CONTENTS
THE HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX
CHAPTER I. WHEN GREEN GRASS COMES
CHAPTER II. THE DAUGHTER OF A CHIEF
CHAPTER III. TO THE VICTORS THE SPOILS
CHAPTER IV. LOVE WORDS FOR ANNIE
CHAPTER V. FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMPANY
CHAPTER VI. "I GO WHERE WAGALEXA CONKA SAY”
CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURE COMES SMILING
CHAPTER VIII. THE SONG OF THE OMAHA
CHAPTER IX. RIDERS IN THE BACKGROUND
CHAPTER X. DEPUTIES ALL
CHAPTER XI. ALL THIS WAR-TALK ABOUT INJUNS
CHAPTER XII. THE WILD-GOOSE CHASE
CHAPTER XIII. SET AFOOT
CHAPTER XIV. ONE PUT OVER ON THE BUNCH
CHAPTER XV. "NOW, DANG IT, RIDE!”
CHAPTER XVI. ANNIE-MANY-PONIES WAITS
CHAPTER XVII. APPLEHEAD SHOWS THE STUFF HE IS MADE OF
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE DEVIL'S FRYING-PAN
CHAPTER XIX. PEACE TALK
CHAPTER XX. LUIS ROJAS TALKS
CHAPTER XXI. "WAGALEXA CONKA—COLA!”
Old Applehead Furrman, jogging home across the mesa from Albuquerque, sniffed the soft breeze that came from opal-tinted distances and felt poignantly that spring was indeed here. The grass, thick and green in the sheltered places, was fast painting all the higher ridges and foot-hill slopes, and with the green grass came the lank-bodied, big-kneed calves; which meant that roundup time was at hand. Applehead did not own more than a thousand head of cattle, counting every hoof that walked under his brand. And with the incipient lethargy of old age creeping into his habits of life, roundup time was not with him the important season it once had been; for several years he had been content to hire a couple of men to represent him in the roundups of the larger outfits—men whom he could trust to watch fairly well his interests. By that method he avoided much trouble and hurry and hard work—and escaped also the cares which come with wealth.
But this spring was not as other springs h