A BUCKING BRONCHO
THE WEST
FROM A CAR-WINDOW
BY
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
AUTHOR OF “VAN BIBBER AND OTHERS” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1903
Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
TO
M. K. J.
OF
THE SEVENTH INFANTRY
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| FROM SAN ANTONIO TO CORPUS CHRISTI | 3 |
| OUR TROOPS ON THE BORDER | 27 |
| AT A NEW MINING CAMP | 59 |
| A THREE-YEAR-OLD CITY | 93 |
| RANCH LIFE IN TEXAS | 121 |
| ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION | 151 |
| A CIVILIAN AT AN ARMY POST | 185 |
| THE HEART OF THE GREAT DIVIDE | 215 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| A Bucking Broncho | Frontispiece |
| Head-piece | 3 |
| Rangers in Camp | 9 |
| “Remember the Alamo!” | 19 |
| Trumpeter Tyler | 29 |
| Captain Francis H. Hardie, G Troop, Third United States Cavalry | 37 |
| Water | 43 |
| The Mexican Guide | 49 |
| Third Cavalry Troopers—Searching a Suspected Revolutionist | 53 |