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I. MY FIRST AND LAST SPEECH IN THE GENERAL COURT.

II. HOSS ALLEN, OF MISSOURI.

III. THE WIDOW RUGBY’S HUSBAND.

IV. THE BIG BEAR OF ARKANSAS.[7]

V. JOHNNY BEEDLE’S COURTSHIP.[8]

VI. THE MARRIAGE OF JOHNNY BEEDLE.[9]

VII. JOHNNY BEEDLE’S THANKSGIVING.[10]

VIII. AUNT NABBY’S STEWED GOOSE.

IX. DECLINE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF DOGTOWN.

X. THE COON-HUNT; OR, A FENCY COUNTRY.

XI. A RIDE WITH OLD KIT KUNCKER.

XII. SETH WILLET: THE ELK COUNTY WITNESS.

XIII. THE TWO FAT SALS.[11]

XIV. WAR’S YURE HOSS?

XV. BOB LEE. A TALE.

XVI. THE SHOOTING-MATCH.

XVII. THE HORSE SWAP.

XVIII. THREE CHANCES FOR A WIFE.

XIX. THE YANKEE AMONGST THE MERMAIDS. A YARN, BY A CAPE CODDER.

XX. CAPTAIN STICK AND TONEY.

XXI. THE WAY BILLY HARRIS DROVE THE DRUM-FISH TO MARKET.

XXII. YANKEE HOMESPUN.

XXIII. THE INDEFATIGABLE BEAR-HUNTER.

XXIV. COLONEL CROCKETT’S RIDE ON THE BACK OF A BUFFALO.

XXV. COLONEL CROCKETT’S ADVENTURE WITH A GRIZZLY BEAR.

XXVI. COLONEL CROCKETT, THE BEAR AND THE SWALLOWS.

XXVII. A PRETTY PREDICAMENT.