Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- Dakota Territory; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Ranges, cattle, 91, 92;
claims on, 219;
need of law of, 220.
Religion, in the Bad Lands, 325-28.
Reuter, John, 16;
and Riley Luffsey, 63, 64;
returns to old occupations, 169;
one of Roosevelt's scow-hands, 338, 339;
and the Marquis, 347;
becomes Progressive, 473.
Roberts, Lloyd, 456.
Roberts, Margaret, in, 112, 258-60, 456.
Robins, Captain, 160, 189;
his bout with Sewall, 161-64.
Robinson, Douglas, 458.
Roderick, Mrs., 52.
Roosevelt, Anna, 104-06.
Roosevelt, James, 40, 70.
Roosevelt, Theodore, arrives in Little Missouri, 3-5;
his reason for going to the Bad Lands, 8;
starts on buffalo hunt, 12-14;
gets an extra saddle horse, 16, 17;
enjoys talks with Gregor Lang, 19, 24-28;
hunting buffalo, 28-39;
desirous of buying a large farm, 39;
interested in ranching projects, 40, 41;
secures two partners, 42, 43;
gives check for fourteen thousand dollars without receipt, 43;
kills his buffalo, 44-46;
relished things blood-curdling, 47;
signs contract with Sylvane and Merrifield, 69, 70, 479, 480;
his cattle venture is disapproved of by family, 70;
enters upon third term in New York Legislature, 81, 82;
death of mother and wife, 82;
of public activities of, 82, 83, 87, 88;
refuses to join Mugwumps, 88, 172, 208;
description of, 89;
describes Presidential Convention, 90, 91;
makes new contract, 94;
gets buckskin suit, 95, 96;
shoots antelope, 97;
enters into life of ranchman, 97, 98;
on the round-up, 99, 275-307, 400-03;
attitude of cowboys toward, 101, 102;
tried out on the Sully Trail, 103, 104;
his life as cowboy, 104, 105;
on solitary hunting trip, 105, 106;
tries cooking, 107;
his reading and writing, 108, 109;
a good mixer, 112;
and Bill Jones, 115, 116;
and the Marquis, 124;
tries to join Stuart's vigilantes, 146;
determines upon spot for home-ranch, 149;
and Mrs. Maddox, 150;
adventures at Mingusville, 150-54, 244-47;
editorial on, in the Mandan _Pioneer_, 154;
on the Bad Lands, in the New York _Tribune_, 156;
contract with Sewall and Dow, 156, 157, 481;
interviewed by the _Pioneer_, 158, 159;
on the ranch, 159-65;
prepares for hunting trip, 168, 169, 173, 174;
demanded as first Congressional representative of Dakota, 171;
his political standing in the East, 172;
always wanted to make the world better, 174, 219;
his hunting trip in the Big Horn Mountains, 175-88;
shoots a grizzly, 185-88;
returns to Elkhorn, 202-05;
threatened by Maunders, 207, 208;
makes campaign speeches in New York, 208;
night ride of, 216, 217;
depression of, 217-19;
starts a reform, 219, 222;
in winter on the ranch, 223-28;
hunts mountain sheep, 228-32;
forms stockmen's association, 231-34.
Returns to New York and works on "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," 235,
239;
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account