JACK THE YOUNG COWBOY _By the same Author_ JACK THE YOUNG COWBOY JACK THE YOUNG TRAPPER JACK THE YOUNG CANOEMAN JACK THE YOUNG EXPLORER JACK IN THE ROCKIES JACK AMONG THE INDIANS JACK THE YOUNG RANCHMAN PAWNEE HERO STORIES AND FOLK TALES BLACKFOOT LODGE TALES THE STORY OF THE INDIAN THE INDIANS OF TO-DAY THE PUNISHMENT OF THE STINGY AMERICAN DUCK SHOOTING AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING TRAILS OF THE PATHFINDERS [Illustration: COWBOY STARTING FOR THE ROUND-UP CAMP. _Photo by the Morris Art Studio, Chinook, Mont._] JACK THE YOUNG COWBOY _An Eastern Boy's Experience on a Western Round-up_ BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL _WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_ [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1913, by_ FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ Ninth Printing, August 12, 1935 _Printed in the United States of America_ INTRODUCTION Jack's cowboy life began just as a great change was sweeping over the cattle range. Cattle had first been brought into the country only a few years before--old-fashioned long-horns driven up over the trail from Texas. In those days the people in the West were not many. Towns were small, farms almost unknown, wagon roads few. Except about the pastures of the larger ranches, there were no fences. Over most of the land the cowboy roamed alone. His seemed a life of romance. Free as the birds, he wandered over the wide range, going when and where he pleased. But this romance was only apparent. No man worked harder than he, or for less reward. His toilful days and short broken nights; his small pay and his poor food were recorded in the songs that he sang as he rode about the cattle. This was in the early days of the cattle industry. A little later, on the plains came a change from pioneer conditions to those approaching luxury.