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The Border and the Buffalo

John R. Cook

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .This man was Bishop W. Perkins, afterward a member of Congress.

When we arrived at the place of trial, we found there a man by the name of Hartshorn, a lawyer, recently from Woodson county, who was to be the prosecuting attorney in the case. We were all a happy-go-lucky lot of prisoners; and when Hartshorn arose with a serious look on his countenance, read the complaint, and had expatiated on the gravity of the offense, we all arose and gave him three cheers.

"Bully for Hartshorn," said Ike Vancel.

The ridiculousness of the whole thing had appealed to the funny side of our natures. We called him "Old Essence of Ammonia," and yelled to him to "Give us another smell."

On the way down to the place, Perkins had volunteered to defend us. He now pitched in and handled a vocabulary of words that took us all by surprise. He juggled words and phrases in such rapid succession that he completely spe. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This book is not for the faint of heart. Explains a lot about the Buffalo hunts and the camps and things like that that they used while trying to eliminate the buffalo. We all know that this was a horrible thing that was done in the past, but to learn about it so we can see where we went wrong is qu

Reprinted in 1938 by R R Donnelly Lakeside Classics collection in my small in size antique book collection. A first had account a buffalo hunting as the huge herd was destroyed for their skins…hard to read about this part of history for such an iconic animal.

Fascinating Look Back in Time

I got this book because it contains some history of my family, Wood’s, whose cabin resides in the Panhandle Plains museum. It was lovely to see them described as good people, Samaritans who aided the author in his time of need. It was also great to have some relationship

George Simpson Family

Most informative book regarding the Simpson and Wood families I've read. I was born in Canadian, Texas in 1953 and can't remember not knowing them. George Allen Simpson passed away on November 10, 2014 at the age of 91 years 10 months. He is buried in the Edith Ford Cemetery in