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CHAPTER I

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MY BIRTH---MOVE TO ILLINOIS---MOVE BACK TO IOWA

   EXPERIENCE IN THE BIG WOODS OF CEDAR---FRIGHT-

   ENED BY INDIANS

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CHAPTER II

MOVE TO KANSAS---HUNTING THE BUFFALO--OUR HOME

   ON THE KANSAS PLAINS---DESCRIPTION OF THE BUF-

   FALO AND OTHER ANIMALS---FATHER CHASED BY

   INDIANS---OTHER THINGS OF INTEREST

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CHAPTER III

MOVE TO NEBRASKA---MOVE TO THE BIG BLUE RIVER---OUR

   HOUSE---HUNTING ELK---EXPERIENCE WITH THE IN-

   DIANS---THE FIRST RELIGIOUS MEETINGS ON THE

   BLUE VALLEY IN BUTLER COUNTY

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CHAPTER IV

THE GENERAL SLAUGHTER OF THE SETTLERS ON LITTLE

   BLUE RIVER IN 1864

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CHAPTER V

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THRILLING INCIDENTS OF THE INDIAN MASSACRE---A MAN

   KILLED NOT FAR FROM FORT KEARNEY--MARTIN

   AND HIS BOYS WOUNDED--FATHER EUBANKS AND

   BOY KILLED--BILL AND MISS EUBANKS KILLED--

   MRS. EUBANKS AND MISS ROPER TAKEN PRISONERS

   THEODORE EULIC, JOE AND FRED EUBANKS KILLED

   --KENNEDY, BUTLER, AND KELLEY MURDERED, AND

   OTHER DEPREDATIONS

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CHAPTER VI

OUR TRIP UP THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER AFTER THE RAID

   SOME REMARKS ON THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT

   CONTROLS THE INDIANS

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CHAPTER VII

OUR TRIP TO THE BLACK HILLS---A FIGHT WITH THE IN-

   DIANS AT PLUM CREEK--FRIGHTENED AT GENERAL

   CUSTER'S COMMAND--CROSSING THE PLATTE RIVER--

   WORK AT JULESBURG---KEEPING BOARDING-TENT FOR

   THE RAILROAD MEN--MAKING LIME IN THE HILLS--

   FRIGHTENED BY THE INDIANS---RETURN HOME

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CHAPTER VIII

FRONTIER WORK IN THE MINISTRY---CALL TO THE MINISTRY--

   MY FIRST APPOINTMENT---REMOVED TO RED CLOUD--

   MY FIRST TRIP TO RED CLOUD--ORGANIZATION OF THE

   FIRST CLASS ON THE RED CLOUD CIRCUIT---MOVING TO

   RED CLOUD--CAMP UNDER A BUSH, AND PULL GRASS

   FOR A BED---EXPERIENCE ON THE CHARGE

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CHAPTER IX

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OFF TO CONFERENCE AGAIN---THE GREAT APRIL SNOW

   STORM---APPOINTMENT TO THE LYONS CIRCUIT--MY

   TRIP TO THE CHARGE--MY SECOND MARRIAGE--

   WORK ON THE CHARGE

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CHAPTER X

MOVING TO NORFOLK---TURNED OUT OF DOORS BY A

   BROTHER IN THE CHURCH---THE DEATH OF OUR

   BABE---LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH A BAD FAMILY--

   THE GRASSHOPPERS AGAIN---THE FUEL WE BURNED--

    DRAWING WOOD BY HAND--OUR PRESIDING ELDER

   GOES EAST AND SOLICITS AID FOR THE PEOPLE---OUR

   WORK IN THE HARVEST FIELD---I GO TO CONFERENCE--

   ORDAINED ELDER---RETURN TO NORFOLK---OUR

   EXPERIENCE ON THE CHARGE THE SECOND YEAR

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CHAPTER XI

SETTLING AT OAKDALE--- ROUTED FROM BED AT A

   BROTHER'S HOUSE---PREACHED AT O'NEILL CITY,

   HOLT COUNTY---A TRIP UP THE ELKHORN WITH

   BROTHER WOLF---TURNED OUT INTO THE RIVER--

   TUMOR REMOVED FROM MRS. WELLS'S BREAST--

   MOVE TO ALBION, BOONE COUNTY, AND EXPERIENCE

   THERE

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CHAPTER XII

MOVE TO THE FARM--BUILD OUR OWN HOUSE--WORK ON

   THE FARM--GO TO CONFERENCE---GO HOME WITH A

   DRUNKEN WOMAN---RETURN TO THE PASTORATE---

   APPOINTED TO THE SCHUYLER CIRCUIT AND WORK

   THERE---LOSE ANOTHER CHILD---OVERFLOWING OF

   THE PLATTE RIVER

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