Why I was born to be a cowboy -- Trail calls and I answer -- I wrestle an "alligator" and join an outfit -- We encounter a migration of Indians -- Running Rooster Ranch, September 1877 -- I am tested and pass with bruises to show for it -- I learn the tricks of the trade on roundup -- I am broken in by life on the trail -- I make my debut performance as a trail boss -- We prepare for Indian attack but meet none -- Stampede along the Cimarron River, August 1878 -- Cause of the stampede is discovered but not proved -- We meet the good farmers of Kansas and are treated as trespassers -- Dodge City, Kansas, September 1878 -- Dodge City is seized by a fear of Indians -- I get an accounting and some hard advice -- We try to make the most of our wanderings -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Omaha Fairgrounds, May 19, 1883 -- We do our roping and riding on stage -- Afterword: A.J. "Little John" Larken's Wild West / Marc Aronson.
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