Chapter I: Front Matter

JOHN ERMINE

OF THE YELLOWSTONE

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JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONE

BY FREDERIC REMINGTON

_ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR_

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD.
1913

_All rights reserved_

COPYRIGHT, 1902,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped November, 1902. Reprinted December,
1902; January, June, 1903; March, October, 1908; August, 1913.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. VIRGINIA CITY 1

II. WHITE WEASEL 12

III. THE COMING OF THE GREAT SPIRIT 23

IV. CROOKED-BEAR 37

V. THE WHITE MEDICINE 51

VI. JOHN ERMINE 65

VII. TRANSFORMATION 77

VIII. PLAYING A MAN'S PART 86

IX. IN CAMP 101

X. A BRUSH WITH THE SIOUX 115

XI. THE TRUTH OF THE EYES 134

XII. KATHERINE 137

XIII. PLAYING WITH FIRE 150

XIV. IN LOVE 167

XV. BRINGING IN THE WOLF 178

XVI. A HUNT 198

XVII. A PROPOSAL 217

XVIII. MAN TO MAN 229

XIX. FLIGHT 247

XX. THE END OF ALL THINGS 262

ILLUSTRATIONS

John Ermine _Frontispiece_

PAGE

The Chairman 5

A Crow 15

"In the middle of the bunch sat Weasel" 31

"He called the boy to him and put his arm around him" 47

Wolf-Voice 84

"'Halt! Who goes there?'" 97

Captain Lewis 105

Major Ben Searles 117

"Bullets kicked up the dust" 127

Katherine 142

The Englishman 144

"'Will you please carry my parasol for me?'" 157

Shockley 182

"He bore the limp form to the sands" 209

"A tremendous bang roared around the room" 239

Ramon 254

JOHN ERMINE