Chapter I: Front Matter

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HUNTING INDIANS IN A TAXI-CAB

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TACOMUS]

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HUNTING INDIANS IN A TAXI-CAB

by

KATE SANBORN

Author of “Adopting an Abandoned Farm,” etc., etc.

Richard G. Badger The Gorham Press Boston

Copyright 1911, by Richard G. Badger All rights reserved

The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

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“Yes sir, you do well to purchase one of
these figures, for sir, the Indians on the
American Continent is fastly disappearing,
both in flesh and wood.”

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Tacomus Frontispiece

My nameless, footless Squaw 15

A young and pretty mother 21

A Highland Chieftain 21

A Brave Gazing 21

On the Watch 21

The Goddess of Liberty and three 25
other attractive Ladies

Squaw with Papoose and other 29
charmers

Saint Tammany of the Delaware Tribe 33

“We are tending strictly to 33
business”

A Representative of the National 39
Game

Jockey with cigar box 39

Hunter 39

Policeman 39

Sothern as “Dundreary”—the others 43
you may name as you please

Punch with Impressive Nose 47

Another Punch, less fortunate 47

Punchinello and Nondescript 47

Puck 47

Jim Crow, made 87 years ago 51

Please name him? 51

Four of a Kind 55

Sagamore, Sachem or Pow-wow 59

All High Rollers 63

Place aux Dames 65

A Poseur 75

Lady Enjoying the Weed 75

A Jolly Party 75

“And Last of All an Admiral Came” 75

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