Chapter XIII

Back to Civilian Life--Builds His Home at Old Adobe Walls --Plants First Alfalfa in Panhandle--The Dixon Orchard-- Appointed Postmaster--Candy and Chewing Gum for the Cowboys--Married in 1894--Serves as Justice-of-the-Peace and Sheriff--Panhandle Pioneers--Changing Conditions--Breaking up of Big Cattle Ranches--Dixon Goes Further West to Cimarron County--Would Live it All Over Again--Helped Build an Empire in the West. 301

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page.

_The Fight at Adobe Walls_ _Frontispiece_

From an oil painting by Miss Gwynfred Jones, Hansford, Texas,
from her sketches of the battleground, as corrected by "Billy"
Dixon.

_Buffaloes--"Just As They Looked in the Old Days."_ 28

_Satank, the Old Tiger of the Kiowas_ 58

_Indian Ration Day at Fort Sill, Oklahoma_ 64

_Wood-Hauler Found Scalped Near Fort Dodge_ 82

There are few photographs of this kind in existence.

_"Billy" Dixon in His Prime as a Scout and Plainsman_ 106

_Indian Camp of Buffalo Hide Tepees_ 128

In this camp Chief Kicking Bird, Kiowa, was poisoned by his
enemies, because of his unwillingness to sanction the Indian
warfare against the United States government.

_James H. Cator, Zulu, Texas, Panhandle Pioneer_ 160

_"Billy" Dixon's Log Homestead on Site of Original Adobe Walls_ 172

_Chief Quanah Parker of the Comanches_ 202

_High Bluff East of Adobe Walls on which Dixon Killed Indian at 1200 Yards_ 232

_Ermoke and His Band of Murderous Kiowa Raiders_ 256

These Indians are typical of the kind that roamed the
Plains country.

_Drew Dixon, Son of "Billy" Dixon--"A Sure Shot, Like His Father"_ 274

_"Billy" Dixon, as He Appeared in Recent Years_ 302

_Dixon Orchard at Adobe Walls_ 308

_Adobe Corral Built by "Billy" Dixon_ 312