Chapter I: Front Matter

BATTLING THE BIGHORN

The Aeroplane Boys Series

_By_ ASHTON LAMAR

IN THE CLOUDS FOR UNCLE SAM
Or, Morey Marshall of the Signal Corps

THE STOLEN AEROPLANE
Or, How Bud Wilson Made Good

THE AEROPLANE EXPRESS
Or, The Boy Aeronaut’s Grit

THE BOY AERONAUTS’ CLUB
Or, Flying for Fun

A CRUISE IN THE SKY
Or, The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl

BATTLING THE BIGHORN
Or, The Aeroplane in the Rockies

WHEN SCOUT MEETS SCOUT
Or, The Aeroplane Spy

FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN EACH BOOK

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Battling the Bighorn

OR

The Aeroplane in the Rockies

BY
ASHTON LAMAR

Illustrated by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens

Chicago
The Reilly & Britton Co.
Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1911,
by
THE REILLY & BRITTON CO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

BATTLING THE BIGHORN

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I A FLIGHT BY NIGHT 9
II A NEWSPAPER SENSATION 23
III A UNIQUE PROPOSITION 37
IV PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXPEDITION UNDER WAY 50
V TWO INDUCEMENTS 63
VI A CHAPTER ON CLOTHES 74
VII CAPTAIN LUDINGTON TALKS OF BIG GAME 89
VIII BOARDING THE TETON 102
IX A DISH OF TROUT 115
X KOOS-HA-NAX, THE HUNTER 128
XI A MIDNIGHT INTRUDER 142
XII THE END OF THE RAILROAD 157
XIII HUSHA THE BLACK RAM 170
XIV TUNING UP THE _Loon_ 188
XV SALMO CLARKII OR CUTTHROAT TROUT 199
XVI LOST IN THE MOUNTAIN 213
XVII TRACKING MOUNTAIN GOATS IN AN AIRSHIP 226
XVIII A GOAT HUNT AT DAWN 237
XIX THE SIGN OF THE CROSS 250
XX A MONARCH TO THE DEATH 263

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Flight in the Storm _Frontispiece_

The Fire in the Hangar 83

The _Loon_ in the Mountains 205

“Old Baldy” 265

Battling the Bighorn OR The Aeroplane in the Rockies