From the Book - Reprint ed.
Early days on the Western Slope of Colorado
Employed by the government
Becomes an all-round sport and bronco buster
Alfred Packer; departure of our guests
Removal of the agency to the Uncompahgre River
Names of "Bronchos"; Otto Mears "Jugs" a Mexican
Bad men among the Utes and Chief Ouray's summary method of disposing of them
Thanksgiving day and the first grave on the Uncompahgre
True Western conditions; evolution of an Indian scare
Mossbacks posed as the Fathers of Ouray, but got lost in the shuffle
Bad roads to travel in 1877 and 1878
Fort Crawford becomes a regimental post
Third treaty with the Utes; demanded by the people of Colorado as an atonement for the Meeker Massacre
Congress ratifies the treaty and General Mac-Kenzie removes the Utes
Ouray's last trip to Washington
Otto Mears, the pathfinder of the San Juan
George Howard a smooth highwayman.