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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I PAGE
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 PAGE
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 PAGE
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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