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Title: Campmates
A Story of the Plains

Author: Kirk Munroe

Release Date: August 3, 2010 [EBook #33343]

Language: English

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CAMPMATES

_A Story of the Plains_

By KIRK MUNROE

_Author of_ "THE FLAMINGO FEATHER," "WAKULLA," "DORYMATES,"
"DERRICK STERLING" ETC.

_Illustrated_

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

[Illustration: "IT WAS A LIVE BABY."]

CONTENTS.

I. A WEARY RIDE

II. A RUDE BAPTISM

III. A BOY WITHOUT A BIRTHDAY

IV. "I JUST HATE TO STUDY"

V. SWIMMING INTO A FRIENDSHIP

VI. RECEIVING AN OFFER AND ACCEPTING IT

VII. ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI

VIII. GLEN RUNS A LOCOMOTIVE

IX. KANSAS CITY IN EARLY DAYS

X. AT WORK WITH THE ENGINEER CORPS

XI. ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

XII. STARTING ACROSS THE PLAINS

XIII. BINNEY GIBBS AND HIS MULE

XIV. ON GUARD AT NIGHT

XV. THE SUSPICIOUS MOVEMENTS OF CERTAIN COYOTES

XVI. IN THE HANDS OF THE CHEYENNES

XVII. ATTACKING A STAGE RANCH

XVIII. BUFFALO AND THEIR USES

XIX. GLEN'S ESCAPE FROM THE INDIANS

XX. A PRESENT THAT WOULD PLEASE ANY BOY

XXI. LAME WOLF, THE YOUNG CHEYENNE

XXII. GLEN AND BINNEY GET INTO TROUBLE

XXIII. FIGHTING THE FINEST HORSEMEN IN THE WORLD

XXIV. CROSSING THE QUICKSANDS

XXV. SWEPT AWAY BY A FRESHET

XXVI. RUNNING THE LINE

XXVII. "COVERED WITH MUD AND GLORY"

XXVIII. LOST IN A MOUNTAIN SNOW-STORM

XXIX. PLUNGING INTO A LAKE OF ICE-WATER

XXX. DOWN THE LONELY CANON

XXXI. KIT CARSON'S GOLD MINE

XXXII. A NEW MEXICAN WEDDING

XXXIII. IN THE VALLEY OF