Child of the frontier -- A Pueblo and some Puritans -- Wanderings and apprenticeships -- The Tonto Basin feud -- Tombstone -- The Tigers of the human species -- Hunting tigers with tigers -- A mine, a wedding, a change of plans -- To Africa -- To the frontier -- War in Matabeleland -- The King's spoor -- The Shangani patrol -- Spears into pegs -- Cashing in -- War again -- The mouthpiece of God -- The Klondike -- Chief of Scouts -- Behind enemy lines -- Celebrity and hinterlands -- British East Africa -- Prospects and losses -- A president saved, another fortune postponed -- Hippos and spies -- Scouting for mines and for Roosevelt -- Closing the circle -- After the bonanza.