Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including non-standard spelling and inconsistent hyphenation. Some changes of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. An oe ligature has been expanded. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Tales From The X-Bar Horse Camp Tales From The X-Bar Horse Camp _The Blue-Roan "Outlaw" and Other Stories_ By WILL C. BARNES Author of "Western Grazing Grounds" [Illustration] Published by THE BREEDERS' GAZETTE 542 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois 1920 COPYRIGHT 1920 SANDERS PUBLISHING CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _To My Mother_: _Who shared with me many of the dangers and hardships of the old days on the ranges of the Southwest, these stories are affectionately dedicated._ _Washington, D. C._ _September 1st, 1919._ Contents Sunrise on the Desert (poem) xi The Blue-Roan "Outlaw" 1 Campin' Out 23 Popgun Plays Santa Claus 32 "Just Regulars" 45 The Stampede on the Turkey Track Range 58 The Navajo Turquoise Ring 74 An Arizona Etude 86 Stutterin' Andy 94 The Passing of Bill Jackson 104 The Tenderfoot from Yale 114 "Dummy" 123 The Mummy from the Grand Cañon 140 Jumping at Conclusions 149 Lost in the Petrified Forest 163 "Camel Huntin'" 174 The Trinidad Kid 184 "Pablo" 195 The Shooting up of Horse Head 206 Illustrations The whole herd swam the Pecos in safety 8 Say, Dad, did you ever pack a burro? 23 Gibson managed to get everything in the two Kyacks carried by the mule 36 "Just Regulars" Apache squaw and baby 45 The men on day herd could hold them easily 58 Some prehistoric people had carved queer hieroglyphics on it 71 He was a picture of savage finery 78 Now the Navajos are famous silversmiths 78 The mess wagon was backed up into the shade 86 Andy done built a little log house 97 We had a fire lookout station 115 Out on the range 1200 ewes were grazing 128