Story of the wild West and camp-fire chats: a full and complete history of the renowned pioneer quartette, Boone, Crockett, Carson and Buffalo Bill : replete with graphic descriptions of wild life and thrilling adventures by famous heroes of the border

Illustrations: Daniel Boone (from the Harding painting) -- Boone's first dangerous adventure -- Westward the march of civilization -- Perils of early settlement in the West -- Finley in the far West -- Capture of Boone and Stuart -- Escape of Boone and death of Stuart -- Glad meeting of Boone and his brother -- The attack at Cumberland Gap -- Battle at Point Pleasant -- Perils encountered by settlers of Kentucky -- First house inn Lexington -- Capture of Miss Boone and the Misses Callaway -- Rescue of the captive girls -- Harassment of early settlers -- Battle of Boonesborough -- Boone's adoption by the Shawanese -- Advance of the Indians -- Investment of Boonesborough -- Attack on the emigrants -- Killing of Boone's brother -- Rendezvous of the Kentucky Militia -- Simon Kenton -- Kenton's heroic rescue of Boone -- Present site of Bryan's Station -- Defense of Bryan's Station -- Arrival of Re-enforcements -- Battle on Licking River -- The fight at Blue Licks Crossing -- Boone fighting over the body of his son -- Scene of the massacre -- Bloody work of squaws -- Invasion of the peaceful home -- Heroic death of Mr. Ballard -- A brave woman's defense of her home -- Flat boat emigration -- An incident of the bloody year, 1782 -- The savage captors in council -- Crawford's fight with the Wyandottes -- Horrible punishment of Col. Crawford -- Burning of Col. Crawford -- Bold stratagem of Boone -- Indians running off stock -- Death of Col. Christian -- Attack on the emigrants -- Attack on the cabin --

Illustrations: Capture of the Rankin girl

Murder of the young girl

Kenton passing the gauntlet

Girty, the renegade

Sample of Shawanese atrocity

On the happy hunting grounds

Boone's autograph letter

Attack on the post of St. Louis

Boone beating off the Indians

House in which Boone died

Boone's monument at Frankfort

Davy Crockett

Davy as a drover boy

The wolf hunters

Old Fort Mimms

Spreading news of the massacre

The scalp dance

Battle of Talladega

A creek feast

A ground-hog case

Enforcing orders of the court

Breaking a way through ice

I got back in all sorts of a hurry

An exciting battle

Almost too much for the crowd

A fight at close quarters

An escape at the sacrifice of shirt and hide

Crockett on the stump

Crockett calling for his goose

Hell in harness

Here is the family"

"Crockett's reception at Louisville"

"Crockett making a characteristic canvass"

"The philanthropist in an embarrassing situation"

"The fiddling parson attracting universal natur (nature)"

"Crockett discomfits the gambler"

"Washing the stiffening out of a boaster"

"A hurricane of buffaloes"

"Crockett lost on the prairie"

"Crockett's fight with the Mexican lion"

"The buffalo chase"

"Battle with the Mexican bandits"

"The Mexican assault on the Alamo"

"Heroic death of Crockett"

Monument erected to the heroes of the Alamo"

"Kit Carson"

"Reconnoitering the Indians' position"

Storming the camp"

"Carson kills an Indian thief at long range"

Carson's adventure with a grizzly bear

Carson wounded while trying to save a friend.

Illustrations: Carson's duel with the Frenchman -- Carson's brave rescue of a comrade -- Carson's battle with a mountain lion -- Fremont hoisting the stars and stripes on the highest peak of the Rockies -- Capture of two Mexican women -- Surprising the Apache camp -- Carrying away the body of the Tlamath chief -- Attacked by Apaches and Mexicans -- Digger Indian boys racing -- Digger Indian women -- Relics of the massacre -- Carson rescuing the lieutenant -- Apaches' attack and murder of the White family -- A hair-breadth escape -- Carson's camp on the South Platte -- In the Cañon de Chelly -- Carson's great fight with the Kiowas -- Great medicine dance held at the grand council -- Hon. W.F.Cody, (Buffalo Bill) -- Staking out claims -- Murderous attack upon my father -- Father's escape from a Kansas mob" -- To save my father's life -- The bull-whacker -- Two to one -- Killing my first Indian -- On the Overland Trail -- The buffalo stampede -- Holding the fort -- A horrifying discovery -- Chief Rain-in-the-Face saves my life -- A race for life -- Wild Bill's duel with Dave Tutt -- Wild Bill -- Overland stage coach -- Gen. Geo. A. Custer -- A dashing charge by the Indians -- A howl from Rome -- Accept the tongues and tender-loins -- Checking a hot pursuit -- A signal of distress -- The great buffalo-killing match -- Death of Billy Comstock -- Captured by the Indians -- A rattling surprise for my pursuers -- An accident in the dark -- An early call on Sheridan --

Illustrations: Ready for business

Plagued by a mule

Government mule team

Bringing live meat into camp

Indians, upon me sowl (soul)

A crack shot

Flight of the Indians

Discovery of Penrose's starving command

A horse-thief that was game

Robbing a stage coach

Attack on a courier

Charging back to the rescue

The men dismounted and returned the fire

Pawnee buffalo hunters

Gen E.A. Carr

A magnificent charge

Killing of Chief Tall Bull

Rioting with spoils taken from a freight train

The last of the buffaloes - gathering the bones

Antelope chasing

A gory trophy of victory

A red hot situation

Finding the remains of the Buck Party

Performing a marriage ceremony

A prairie-dog village

Around the camp-fire

No time for looking back

Chief Spotted Tail

The Grand Duke, Alexis

The Grand Duke killing his first buffalo

Two Lance shooting an arrow through a buffalo

Shaking up the Grand Duke

Scouting among the civilians

Indian hiding his trail

Raising myself in the stirrups I shot him through the head

Roping a buffalo

Texas Jack (J.B. Omohundro)

Studying the parts

Behind the footlights

Wild Bill's impromptu performance

Why the buffalo quickly disappeared

Sioux Indians destroying the telegraph line

The Sun or torture dance

The last one of Custer's brave band

Custer's last shot

The finding of Custer's body

Indians running off stock

The duel with Yellow Hand

First scalp for Custer

Scouting on a steamboat

Indian raiders on the line of the U.P.R.R.

Watching the hostiles

On the round up

Nate Salsbury

Sitting Bull

Captured bear for the exhibition

Red Shirt killing his rival

Our departure for England

Our first evening performance - by the electric light - in London

Scenes in the Wild West Show

Scenes in the amphitheater

An introduction to the Prince and Princess of Wales

Buck Taylor riding an eruptive mustang

Saluting her Majesty, Queen Victoria

The Indian dance before my guests.