A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony

Introduction by Richard W. EtulainSuggestions for Further ReadingA Note on the TextA Texas CowboyI. My Boyhood DaysII. My Introduction to the late warIII. My First Lesson in Cow Punching IV. My second experience in St. LouisV. A New experienceVI. Adopted and sent to schoolVII. Back at last to the Lone Star StateVIII. Learning to rope wild steersIX. Owning my first cattleX. A start up the Chisolm trailXI. Buys a boat and becomes a sailorXII. Back to my favorite occupation, that of a wild and woolly Cow BoyXIII. Mother and I meet at lastXIV. On a tare in Wichita, KansasXV. A lonely trip down the CimeronXVI. My first experience roping a BuffaloXVII. An exciting trip after thievesXVIII. Seven weeks among IndiansXIX. A lonely ride of eleven hundred milesXX. Another start up the Chisolm trailXXI. A trip which terminated in the capture of "Billy the Kid"XXII. Billy the Kid's captureXXIII. A trip to the Rio Grande on a muleXXIV. Waylaid by unknown partiesXXV. Lost on the Staked PlainsXXVI. A trip down the Reo PecosXXVII. A true sketch of "Billy the Kid's" lifeXXVIII. Wrestling with a dose of Small Pox on the Llano EsticadoXXIX. In love with a Mexican girlXXX. A sudden leap from Cow Boy to MerchantAddenda:Part I. – Cost of raising a three-year old steerPart II. – Driving young steers "up the trail."Part III. – What a young man can do in ten years with a start of 100 two-year-old heifers.Part IV. – The much abused cow-pony.Part V. – Cow-boys' wages – and cost of outfit.Part VI. – Losses on a cattle ranch from deaths, theft, etc.Part VII. – Raising cow-ponies on the rangeExplanatory Notes