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    PONY TRACKS

    _WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY_

    FREDERIC REMINGTON


    NEW YORK

    HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

    FRANKLIN SQUARE


    Copyright, 1895, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

    _All rights reserved._


    THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE FELLOWS WHO
    RODE THE PONIES THAT MADE THE TRACKS


    BY THE AUTHOR




    CONTENTS


    CHASING A MAJOR-GENERAL
    LIEUTENANT CASEY'S LAST SCOUT
    THE SIOUX OUTBREAK IN SOUTH DAKOTA
    AN OUTPOST OF CIVILIZATION
    A RODEO AT LOS OJOS
    IN THE SIERRA MADRE WITH THE PUNCHERS
    BLACK WATER AND SHALLOWS
    COACHING IN CHIHUAHUA
    STUBBLE AND SLOUGH IN DAKOTA
    POLICING THE YELLOWSTONE
    A MODEL SQUADRON
    THE AFFAIR OF THE --TH OF JULY
    THE COLONEL OF THE FIRST CYCLE INFANTRY
    A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN A SIBLEY TEPEE
    BEAR-CHASING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS




    ILLUSTRATIONS


    THE LAST STAND
    GENERAL MILES AND HIS ESCORT
    THE SUPPLY TRAIN
    UNITED STATES CAVALRY IN WINTER RIG
    UNITED STATES INFANTRY IN WINTER RIG
    CHIS-CHIS-CHASH SCOUT ON THE FLANKS
    "TWO GHOSTS I SAW"
    WATCHING THE DUST OF THE HOSTILES
    THE HOTCHKISS GUN
    A RUN TO THE SCOUT CAMP
    IN THE TRENCHES
    THE ADVANCE GUARD--A MILITARY SACRIFICE
    THE HACIENDA SAN JOSE DE BAVICORA
    EL PATRON
    THE ADMINISTRADOR OF SAN JOSE DE BAVICORA
    A HAIR-CUT A LA PUNCHER
    THE MUSIC AT THE "BAILLE"
    COMING TO THE RODEO
    WAVING SERAPE TO DRIVE CATTLE
    TAILING A BULL
    JOHNNIE BELL OF LOS