Chief of Scouts

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chief of Scouts, by W.F. DrannanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Chief of ScoutsAuthor: W.F. DrannanRelease Date: July 12, 2004 [EBook #12895]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHIEF OF SCOUTS ***Produced by William Boerst and PG Distributed Proofreaders[Illustration: Captain William F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts.]CAPT. W.F. DRANNAN,CHIEF OF SCOUTS,As Pilot to Emigrant and Government Trains, Across the Plains of theWild West of Fifty Years Ago.AS TOLD BY HIMSELF,AS A SEQUEL TO HIS FAMOUS BOOK "THIRTY ONE YEARS ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS."Copiously Illustrated by E. BERT SMITH.1910PREFACEThe kindly interest with which the public has received my first book, "Thirty-one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains,"has tempted me into writing this second little volume, in which I have tried to portray that part of my earlier life which wasspent in piloting emigrant and government trains across the Western Plains, when "Plains" meant wilderness, withnothing to encounter but wild animals, and wilder, hostile Indian tribes. When every step forward might have speltdisaster, and deadly danger was likely to lurk behind each bush or thicket that was passed.The tales put down here are ...