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Title: Cattle Brands

A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories
Author: Andy Adams
Release Date: May 6, 2004 [EBook #12281]
Language: English
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CATTLE BRANDS
A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories
BY
ANDY ADAMS
1906

TO MR. AND MRS. HENRY RUSSELL WRAY
CONTENTS
I. DRIFTING NORTH
II. SEIGERMAN'S PER CENT
III. "BAD MEDICINE"
IV. A WINTER ROUND-UP
V. A COLLEGE VAGABOND
VI. THE DOUBLE TRAIL
VII. RANGERING
VIII. AT COMANCHE FORD
IX. AROUND THE SPADE WAGON
X. THE RANSOM OF DON RAMON MORA
XI. THE PASSING OF PEG-LEG
XII. IN THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS
XIII. A QUESTION OF POSSESSION
XIV. THE STORY OF A POKER STEER

"The Passing of Peg-Leg" and "A Question of Possession" appeared
originally in _Leslie's Monthly_, and are here reprinted by permission
of the publishers of that magazine.

BRANDS
[Illustration:]
Bar X bar.
[Illustration:]
Ohio.
[Illustration:]
Barb wire.
[Illustration:]
Hat.
[Illustration:]
Apple.
[Illustration:]
Diamond tail.
[Illustration:]
Iowa.
[Illustration:]
Johnson & Hosmer
[Illustration:]
United States.[1]
[Illustration:]
"Sold."[1]
[Illustration:]
Dead tree.
[Illustration:]
Tin cup.
[Illustration:]
Snake.
[Illustration:]
Bar Z bar.
[Illustration:]
Running W.
[Illustration:]
Three circle.
[Illustration:]
Two bars.
[Illustration:]
Broken arrow.
[Illustration:]
Four D.
[Illustration:]
Turkey track.
[Illustration:]
Owned by "Barbecue" Campbell.
[Illustration:]
L.X.
[Illustration:]
"Inspected and condemned."[1]
[Illustration:]
Spade.
[Illustration:]
Flower pot.
[Illustration:]
Frying pan.
[Illustration:]
Laurel leaf.
[Illustration:]
X bar two.

[Footnote 1: These three belong to the United States Government.]
CATTLE BRANDS
IDRIFTING NORTH

It was a wet, bad year on the Old Western Trail. From Red River north
and all along was herd after herd waterbound by high water in the
rivers. Our outfit lay over nearly a week on the South Canadian, but
we were not alone, for there were five other herds waiting for the
river to go down. This river had tumbled over her banks for several
days, and the driftwood that was coming down would have made it
dangerous swimming for cattle.

We were expected to arrive in Dodge early in June, but when we reached
the North Fork of the Canadian, we were two weeks behind time.

Old George Carter, the owner of the herd, was growing very impatient
about us, for he had had no word from us after we had crossed Red
River at Doan's crossing. Other cowmen lying around Dodge, who had
herds on the trail, could hear nothing from their men, but in their

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