[Illustration: THE LAST STAND] PONY TRACKS _WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY_ FREDERIC REMINGTON NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE Copyright, 1895, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE FELLOWS WHO RODE THE PONIES THAT MADE THE TRACKS BY THE AUTHOR CONTENTS CHASING A MAJOR-GENERAL LIEUTENANT CASEY’S LAST SCOUT THE SIOUX OUTBREAK IN SOUTH DAKOTA AN OUTPOST OF CIVILIZATION A RODEO AT LOS OJOS IN THE SIERRA MADRE WITH THE PUNCHERS BLACK WATER AND SHALLOWS COACHING IN CHIHUAHUA STUBBLE AND SLOUGH IN DAKOTA POLICING THE YELLOWSTONE A MODEL SQUADRON THE AFFAIR OF THE --TH OF JULY THE COLONEL OF THE FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN A SIBLEY TEPEE BEAR-CHASING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ILLUSTRATIONS THE LAST STAND GENERAL MILES AND HIS ESCORT THE SUPPLY TRAIN UNITED STATES CAVALRY IN WINTER RIG UNITED STATES INFANTRY IN WINTER RIG CHIS-CHIS-CHASH SCOUT ON THE FLANKS “TWO GHOSTS I SAW” WATCHING THE DUST OF THE HOSTILES THE HOTCHKISS GUN A RUN TO THE SCOUT CAMP IN THE TRENCHES THE ADVANCE GUARD--A MILITARY SACRIFICE THE HACIENDA SAN JOSÉ DE BAVICORA EL PATRON THE ADMINISTRADOR OF SAN JOSÉ DE BAVICORA A HAIR-CUT À LA PUNCHER THE MUSIC AT THE “BAILLE” COMING TO THE RODEO WAVING SERAPE TO DRIVE CATTLE TAILING A BULL JOHNNIE BELL OF LOS OJOS WILLIAM IN ACTION MOUNTING A WILD ONE A MODERN SANCHO PANZA MY COMRADE ON THE MOUNTAINS THE CASA CAMADRA SHOOTING IN THE SIERRA MADRE THE INDIAN’S STORY THE CLIFF-DWELLINGS THE PORTAGE BLACK WATER THE FAWN BREAKING A JAM HUNG UP A COACHERO THE START MORNING TOILET HARNESSING MULES A DAKOTA CHICKEN-WAGON ON THE EDGE OF A SLOUGH A CONFERENCE IN THE MUD “DON’T SHOOT!” “MARK--LEFT” “MARK!” TROOPING HOMEWARD IN THE AFTER-GLOW BURGESS, NEARLY FORTY-FIVE YEARS A SCOUT THE BELL-MARE OVER A BAD PLACE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN GETTING GRUB WORKING ON THE DIVIDE BURGESS FINDING A FORD GENERAL GUY V. HENRY, SEVENTH UNITED STATES CAVALRY RIDING SITTING ON LEGS OVER THE HURDLE BACK TO BACK THROWING A HORSE OVER THE HURDLES IN LINE “WE WERE NOW OUT OF THE SMOKE” OFFICER AND MEN--FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY AMBULANCE CORPS--FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY THE TOAST: “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” WATERING HORSES “DO YOU THINK THIS PONY IS GOING TO BUCK?” DAN AND ROCKS A DANGEROUS PLACE “GONE AWAY” TIMBER-TOPPING IN THE ROCKIES THE BEAR AT BAY THE FINALE THE RETURN OF THE HUNTERS PONY TRACKS CHASING A MAJOR-GENERAL