CHICKEN-SHOOTING CONTINUED--A SCIENTIFIC PARTY TAKE THE BIRDS ON THE WING--EVILS OF FAST FIRING--AN OLD-FASHIONED "SLOW SHOT"--THE HABITS OF THE PRAIRIE CHICKEN--ITS PROSPECTIVE EXTINCTION--MODE OF HUNTING IT--THE GOPHER SCALP LAW, 64-74 CHAPTER V. A TRIAL BY JUDGE LYNCH--HUNG FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT--QUAIL SHOOTING--HABITS OF THE BIRDS, AND MODE OF KILLING THEM--A RING OF QUAILS--THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE WINTER--THE SNOW GOOSE, 75-83 CHAPTER VI. OFF FOR BUFFALO LAND--THE NAVIGATION OF THE KAW--FORT RILEY--THE CENTER-POST OF THE UNITED STATES--OUR PURCHASE OF HORSES--"LO" AS A SAVAGE AND AS A CITIZEN--GRIPE UNFOLDS THE INDIAN QUESTION--A BALLAD BY SACHEM, PRESENTING ANOTHER VIEW, 84-98 CHAPTER VII. GRIPE'S VIEWS OF INDIAN CHARACTER--THE DELAWARES, THE ISHMAELITES OF THE PLAINS--THE TERRITORY OF THE "LONG HORNS"--TEXANS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS--MUSHROOM ROCK--A VALUABLE DISCOVERY-- FOOTPRINTS IN THE ROCK--THE PRIMEVAL PAUL AND VIRGINIA, 99-111 CHAPTER VIII. THE "GREAT AMERICAN DESERT"--ITS FOSSIL WEALTH--AN ILLUSION DISPELLED--FIRES ACCORDING TO NOVELS AND ACCORDING TO FACT-- SENSATIONAL HEROES AND HEROINES--PRAIRIE DOGS AND THEIR HABITS-- HAWK AND DOG, AND HAWK AND CAT, 112-123 CHAPTER IX. WE SEE BUFFALO--ARRIVAL AT HAYS--GENERAL SHERIDAN AT THE FORT--INDIAN MURDERS--BLOOD-CHRISTENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD--SURPRISED BY A BUFFALO HERD--A BUFFALO BULL IN A QUANDARY--GENTLE ZEPHYRS--HOW A CIRCUS WENT OFF--BOLOGNA TO LEAN ON--A CALL UPON SHERIDAN, 124-141 CHAPTER X. HAYS CITY BY LAMP-LIGHT--THE SANTA FE TRADE--BULL-WHACKERS-- MEXICANS--SABBATH ON THE PLAINS--THE DARK AGES--WILD BILL AND BUFFALO BILL--OFF FOR THE SALINE--DOBEEN'S GHOST-STORY--AN ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS--MEXICAN CANNONADE--A RUNAWAY, 142-160 CHAPTER XI. WHITE WOLF, THE CHEYENNE CHIEF--HUNGRY INDIANS--RETURN TO HAYS--A CHEYENNE WAR PARTY--THE PIPE OF PEACE--THE COUNCIL CHAMBER--WHITE WOLF'S SPEECH, AS RENDERED BY SACHEM--THE WHITE MAN'S WIGWAM, 161-176 CHAPTER XII. ARMS OF A WAR PARTY--A DONKEY PRESENT--EATING POWERS OF THE NOMADS--SATANTA, HIS CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT--RUNNING OFF WITH A GOVERNMENT HERD--DAUB, OUR ARTIST--ANTELOPE CHASE BY A GREYHOUND, 177-191 CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER OF THE PLAINS--BUFFALO BILL AND HIS HORSE BRIGHAM--THE GUIDE AND SCOUT OF ROMANCE--CAYOTE VERSUS JACKASS-RABBIT--A LAWYER-LIKE RESCUE--OUR CAMP ON SILVER CREEK--UNCLE SAM'S BUFFALO HERDS--TURKEY-SHOOTING--OUR FIRST MEAL ON THE PLAINS--A GAME SUPPER, 192-208 CHAPTER XIV.