\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eTo Fort Harker with a Drove of \"Shave-tails\" — Kills His First Buffalo — The Medicine Lodge Treaty — Approaching Indians — Stirring Scenes — General Harney — Satanta and His Horse — Back to Fort Harker — Prairie Fires 46\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eTo Baxter Springs, Kas., in 1868 — Hauling Munitions of War to Camp Supply for the Custer Expedition — All the Mules Stampede in Harness — Now Eighteen Years Old and as Hard as Nails — Begins Hunting Buffaloes for their Hides — Establishes a Road Ranch South of Hays City — Lost at Night 76\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eDodge City in 1872 — Dixon Never Danced or Gambled — \"Cranky\" McCabe — Dangerous Country South of the Arkansas — Indian Scare — Name at Boiling Spring on the South Pawnee — Sham Duel — On the Cimarron in 1873 — Prowling Cheyennes — Company M and the Al Frio — History of Buffalo Spring 104\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eDown in the Texas Panhandle — Ruins of Original Adobe Walls  — Back to Dodge City — Fitting Out of Big Expedition to Hunt Buffaloes — The Tempestuous and Spectacular Fairchild  — Night Camp in the Plains Country — Dancing on a Dry Buffalo Hide — Floods and Quicksands — Meets Jim and Bob Cator — Fun with Fairchild 142\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eThe Buffalo-Hunters Establish Themselves at Adobe Walls and Erect Buildings — Origin of old Adobe Walls — A Long Circle in Search of the Best Hunting Grounds — Roaring of the Vast Herd  — Business Begins in Earnest — Caught in Canadian Quicksands  — News at Adobe Walls of Indian Outbreaks — Dixon Forms Hunting Partnership with Hanrahan — Location of Buildings at Adobe Walls — Fancied Security","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111851081968,"sku":"2940149276844","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149276844_p0.jpg?v=1763714947","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149276844","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}