Warpath & Cattle Trail.

HUBERT E. COLLINS

Publication: William Morrow & Company, 1928, New York

First edition. 8vo. Cloth, pictorial end sheets, xix [3], 296 pp., "Foreword" by Hamlin Garland, introduction. notes. Illustrations by Paul Brown. Much on the author's life in Oklahoma Territory, Colorado, and New Mexico. Dobie p.62 says, "The pageant of trail life as it passed by a stage stand in Oklahoma; autobiographical. Beautifully printed and illustrated." Graff 808 says, "Southwestern Indians and cattlemen." Six Guns 471 says, "This volume contains a chapter on Cherokee Bill, telling about the outlaw's life before he started upon his career of crime." Hubert Collins spent a year with his older brother at Red Fork Ranch, just across the Red River from Texas, between the Reno and Chisholm trails in Indian Territory. He was eleven at the time, and the experience impressed him mightily. Collins counted among his friends the Cheyenne chief Little Robe. He spent considerable time with the Cheyennes, in their lodges and as witness to their ceremonies, including the Sun Dance. The author lived an active life in Oklahoma Territory as a cowboy, rancher, explorer, and engineer. Very good copy lacking the elusive dust jacket.