| Foreword | xi |
| Preface to the Revised Edition | xxi |
| Preface 1960 | xxv |
| List of Cattle Brands | xxvii |
| 1. | Chickasaws in Mississippi | 1 |
| Early History | |
| European Interaction | |
| Removal to Indian Territory | |
| 2. | Life in the Indian Territory | 15 |
| Montford and Adelaide Johnson's Childhood | |
| Captain Hothliche | |
| Civil War | |
| 3. | Treaty of 1866 | 31 |
| Montford Becomes a Cowman | |
| Buffalo Hunt | |
| Jesse Chisholm Intercedes with the Plains Indian Chiefs | |
| 4. | Friends: Jesse Chisholm and Black Beaver | 41 |
| Introduction to Jesse Chisholm and Black Beaver | |
| 5. | Wild Indian Raids | 51 |
| Indian War of 1874 | |
| Montford Establishes First Ranch in 1868 | |
| 6. | Jack Brown, Montford's First Partner | 57 |
| Montford Moved to Camp Arbuckle | |
| Wild Indian Trading | |
| Montford's Home Life | |
| Montford's Neighbors | |
| 7. | Walnut Creek Ranch Trip | 67 |
| Branding Calves | |
| Poisoning Wolves | |
| Burning Ranges | |
| Shawnee Trail | |
| Catching Hogs | |
| 8. | Adelaide Marries Jim Bond | 79 |
| Chub Moore's Orphan Children | |
| Council Grove Ranch | |
| Hogs to Council Grove | |
| Butchering Hogs | |
| Indian Raiders | |
| Feeding Hungry Indians | |
| Lon Gray and Bear | |
| Bob Curtis and Antelope | |
| First Cookstove | |
| 9. | Chickasaw Renter | 93 |
| Pond Creek Ranch | |
| Indian Village Races | |
| Dances | |
| Kansas Bulls Imported | |
| Panther Hunt | |
| 10. | Charley Campbell Becomes Partner | 101 |
| Indian War of 1874 | |
| School at Ft. Sill | |
| Indian Horse Sale | |
| Trail Drive to Nebraska School | |
| Bitter Creek Ranch | |
| Fort Reno Timbers | |
| Tishomingo School | |
| 11. | Boggy Johnson Returns | 113 |
| Family Reunion | |
| Train Trip to Florida | |
| Barbecue for Captured Indian Chiefs | |
| 12. | Law and Order | 121 |
| Silver City Move in 1878 | |
| Catching Wild Horses | |
| Aunt Adelaide Moves | |
| Gus Leslie's Wife Dies | |
| Muggs McLish Shot | |
| Arkansas School | |
| 13. | Texas Trail Herds | 133 |
| Description of Various Cattle Trails | |
| Crossing South Canadian River | |
| 14. | Council Grove Ranch and the Boomers | 143 |
| Payne and His Boomers | |
| Panhandle Texas Trip | |
| Caddo Bill William's Picnic | |
| Death of Mary, Montford's Wife | |
| 15. | School in New York | 153 |
| Montford Defrauded by Father | |
| New Home | |
| Runaway | |
| Montford's Second Marriage | |
| Graham Family | |
| Social Parties, Dances, Picnics, Celebrations | |
| Ella Campbell Elopes | |
| Intermarried Whites Crowding Range | |
| 16. | Snowstorm | 169 |
| Boomer Prairie Fires | |
| Fireguards | |
| E. B. Returns from New York | |
| 17. | Saving the Silver City Store | 177 |
| Barbed-Wire Fence | |
| Wagon Boss and Crew | |
| Trail Herd to Kansas | |
| Bullin' Steer | |
| Jacks | |
| 18. | Changing Times in the Chickasaw Nation | 189 |
| Purcell Townsite | |
| Oklahoma Ranchers Quitting | |
| Stealing Cattle | |
| Invitation Dance | |
| Permit Fees | |
| E. B. Marries Mollie Graham | |
| 19. | Fort Reno Beef Contract and Chickasaw Politics | 199 |
| E. B. Elected to Legislature | |
| Branding Horses | |
| Cherokee Cattle Loss | |
| 20. | Oklahoma Run | 209 |
| Montford's Home Life | |
| Skirmish with Soldiers | |
| Day of the Run | |
| Graham Family Claims | |
| 21. | Pond Creek Ranch, Newcastle | 221 |
| Fence Line Disputes | |
| Surplus Horses Peddled | |
| Outlaw Steers | |
| Rise on Canadian | |
| Townsite Opening | |
| Shipping Hogs | |
| Norman Pranks | |
| 22 | Wichita Indian Lease | 237 |
| Cattle Moved | |
| Depredations | |
| Indian Sun Dances | |
| Range Fires | |
| Indian Raids | |
| Branding | |
| Government Claimed Leased District | |
| Montford's Claim Lost | |
| 23. | Half Moon Ranch | 255 |
| Caddo Bill Williams Sells Ranch | |
| Pond Creek Cyclone | |
| Dawes Commission | |
| 24. | Montford's Death | 263 |
| Montford's Estate | |
| Custody of Montford's Children | |
| Death of Montford's Father | |
| Death of Montford's Second Wife, Addie | |
| 25. | E. B. Moves His Family to Norman | 269 |
| Allotments | |
| Moves Next to University | |
| Childhood Stories | |
| 26. | Hat Brand Expands into Texas | 287 |
| Hutchinson County Ranch | |
| Alanreed Ranch | |
| Norman Childhood Stories | |
| E. B. Johnson and Sons Estate | |
| Navajo Ranch | |
| E. B. Johnson's Death | |
| Epilogue--Reflections on the Chickasaw Tribe and the Johnson Family | 299 |
| Appendix | 303 |
| Index | 307 |
