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Philip of Texas

by James Otis

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Author
Otis, James, 1848-1912
Title
Philip of Texas: A Story of Sheep Raising in Texas
Credits
Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Beth Baran, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F350.5: United States local history: Mississippi River and Valley. Middle West
Subject
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48571
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48571
Release Date
March 24, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Philip of Texas — A Story of Sheep Raising in Texas — BY
  2. 2.JAMES OTIS — NEW YORK -:- CINCINNATI -:- CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY — Copyright, 1913, by Mrs. A. L. KALER. Copyright, 1913, in Great Britain. — PHILIP OF TEXAS. W. P. I.
  3. 3.FOREWORD
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.PHILIP OF TEXAS
  6. 6.MY DREAMS OF A SHEEP RANCH
  7. 7.SHEEP RAISING
  8. 8.HERDING SHEEP
  9. 9.SOMETHING ABOUT TEXAS
  10. 10.LAND GRANTS
  11. 11.THE "TEXAS FEVER"
  12. 12.WHY I WANTED TO GO INTO TEXAS
  13. 13.HUNTING IN TEXAS
  14. 14.FATHER GOES TO SPY OUT THE LAND
  15. 15.OUR PLANTATION IN MISSISSIPPI
  16. 16.FATHER COMES HOME
  17. 17.THE BIGNESS OF TEXAS
  18. 18.WHERE WE WERE GOING
  19. 19.WHAT I HOPED TO DO
  20. 20.CATTLE DRIVING
  21. 21.HOW WE SET OUT
  22. 22.A LABORIOUS JOURNEY
  23. 23.COMANCHE INDIANS
  24. 24.FATHER COMES TO MY RESCUE
  25. 25.THE ARRIVAL AT FORT TOWSON
  26. 26.PREPARING FOR A STORM
  27. 27.A DRY "NORTHER"
  28. 28.TWO KINDS OF "NORTHERS"
  29. 29.HOW TURKEYS KILL RATTLESNAKES
  30. 30.DEER AND RATTLESNAKES
  31. 31.MAKING A CORRAL OF WAGONS
  32. 32.ON THE TRAIL ONCE MORE
  33. 33.MESQUITE
  34. 34.A TEXAS SHEEP RANCH
  35. 35.THE PROFITS FROM SHEEP RAISING
  36. 36.FATHER'S LAND CLAIM
  37. 37.SPANISH MEASUREMENTS
  38. 38.THE CHAPARRAL COCK
  39. 39.OUR FIRST NIGHT ON THE TRINITY
  40. 40.STANDING GUARD
  41. 41.A TURKEY BUZZARD
  42. 42.PLANS FOR BUILDING A HOUSE
  43. 43.THE COOK SHANTY
  44. 44.A STORM OF RAIN
  45. 45.A DAY OF DISCOMFORT
  46. 46.THINKING OF THE OLD HOME
  47. 47.WAITING FOR THE SUN
  48. 48.TOO MUCH WATER
  49. 49.THE STREAM RISING
  50. 50.TRYING TO SAVE THE STOCK
  51. 51.THE ANIMALS STAMPEDED
  52. 52.SAVING OUR OWN LIVES
  53. 53.A RAGING TORRENT
  54. 54.A TIME OF DISASTER
  55. 55.THE FLOOD SUBSIDING
  56. 56.A JACK RABBIT
  57. 57.REPAIRING DAMAGES
  58. 58.ROUNDING UP THE LIVE STOCK
  59. 59.THE FIRST MEAL AFTER THE FLOOD
  60. 60.WAITING FOR FATHER
  61. 61.RECOVERING OUR GOODS
  62. 62.SETTING TO WORK IN GOOD EARNEST
  63. 63.SAWING OUT LUMBER
  64. 64.LABORING IN THE SAW PIT
  65. 65.WILD CATTLE
  66. 66.A DISAGREEABLE INTRUDER
  67. 67.ODD HUNTING
  68. 68.A SUPPLY OF FRESH MEAT
  69. 69."JERKING" BEEF
  70. 70.SEARCHING FOR THE CATTLE AGAIN
  71. 71.OUR NEW HOME
  72. 72.PLANTING, AND BUILDING CORRALS
  73. 73.BAR-O RANCH
  74. 74.AN ODD CART
  75. 75.THE VISITORS
  76. 76.ZEBA'S CURIOSITY
  77. 77.POSSIBLE TREACHERY
  78. 78.SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR
  79. 79.GYP'S FIGHT WITH A COUGAR
  80. 80.IN A DANGEROUS POSITION
  81. 81.HUNTING WILD HOGS
  82. 82.TREED BY PECCARIES
  83. 83.GYP'S OBEDIENCE
  84. 84.MY CARELESSNESS
  85. 85.VICIOUS LITTLE ANIMALS
  86. 86.FATHER COMES TO THE RESCUE
  87. 87.THE INCREASE IN MY FLOCK
  88. 88.UNREST OF THE INDIANS
  89. 89.TEXAS JOINS THE UNION
  90. 90.WAR WITH MEXICO
  91. 91.SELLING WOOL
  92. 92.PEACE ON THE TRINITY
  93. 93.MY DREAM FULFILLED
  94. 94.BOOKS CONSULTED IN WRITING PHILIP OF TEXAS
  95. 95.JAMES OTIS'S COLONIAL SERIES
  96. 96.AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
  97. 97.By H. A. GUERBER
  98. 98.AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
  99. 99.JAMES OTIS'S PIONEER SERIES

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