University of Arizona Press, 1972 Cloth: 978-0-8165-0328-5 | Paper: 978-0-8165-0354-4 Library of Congress Classification F802.L7K55 1972 Dewey Decimal Classification 917.89640340924
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Eve Ball 1
PART I. FROM TEXAS TO NEW MEXICO
1. My Pioneer Ancestry 13
2. Earliest Recollections 20
3. Journey to New Mexico 25
4. Attack by Apaches at Black River 32
5. The Casey Mill on the Hondo 36
6. Pioneer Activities and Makeshifts 43
7. Early Settlers: Upper Lincoln County 51
8. Early Settlers: Lower Lincoln County 63
9. Apache Raid of 1867 73
10. A Memorable Indian Scout 79
PART II. REIGN OF THE SIX SHOOTER
11. The Lincoln County Ring 93
12. The Harrell War 100
13. The Casey Store and Its Clerks 109
14. Ash Upson: Rolling Stone of the West 116
15. Murder Most Foul and The Law's Vengeance 124
16. Abneth McCabe: A Friend in Need 137
17. Happenings on the Feliz 147
18. Plagues and Pestilences 161
19. Echoes of the Lincoln County War 169
20. Aftermath 179
21. Bob Olinger as I Knew Him 183
22. School-teaching on the Pefiasco 192
23. The Sutton-Nixon Killing 199
24. Tragedies and Shooting Scrapes 204
25. The Sinewy and Powerful Arm of The Law 216
PART III. JOHN SIMPSON CHISUM
26. The Texas Period 229
27. Trouble With Indians 242
28. Trouble With Cattle Rustlers 250
29. Antagonism From the Ring 260
30. A Cattle King's Business 288
31. Heyday of the South Spring River Ranch 296
32. Trail's End for the Cow King 308
33. Characteristics and Opinions 315
Index 331
University of Arizona Press, 1972 Cloth: 978-0-8165-0328-5 Paper: 978-0-8165-0354-4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Eve Ball 1
PART I. FROM TEXAS TO NEW MEXICO
1. My Pioneer Ancestry 13
2. Earliest Recollections 20
3. Journey to New Mexico 25
4. Attack by Apaches at Black River 32
5. The Casey Mill on the Hondo 36
6. Pioneer Activities and Makeshifts 43
7. Early Settlers: Upper Lincoln County 51
8. Early Settlers: Lower Lincoln County 63
9. Apache Raid of 1867 73
10. A Memorable Indian Scout 79
PART II. REIGN OF THE SIX SHOOTER
11. The Lincoln County Ring 93
12. The Harrell War 100
13. The Casey Store and Its Clerks 109
14. Ash Upson: Rolling Stone of the West 116
15. Murder Most Foul and The Law's Vengeance 124
16. Abneth McCabe: A Friend in Need 137
17. Happenings on the Feliz 147
18. Plagues and Pestilences 161
19. Echoes of the Lincoln County War 169
20. Aftermath 179
21. Bob Olinger as I Knew Him 183
22. School-teaching on the Pefiasco 192
23. The Sutton-Nixon Killing 199
24. Tragedies and Shooting Scrapes 204
25. The Sinewy and Powerful Arm of The Law 216
PART III. JOHN SIMPSON CHISUM
26. The Texas Period 229
27. Trouble With Indians 242
28. Trouble With Cattle Rustlers 250
29. Antagonism From the Ring 260
30. A Cattle King's Business 288
31. Heyday of the South Spring River Ranch 296
32. Trail's End for the Cow King 308
33. Characteristics and Opinions 315
Index 331