The Ranche on the Oxhide: A Story of Boys' and Girls' Life on the Frontier

· 1899

TAKING UP A "CLAIM" IN KANSAS--THE TRAIL FROM LEAVENWORTH--ANIMALS SEEN EN ROUTE--PRAIRIE CHICKENS--BUILDING THE CABIN--THE COSY SITTING-ROOM--ANIMALS FOUND IN THE TIMBER AND ON THE PRAIRIE--WHY THE CREEK WAS NAMED "OXHIDE" Page 1 THE HOUSE IS FINISHED--BUILDING CORRALS--THE HOUNDS--THEIR FIGHT WITH A LYNX--ITS HIDE GIVEN TO GERTRUDE--THE IMMENSE HERD OF BUFFALO--CAPTURE FOUR CALVES--GET THEIR PONIES IN A STRANGE MANNER--BREAKING THEM Page 13…

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