Henty George Alfred. Redskin and Cow-Boy: A Tale of the Western Plains
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. AN ADVERTISEMENT
CHAPTER II. TERRIBLE NEWS
CHAPTER III. THE WANDERER'S RETURN
CHAPTER IV. AN EXPLOSION
CHAPTER V. ACROSS THE SEA
CHAPTER VI. A HORSE DEAL
CHAPTER VII. AMONG THE COW-BOYS
CHAPTER VIII. A RATTLESNAKE DIET
CHAPTER IX. A ROUND-UP
CHAPTER X. A RACE
CHAPTER XI. A FIRE ON THE PLAINS
CHAPTER XII. AN INDIAN RAID
CHAPTER XIII. RESCUED
CHAPTER XIV. SURROUNDED BY RED-SKINS
CHAPTER XV. WITH THE WAGGON TEAMS
CHAPTER XVI. A MINING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XVII. CARRIED OFF
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BRIGANDS' HAUNT
CHAPTER XIX. A FIGHT AND A RESCUE
CHAPTER XX. THE AVENGER
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Cedar Gulch was, in 1851, a flourishing camp. There had been some good finds by the first prospectors, and a rush had of course followed. In many cases first discoveries proved illusive, but it was not so at Cedar Gulch. The ground turned out well, and although no extraordinary finds were made, the average was good all over the bottom, and there were few who were not doing fairly well.
The scene was a busy one. Several hundreds of men were hard at work on the flat, which in winter was the bed of a wide stream, but which in summer was a mere thread of water among the rocks, scarce enough for washing purposes.
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Sim and the Englishman stretched themselves upon their blankets and lay there smoking, while Limping Frank squatted down by the side of the solitary candle and began to look at the small portion of the paper devoted to general news. This was soon finished, and then he ran his eye over the advertisements. These principally related to articles in demand by miners – patent rockers and cradles, picks and shovels, revolvers and bowie-knives, iron houses for stores, tents, clothing, waterproof boots, and flannel shirts. Then there was a column of town lots in Sacramento, notices of steamers starting for San Francisco, notices of stolen horses, offers of rewards for the capture of notorious criminals, and advertisements for missing friends.
