HENRY INMAN ( 1837- 1899), was a Union soldier, author, born in New York City, the son of Henry Inman a painter. In the U.S. Army he served for four years in the Indian disturbances in California and Oregon. Later during the Civil War he was transferred to the 17th Infantry, Army of the Potomac, becoming a first lieutenant in October 1862. In the Peninsular campaign he served on the staff of Gen. George Sykes, and for gallant conduct at Gaines's Mills, June 27, 1862, was breveted a captain. At the end of the war he was sent to Kansas, where he distinguished himself in the Indian campaigns, attaining the brevet of lieutenant-colonel in February 1869. On July 24, 1872, he was cashiered from the army.
In 1878 Inman took charge of a newspaper, the Larned Enterprise. In 1882 he became manager of the Kansas News Agency at Topeka and was subsequently employed on various newspapers in the state. His interest in the frontier prompted the writing of a number of sketches of adventure which in 1881 were published in book form under the title Stories of the Old Santa Fé Trail, another collection, In the Van of Empire, followed in 1889. The wide circulation of these sketches, due in part to the printing of a selection of them by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company as an advertisement, induced Inman to plan a larger and more comprehensive work on the subject. With the financial aid of his friend, W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), he completed the volume, which was published in November 1897 under the title, The Old Santa Fé Trail, The Story of a Great Highway. It scored an immediate success, bringing him money and fame. During the next year he produced Tales of the Trail, The Ranche on the Oxhide, and A Pioneer from Kentucky, and in collaboration with Cody, The Great Salt Lake Trail. In 1899 he published The Delahoyd's and a compilation of the frontier experiences of the Hon. Charles J. Jones under the title, Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure.
CONTENTS.
Chapter I.—The Log Cabin of the Raton Range
Chapter II.—Dick Curtis the Hunter—Clariss
Chapter III.—Dick hears of the "Hunter's Paradise"
Chapter IV.—The Wedding — Good-bye to"Kaintuck"
Chapter V.—Clariss, the "Golden Pawn"
Chapter VI.—The First Shadow upon the Cabin Home
Chapter VII.—Off for the Spanish Peaks
Chapter VIII.—A Ghastly Discovery
Chapter IX.—The Shadows Deepen
Chapter X.—The Mysterious Trail
Chapter XI.—Heart-breaking Surprise to the Lonely Wife
Chapter XII.—Clariss Goes in Search of Help
Chapter XIII.—Rescue of the Lost Hunter
Chapter XIV.—A Joyful Home-coming
Chapter XV.—Dick Tells the Story of the Squaw's Terrible Revenge
Chapter XVI.—Counting their Gold
Chapter XVII.—Farewell to the Raton Range
Originally published in 1898; may contain an occasional imperfection
In 1878 Inman took charge of a newspaper, the Larned Enterprise. In 1882 he became manager of the Kansas News Agency at Topeka and was subsequently employed on various newspapers in the state. His interest in the frontier prompted the writing of a number of sketches of adventure which in 1881 were published in book form under the title Stories of the Old Santa Fé Trail, another collection, In the Van of Empire, followed in 1889. The wide circulation of these sketches, due in part to the printing of a selection of them by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company as an advertisement, induced Inman to plan a larger and more comprehensive work on the subject. With the financial aid of his friend, W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), he completed the volume, which was published in November 1897 under the title, The Old Santa Fé Trail, The Story of a Great Highway. It scored an immediate success, bringing him money and fame. During the next year he produced Tales of the Trail, The Ranche on the Oxhide, and A Pioneer from Kentucky, and in collaboration with Cody, The Great Salt Lake Trail. In 1899 he published The Delahoyd's and a compilation of the frontier experiences of the Hon. Charles J. Jones under the title, Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure.
CONTENTS.
Chapter I.—The Log Cabin of the Raton Range
Chapter II.—Dick Curtis the Hunter—Clariss
Chapter III.—Dick hears of the "Hunter's Paradise"
Chapter IV.—The Wedding — Good-bye to"Kaintuck"
Chapter V.—Clariss, the "Golden Pawn"
Chapter VI.—The First Shadow upon the Cabin Home
Chapter VII.—Off for the Spanish Peaks
Chapter VIII.—A Ghastly Discovery
Chapter IX.—The Shadows Deepen
Chapter X.—The Mysterious Trail
Chapter XI.—Heart-breaking Surprise to the Lonely Wife
Chapter XII.—Clariss Goes in Search of Help
Chapter XIII.—Rescue of the Lost Hunter
Chapter XIV.—A Joyful Home-coming
Chapter XV.—Dick Tells the Story of the Squaw's Terrible Revenge
Chapter XVI.—Counting their Gold
Chapter XVII.—Farewell to the Raton Range
Originally published in 1898; may contain an occasional imperfection
