The Prairie Schooner
By William Francis Hooker
Copyright, 1918
By SAUL BROTHERS
Chicago
To My Wife
MAMIE TARBELL HOOKER
A Pioneer of the
Jim River (Dakota) Valley
Illustration and Patent Color Process by J. D. Johnsen
CONTENTS.
| Page | ||
| Introduction | 11 | |
| I. | Letters Pass Between Old Pards | 15 |
| II. | Trains That Run Without Rails | 27 |
| III. | Hunton and Clay—Bull-Train Magnates | 43 |
| IV. | Guarding an Overland Freight Outfit | 57 |
| V. | Rattlesnakes and Redskins | 67 |
| VI. | Belated Grace for a Christmas Dinner | 75 |
| VII. | The Fate of One-Eyed Ed. | 85 |
| VIII. | Track-Layers Fought Redskins | 99 |
| IX. | "Bill" Hickok, City Marshal | 105 |
| X. | When Cheyenne Was Young | 113 |
| XI. | The Lost Indian at Bedtick Creek | 119 |
| XII. | A She-Bear and Her Cub | 129 |
| XIII. | A Kick From a Playful Bullock—and a Joke | 135 |
| XIV. | The Indian and the Trousers | 143 |
| XV. | There's a Reason; This Is It! Conclusion | 149 |
INTRODUCTION
When the Union Pacific Railroad was completed from Omaha, Nebraska, toOgden, Utah, it passed through a territory about as barren of businessas one can imagine. It apparently was a great Sahara, and in fact someof the territory now growing bumper crops of alf
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