Chapter XX: Appendix

ROOSEVELT'S FIRST CONTRACT WITH SYLVANE FERRIS AND A. W. MERRIFIELD.

(A copy of this contract, in Mr. Roosevelt's handwriting, is
in the ranch-ledger, kept, somewhat fitfully, by Mr.
Roosevelt and his foremen. This ledger, which contains also
the minutes of the first meeting of the Little Missouri
River Stockmen's Association, held in Medora on December 19,
1884, is now in the possession of Mr. Joseph A. Ferris, of
Terry, Montana.)

We the undersigned, Theodore Roosevelt, party of the first part, and William Merrifield and Sylvane Ferris, parties of the second part, do agree and contract as follows:

1. The party of the first part, Theodore Roosevelt, agrees and contracts with the parties of the second part, William Merrifield and Sylvanus Ferris, to put in on their ranch on the Little Missouri River, Dakota, four hundred head of cattle or thereabouts, the cost not to exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) and the parties of the second part do agree to take charge of said cattle for the party of the first part; said cattle to be thus placed and taken charge of for the term of seven years.

2. At the end of said seven years the equivalent in value of said four hundred head of cattle, as originally put in, is to be returned to the party of the first part; provided that the parties of the second part are to have the privilege of paying off at any time or times prior to the expiration of said seven years, in sums of not less than one thousand dollars at any one time, said claim of the party of the first part to the equivalent in value of the original herd of cattle.

3. Any additional cattle put into the herd by said party of the first part are to be put in on the same terms as the original herd, and are to remain in the herd for as much of the seven years mentioned in this contract as is unexpired at the time they are put in.

4. One half of the increase of value of said herd is to belong to the party of the first part and one-half to the parties of the second part.

5. The parties of the second part are to have the power from time to time to make such sales as they in the exercise of their best judgment shall deem wisest, provided that no sale shall be made sufficient in amount to decrease the herd below its original value except by the consent of all parties in writing.

6. All monies obtained by such sales of cattle from the herd shall be divided equally between said party of the first part and said parties of the second part.

7. During the continuance of said contract the parties of the second part agree not to take charge of nor have interest in any other stock than that of said party of the first part without his consent in writing.

8. Said parties of the second part are to keep accurate and complete accounts in writing of the purchases and sales of stock and of the expenditures of all monies entrusted to their care, which accounts are to be submitted to said party of the first part whenever he may desire it.

9. Any taxes upon said cattle are to be paid half by the party of the first part, half by the parties of the second part.

10. Said cattle are to be branded with the maltese cross on the left hip and are to have the cut dewlap, these brands to be the property of the owner of the cattle; the vent mark to be the letter R under the maltese cross.

Witness: Signed:

Roger S. KENNEDY Theodore ROOSEVELT
M. HANLEY (_party of the first part_)
William MERRIFIELD
Sylvanus FERRIS
(_parties of the second part_)

_St. Paul, Minn., September 27th, 1883._

ROOSEVELT'S CONTRACT WITH WILLIAM W. SEWALL AND WILMOT S. DOW

LITTLE MISSOURI, DAKOTA
_June 20, 1885_

We the undersigned, Theodore Roosevelt, party of the first part, and William Sewall and Wilmot S. Dow, parties of the second part, do agree and contract as follows:

(1) The party of the first part having put eleven hundred head of cattle, valued at twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) on the Elkhorn Ranche, on the Little Missouri River, the parties of the second part do agree to take charge of said cattle for the space of three years, and at the end of this time agree to return to said party of the first part the equivalent in value of the original herd (twenty-five thousand dollars); any increase in value of the herd over said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is to belong two-thirds to said party of the first part and one-third to said parties of the second part.

(2) From time to time said parties of the second part shall in the exercise of their best judgment make sales of such cattle as are fit for market, the moneys obtained by said sales to belong two-thirds to said party of the first part and one-third to said parties of the second part; but no sales of cattle shall be made sufficient in amount to reduce the herd below its original value save by the direction in writing of the party of the first part.

(3) The parties of the second part are to keep accurate accounts of expenditures, losses, the calf crop, etc.; said accounts to be always open to the inspection of the party of the first part.

(4) The parties of the second part are to take good care of the cattle, and also of the ponies, buildings, etc., belonging to said party of the first part.

Signed:

Theodore ROOSEVELT
(_party of the first part_)
W. W. SEWALL
W. S. DOW
(_parties of the second part_)

ROOSEVELT'S DAKOTA INVESTMENT

Mr. Roosevelt's accounts were kept by Mr. Frank C. Smith, confidential clerk in the office of his brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson. The ledgers reveal the following facts concerning his Dakota investments:

Expended from September, 1884, to July, 1885 $82,500.00
Returns from cattle sales, from September, 1885,
to December, 1891 42,443.32
Estimated value of cattle on the range, December, 1891 16,500.
Loss, not considering the interest on the investment 23,556.68

On March 28, 1892, Roosevelt formed the Elkhorn Stock Company, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, with Archibald D. Russell, R. H. M. Ferguson, and Douglas Robinson, and on December 5, 1892, transferred his cattle holdings to this Company at a valuation of $16,500. Subsequently he invested a further sum of $10,200.

Investment, Elkhorn Stock Company $26,700.00
Returns in capital and dividends from January,
1893, to February, 1899 29,964.05
Profit, not considering interest 3,264.05
Loss on two ventures 20,292.63

The computation of Roosevelt's loss in interest on his investment of $82,500.00 figured at 5 per cent from September 1884, to February, 1899, the author gladly leaves to any class in arithmetic which may care to grapple with it. It approximates $50,000.

INDEX

Axelby, Mr., 140, 141.

Bad Lands, the, their appearance, 5-7, 18, 23;
the name, 6;
the opening up of, 24, 25;
the lawless element in, 54, 126-30, 136;
horse and cattle thieves in, 139-42;
winter in, 223-28, 236-38;
spring in, 248-50;
styles in, 321, 322;
religion in, 325-28;
law and order enter, 328-30;
obtain organized government, 387;
a hard winter in, 430-39;
to-day, 474.

_Bad Lands Cowboy, The_, 76, 77, 131-33, 329;
burned out, 451.

Bear-hunting, 185-88.

"Ben Butler," 276, 289-91.

Bennett, Hank, 252, 253.

Benton, Thomas Hart, Roosevelt's _Life_ of, 371, 397-99.

Bernstead, 375, 386 _n._

Berry-Boyce Cattle Co., 94.

Big Horn Mountains, hunting in, 168, 175-88.

"Big Jack" and "Little Jack," 141, 142.

Bismarck, Dakota, 73.

Bismarck _Tribune_, on Roosevelt, 341.

Black Jack, 135.

Blaine, James G., nomination of, 88.

Blizzard, a, 431-33.

Boice, Henry, 25.

Bolan, Pierce, 143, 197, 198.

Bronco-busting, 225-27.

Buffalo, hunting, 23, 24, 28-39, 44, 45;
extermination of, 29.

Bullock, Seth, 459.

Buttes, 6, 7, 13, 18, 202, 203.

Carow, Edith, engagement to Roosevelt, 426;
marriage of, 430.

Cattle, trailing, 268-70.

Cattle companies, 242.

Cattle torture, 266, 267.

Chicago _Tribune_, on Roosevelt, 350.

Chimney Butte, trail to, 13;
account of, 15.

Coeur d'Alênes, 419.

County organization, 55, 133-35, 324, 387.

Cowboys, talk of, 100;
their attitude toward Roosevelt, 101, 102;
reading of, 228;
a song of, 280;
diversions of, 281;
character of, 282;
profanity of, 283;
practical jokes of, 283, 284.

Cummins, Mr., 111, 323.

Cummins, Mrs., and Mrs. Roberts, 111, 112;
her views, 259, 260;
Roosevelt dines with, 293, 294;
and Mrs. Ferris, 361, 362;
the last of, 456.

"Custer Trail," 13, 109, 110.

Dantz, Bill, 56;
a singer of songs and a spinner of yarns, 281;
made Superintendent of Education at Medora, 319;
elected superintendent of schools, 390;
the last of, 456, 473.

Day, Chancellor, 289 _n._

Deadwood stage-line, the Marquis's project of, 77, 78, 120-24, 170,
209-14.

"Devil, The," 271-75.

Dickinson, first Fourth of July celebration of, 405-11;
growth of, 452.

Dickinson _Press_, the, helps county organization, 133, 134;
fashion notes in, 321, 322.

Dow, Wilmot, 88, 159, 163;
Roosevelt's contract with, 156, 157, 481;
as a cowhand, 189, 190, 206, 225;
and the vigilantes, 191, 192, 195;
good company, 217;
his andirons, 240;
goes East to get married, 307;
character of, 313, 314;
on a thief hunt, 372-80;
terminates engagement with Roosevelt, 424-28;
the last of, 457.

Dow, Mrs., 313.

Dutch Chris, 386 _n._

"Dutch Wannigan." _See_ Reuter.

Dynamite Jimmie. _See_ McShane.

Eaton, Howard, 8, 13;
and the Marquis de Mores, 60, 61;
his appearance, 110;
calls on Roosevelt, 164, 165;
neighbor of Roosevelt, 315.

Eaton Ranch, 456.

Eatons, the, 25, 109, 110, 260, 263, 456.

Elkhorn, ranch, 202, 240;
life at, 310-17;
to-day, 475.

Elkhorn Stock Co., 458.

Ferguson, R. H. M., 458.

Ferris, Joe, 10, 11;
his career, 14-16;
and the extra saddle horse, 17;
brings down a buck, 24;
on the buffalo hunt, 28-39, 44, 45;
firm for law and order, 55, 56, 328;
becomes storekeeper, 80, 81;
prophesies Presidency for Roosevelt, 258;
removes to Medora, 319;
banker of Bad Lands, 347;
gets married, 360;
in Medora in its desolation, 454;
greeted by Roosevelt in 1900, 465;
delegate to Progressive Convention, 473.

Ferris, Mrs. Joe, 360-64.

Ferris, Sylvane, 12;
his career, 14-16;
becomes partner of Roosevelt, 42-44;
for law and order, 55, 56;
signs contract with Roosevelt, 69, 70, 479, 480;
and the Marquis's cattle, 84-86;
confident of success in cattle raising, 255;
rides Ben Butler, 290, 291;
gets involved in the law, 300-04;
in Medora in its desolation, 454;
marries, 455;
delegate to Progressive Convention, 473.

Finnegan, Redhead, 368-86, 457.

Fisher, John C, and Roosevelt, 102-04;
for county commissioner, 134;
and horse thieves, 143;
and Maunders, 199;
and Medora's Great White Way, 319;
at Medora's first election, 390, 391;
the last of, 456.

Fitzgerald, Mrs., 52.

Fitz James, Count, 59.

Flopping Bill, 195.

Foley, 457.

Frazier, George, 417.

Frenchy, 474.

Gentling the Devil, 271-75.

Goat hunting, 419-24.

Goodall, Johnny, 334, 390.

Gorringe, H. H., 8, 9, 20, 23, 25.

Hainsley, Jake, 85.

Haupt brothers, the, 61, 67-69, 79, 456.

Herrig, Fred, 453.

Hewitt, Abram S., 20.

Hobson, H. H., 394.

Hoffman, Baron von, 210, 450.

Hoffman, Medora von, 59.

Hogue, Jess, 7, 9, 51, 55, 420-23.

Hollenberg, Carl, 258 _n._

Horse-thieves. _See_ Thieves.

Huidekoper, A. D., 25, 110.

Indians, shooting-match with, 183, 184;
trouble between whites and, 351-54, 357, 358;
Roosevelt's view of, 355;
the psychology of, 356.

Jameson, Mr., 146.

Jones, Hell-Roaring Bill, 113-16;
Roosevelt makes friends with, 116;
of the gay life of Medora, 128, 322;
expresses his opinion on the scions of British aristocracy, 261, 262;
and "Deacon" Cummins, 323;
and the Elk Hotel, 360;
watches at the polling-places, 389, 390;
in later years, 454, 455;
the last of, 472, 473.

Jones, Three-Seven Bill, 246, 247, 278.

Kelly, Pat, 446.

Kendley, Nitch, 264, 265, 474.

La Pache, Louis, 195.

Lang, Gregor, 11, 12;
his cabin, 19;
enjoys talks with Roosevelt, 19, 24-28;
how he established himself at Little Missouri, 20-22;
ranching offer made by Roosevelt to, 41;
makes prophecy concerning Roosevelt, 46;
refuses to make friends with Marquis de Mores, 62;
the Marquis braves grudge against, 118;
his ranch, 160;
his love of argument, 263, 264;
dogmatic in his theories, 264;
relations with Roosevelt and the Marquis, 338;
in later years, 456.

Lang, Mrs. Gregor, 160, 161.

Lang, Lincoln, 23, 27, 28, 41;
biscuits made by, 34;
his description of Bill Williams, 50;
refuses Roosevelt's shot-gun, 96;
his description of Bill Jones, 115 _n._;
on grudge of Marquis for Gregor Lang, 118 _n._;
on anecdote concerning Roosevelt and Mrs. Maddox, 150 _n._;
on the round-up, 277 _n._;
in later years, 456.

Langs, the, on the "Three Seven" ranch, 93, 94, 261-63.

Lebo, Norman, 175, 176, 180, 185.

Lebo, Schuyler, 353, 474.

Little Missouri, 7, 8;
society in, 47-57;
proceedings of Marquis de Mores at, 58-65;
begins to flourish, 65, 66;
continues to grow, 70-73;
setback for, 77;
the jail in, 135;
to-day, 474.

Little Missouri Land and Stock Co., the, 20, 61, 77.

Little Missouri Stock Association.
_See_ Stockmen's Association.

Luffsey, Riley, 63, 64, 119.

Macdonald, 214 _n._

Mackenzie, Dan, 390.

MacNab, 49.

Maddox, Mrs., 95, 96, 150, 356.

Maltese Cross, the, 15, 91, 148;
outfit of, 92;
first year of, 255;
callers at, 264, 265;
to-day, 474.

Mandan _Pioneer_, the, 65, 154, 158.

Marlow, Pete, 84, 85.

Matthews, 84-86.

Maunders, Archie, 53, 54.

Maunders, Jake, 7, 9, 12, 49, 54-57;
disliked Roosevelt, 58;
and the Marquis de Mores, 62-65;
cleans out Johnny Nelson, 80, 81;
clings to the Marquis, 126;
and horse and cattle thieves, 142;
marked for hanging, 198;
his discreetness, 199;
visits Sewall in the dugout, 199-201;
threatens to shoot Roosevelt, 207, 208;
a _bona-fide_ "bad man," 320;
in Dickinson, 457;
greets Roosevelt, 466.

McFay, 345.

McGee, Chris, 110, 165.

McGeeney, Pete, 52.

McGeeney, Mrs. Pete, 7, 52, 55, 56.

McShane, Jimmie, 347.

Medicine buttes, 202, 203.

Medora, 8, 48;
founded by Marquis de Mores, 61;
blossoms forth, 77;
life of, dominated by the Marquis, 116-18;
gay life of, 127;
notorious for its iniquity, 128-30;
attempts at reform in, 131-35;
in need of a jail, 135;
mass meeting at, 136, 137;
police force and fire department of, 137, 138;
growth of, 170, 318-20;
possessed deputy marshal, 221;
the coming of law in, 323, 328;
religion at, 325;
first election at, 389-91;
its glory departed, 451, 452, 454;
visited by Roosevelt as nominee for vice-presidency, 466;
Roosevelt's last visit to, 469;
to-day, 474.

Merrifield, A. W., 12;
his career, 14-16;
becomes partner of Roosevelt, 42-44;
tries to establish law in Little Missouri, 56;
signs contract with Roosevelt, 69, 70, 479, 480;
and the Marquis's cattle, 84-86;
tries out Roosevelt on the Sully Trail, 103, 104;
on hunting trip, 175-88;
confident of success in cattle raising, 255;
carries news of Mrs. Ferris's adherence to cowboys, 361, 362;
marries, 447;
delegate to Progressive Convention, 473.

Mexico, flurry over, 413, 414.

Miles City, 392-95.

Mingusville, 151-54, 242-47.

Montana Live Stock Association, 219.

Montana Stockgrowers' Association, 392-95, 444-46.

Mores, Marquis de, 25;
arrival at Little Missouri, 58-60;
his views, 60, 61;
and the Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Co., 61, 79;
founds Medora, 61;
tries to win supporters, 62;
and Maunders, 62-65;
and Riley Luffsey, 63, 64, 119;
in business, 67-69;
extends his business, 70-72;
and _The Bad Lands Cowboy_, 76;
and the Deadwood stage, 77, 78, 120-24, 170, 209-14;
loss of his sheep, 78;
his cabbage project, 79, 80;
removes his cattle from the Roosevelt bottom-land, 84-86;
description of, 116;
dominates life of Medora, 117;
his grudge against Gregor Lang, 118;
lacked judgment, 119;
and Roosevelt, 124;
on the side of violence, 125, 130;
tries to join Stuart's vigilantes, 147;
claims Roosevelt's range, 165, 191;
member of stockmen's association, 234;
his idea of the Western climate, 236;
and his abattoir, 331-34: and kaoline, 334;
without friends in Medora, 334;
liked the Bad Lands, 335;
his genealogy, 335, 336;
relations with Roosevelt, 336-42, 345-49;
indicted for murder, 342, 343;
in jail, 344;
his trial, 345, 346;
goes to France, 359;
new schemes of, 447-50;
leaves for India, 450;
article in Sioux Falls Press on, 450;
later career and death of, 460-63.

Mores, Marquise de, 462, 463.

Morrill, Joe, 143;
deputy marshal in Medora, 221, 222;
stock inspector, 324;
sheriff, 390;
vs. George Myers, 442-44;
dismissed from inspectorship, 444, 445;
later encounters with Roosevelt, 457.

Mountain sheep, hunting, 228-32.

Mugwumps, the, 88, 172, 208.

Myers, George, cowpuncher, 93;
his cookery, 106, 107, 232;
invests in cattle, 255;
accused of cattle stealing, 442-44;
in later years, 467, 473.

Nelson, Johnny, 7, 80, 81.

Nesters, 194-96.

Newburyport Herald, quoted, 384.

Nolan, Mrs., 242, 245-47.

Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Co., 61, 79, 117.

Nugent, Lord, 25.

O'Donald, Frank, 63, 64, 66, 67.

O'Hara, Johnny, 329.

Olmstead, Mrs., 96 _n._

Osterhaut, 278, 324.

Packard, A. T., arrival in Little Missouri, 73;
and the cowboy, 73-75;
starts a newspaper, 76;
and the Deadwood stage-line, 123, 124, 170, 209-14;
a civilizing influence, 130, 131;
endeavors to introduce law and order in the Bad Lands, 131-35;
issues call for mass meeting, 136;
chief of police at Medora, 137-39;
announces demise of horse-thieves, 193, 194;
enthusiastic over the Bad Lands, 254;
his account of Roosevelt and the Devil, 271-75;
tries again for county organization, 324, 387;
firm for order and decency, 328, 329;
realizes bigness of Roosevelt, 411;
excoriates Morrill, 443;
supports Progressive cause, 473.

Paddock, Jerry, 51, 52, 62.

Paddock, Mrs., 52.

Pender, Sir John, 20-22, 25, 455.

Prairie fires, 351, 357, 358.

Presidential Convention, the, 1884, 88.

Putnam, George Haven, 359.

Ranges, cattle, 91, 92;
claims on, 219;
need of law of, 220.

Religion, in the Bad Lands, 325-28.

Reuter, John, 16;
and Riley Luffsey, 63, 64;
returns to old occupations, 169;
one of Roosevelt's scow-hands, 338, 339;
and the Marquis, 347;
becomes Progressive, 473.

Roberts, Lloyd, 456.

Roberts, Margaret, in, 112, 258-60, 456.

Robins, Captain, 160, 189;
his bout with Sewall, 161-64.

Robinson, Douglas, 458.

Roderick, Mrs., 52.

Roosevelt, Anna, 104-06.

Roosevelt, James, 40, 70.

Roosevelt, Theodore, arrives in Little Missouri, 3-5;
his reason for going to the Bad Lands, 8;
starts on buffalo hunt, 12-14;
gets an extra saddle horse, 16, 17;
enjoys talks with Gregor Lang, 19, 24-28;
hunting buffalo, 28-39;
desirous of buying a large farm, 39;
interested in ranching projects, 40, 41;
secures two partners, 42, 43;
gives check for fourteen thousand dollars without receipt, 43;
kills his buffalo, 44-46;
relished things blood-curdling, 47;
signs contract with Sylvane and Merrifield, 69, 70, 479, 480;
his cattle venture is disapproved of by family, 70;
enters upon third term in New York Legislature, 81, 82;
death of mother and wife, 82;
of public activities of, 82, 83, 87, 88;
refuses to join Mugwumps, 88, 172, 208;
description of, 89;
describes Presidential Convention, 90, 91;
makes new contract, 94;
gets buckskin suit, 95, 96;
shoots antelope, 97;
enters into life of ranchman, 97, 98;
on the round-up, 99, 275-307, 400-03;
attitude of cowboys toward, 101, 102;
tried out on the Sully Trail, 103, 104;
his life as cowboy, 104, 105;
on solitary hunting trip, 105, 106;
tries cooking, 107;
his reading and writing, 108, 109;
a good mixer, 112;
and Bill Jones, 115, 116;
and the Marquis, 124;
tries to join Stuart's vigilantes, 146;
determines upon spot for home-ranch, 149;
and Mrs. Maddox, 150;
adventures at Mingusville, 150-54, 244-47;
editorial on, in the Mandan _Pioneer_, 154;
on the Bad Lands, in the New York _Tribune_, 156;
contract with Sewall and Dow, 156, 157, 481;
interviewed by the _Pioneer_, 158, 159;
on the ranch, 159-65;
prepares for hunting trip, 168, 169, 173, 174;
demanded as first Congressional representative of Dakota, 171;
his political standing in the East, 172;
always wanted to make the world better, 174, 219;
his hunting trip in the Big Horn Mountains, 175-88;
shoots a grizzly, 185-88;
returns to Elkhorn, 202-05;
threatened by Maunders, 207, 208;
makes campaign speeches in New York, 208;
night ride of, 216, 217;
depression of, 217-19;
starts a reform, 219, 222;
in winter on the ranch, 223-28;
hunts mountain sheep, 228-32;
forms stockmen's association, 231-34.
Returns to New York and works on "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," 235,
239;
his derby hat, 239;
illness of, 240, 241;
swims the Little Missouri, 249-52;
and his ranching companions, 252, 253;
a capable ranchman, 255;
intolerant of dishonesty and ineffectiveness, 256, 257;
how esteemed by the ranchmen, 257, 258;
and the buttermilk, 259;
and the neighbors, 260-64;
tries cooking again, 265;
trailing cattle, 268-70;
his horsemanship, 270, 271;
gentles the Devil, 271-75;
on the round-up, 275-307;
breaks bronco, 287-89;
tries Ben Butler, 289-91;
breaks point of shoulder, 290, 291, 293;
attends dinner at Mrs. Cummins's, 293, 294;
in the stampede, 295-97;
rescues Englishman with lasso, 297, 298;
his enjoyment of the cowboy life, 305, 306;
interviewed at St. Paul, 308, 309;
his life at Elkhorn, 310-12, 316, 317;
adventure with Wadsworth's dog, 315, 316;
relations with the Marquis, 336-42, 345-49;
did not intend to enter Dakota politics, 350, 351;
adventure with Indians, 353, 354;
his attitude toward the Indians, 355, 356;
breaks his arm, 359;
writes articles for press, 359;
and Mrs. Ferris, 363, 364;
anger at theft of boat, 365-71;
undertakes _Life_ of T. H. Benton, 371;
on a thief hunt, 372-86;
representative of stockmen's association, 392-95;
his cattle prospects, 395-97;
continues his _Life_ of Benton, 397-99;
his enjoyable summer of 1886, 401, 402;
his influence over the cowboys, 403;
Fourth of July oration, 407-11;
restlessness of, 412;
feelings at prospect of war with Mexico, 413-15;
what he got from the Western life, 416;
his human sympathy, 417;
holds up train, 418, 419;
goes goat hunting with John Willis, 419-24;
terminates engagement with Sewall and Dow, 424-28;
becomes engaged to Edith Carow, 426;
nominated for Mayor of New York City, 429;
marriage, 430;
his losses, 440, 441;
assumes leadership in stockmen's association, 446;
later visits to Bad Lands, 453, 454, 458;
books of, 453, 454;
member of Civil Service Commission, 454;
later encounters with Morrill, 457, 458;
meets Seth Bullock, 459;
member of Civil Service Commission, Police Commissioner, and
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 463;
in Spanish War, 463, 464;
Governor of New York, 464;
goes to Dakota as nominee for vice-presidency, 465-68;
becomes President, 468;
entertains cowboys at White House, 468, 469;
visits Medora for last time, 469-72;
death, 473;
Dakota investment, 482.

Rough Riders, the, 464.

Round-up, the, 99, 220, 275-307, 403-03.

Rowe, 313, 314.

Russell, Archibald D., 458.

St. Paul _Pioneer Press_, its version of the Roosevelt-Mores bargain,
341.

Sewall, Bill, 87;
Roosevelt's contract with, 156, 157, 481;
his opinion of the West as a cattle-raising country, 159, 160, 206,
238, 240, 254, 306, 307, 396;
his bout with Captain Robins, 162-64;
his description of the Bad Lands, 167, 168, 190;
begs off on hunting trip, 175;
as a cowhand, 189, 190, 206, 225;
and the vigilantes, 191, 192, 195;
visited by Maunders in the dugout, 199-201;
had good knowledge of the ways of cattle, 206, 207;
consoles Roosevelt, 217-19;
refuses to ride broncos, 225-27;
on the cold of the Bad Lands, 236, 238;
describes "cattle torture," 266, 267;
superintends the house at Elkhorn, 312;
level-headed, 313;
helps clean up country of thieves, 324;
lectures Roosevelt, 359;
on a thief hunt, 372-80;
terminates engagement with Roosevelt, 424-28;
in later years, 457.

Sewall, Mrs., 310-13.

Simpson, John, 25, 385.

Sioux Falls _Press_, on Roosevelt, 429.

Smith, "Vic," 9 _n._

Snyder, Jack, 436.

Stage-line, the Deadwood, 77, 78, 120-24, 170, 209-14, 334.

Stampede, 295-97.

Starr, Western, 303, 304, 385.

Stickney, Dr., 291-93, 325, 382, 383.

Stockmen's association, Roosevelt makes move to form, 222, 223;
formation of, 232-34;
activity of, 323, 324;
its action on prairie fires, 358;
Roosevelt representative of, 390.

Stranglers, the, 192-94.

Stuart, Granville, 144-46;
his vigilantes, 146, 147, 157-59, 192-94.

Styles in the Bad Lands, 321, 322.

Sully Trail, the, 102-04.

"Tepee Bottom," 111.

Thieves, horse and cattle, 139-47;
rounding up of, 157-59, 192-94.

"Three Seven," the, 94.

"Tolu Tonic," 22.

Trimble, Richard, 40.

Truscott, J. L., 390.

Valentine scrip, 61.

Vallombrosa, Antoine de. _See_ Mores.

Van Brunt, 110.

Van Driesche, 334, 390.

Van Zander, 128, 322, 363, 457.

"V-Eye," 110.

Vigilantes, Stuart's, 146, 147, 157-59, 192-94;
other, 192, 194-96.

Vine, Captain, 10, 21.

Vine, Darius, 21, 53, 54.

Vine, Frank, 10, 22-24, 56, 61;
his joke on Packard, 73-75.

Vines, the, 456.

Wadsworth dog, the, 315, 316.

Wadsworth family, 15, 25.

Walker, J. B., 360.

Wannigan. See Reuter.

Watterson, Walter, 275.

Wharfenberger, 375.

Wibaux, Pierre, 242.

Williams, Bill, 7, 9;
description of, 50, 51;
thief, 54, 81;
starts freight-line, 120;
and stage-line, 122;
in the gay life of Medora, 128;
hissaloon, 319, 320;
a _bona-fide_ "bad man," 320;
and the preacher, 325 _n._;
the last of his saloon, 454.

Willis, John, 419-24. 454, 469.

Wister, Owen, _The Virginian_, 214 _n._

Young, Farmer, 315.

End of Project Gutenberg's Roosevelt in the Bad Lands, by Hermann Hagedorn