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The Swamp Doctor’s Adventures in the South-West

by Henry Clay Lewis and John S. Robb

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Dedication
  3. 3The City Physician Versus the Swamp Doctor
  4. 4My Early Life
  5. 5Getting Acquainted With the Medicines
  6. 6A Tight Race Considerin’
  7. 7Taking Good Advice
  8. 8The Day of Judgment
  9. 9A Rattlesnake on a Steamboat
  10. 10Frank and the Professor
  11. 11The Curious Widow
  12. 12The Mississippi Patent Plan for Pulling Teeth
  13. 13Valerian and the Panther
  14. 14Seeking a Location
  15. 15Cupping an Irishman
  16. 16Being Examined for My Degree
  17. 17Stealing a Baby
  18. 18The “Swamp Doctor” to Esculapius
  19. 19The Swamp Doctor to Esculapius
  20. 20My First Call in the Swamp
  21. 21The Man of Aristocratic Diseases
  22. 22The Indefatigable Bear-Hunter
  23. 23Love in a Garden
  24. 24How to Cure Fits
  25. 25A Struggle for Life
  26. 26Streaks of Squatter Life, and Far-West Scenes
  27. 27Preface
  28. 28Streaks of Squatter Life, and Far-West Scenes — The Western Wanderi…
  29. 29Chapter II — An Adventure Among the Officials
  30. 30Chapter III — John’s Editorial Career
  31. 31Chapter IV — His Wanderings Through the Prairies
  32. 32Chapter V — His Encounter With Old Friends
  33. 33“Not a Drop More, Major, Unless It’s Sweeten’d”
  34. 34Nettle Bottom Ball; or, Betsy Jones’ Tumble in the Mush Pan
  35. 35A “Cat” Story, Which Must Not Be Cur-Tailed
  36. 36A Spiritual Sister, Her Encounter With a Doubtful Smith
  37. 37Hoss Allen’s Apology; or, the Candidate’s Night in a Musquito Swamp!
  38. 38Natural Acting! Dan Marble’s First Appearance at Grand River, Michigan
  39. 39A Canal Adventure
  40. 40The Standing Candidate. His Excuse for Being a Bachelor
  41. 41An Emigrant’s Perils; or, a Flying Ticket on the Mississippi
  42. 42Fun With a “Bab.” a Night Adventure on the Missouri
  43. 43Telegraphing an Express. A Night’s Adventure in the American Bottom
  44. 44The Pre-Emption Right; or, Dick Kelsy’s Signature to His Land Claim
  45. 45Yallek Pledges; or, the Fight About Sally Spillman
  46. 46George Munday, the Hatless Prophet
  47. 47Courting in French Hollow
  48. 48The Second Advent! Tom Bangall, the Engineer, and Millerism
  49. 49Settlement Fun. Bill Sapper’s Letter to His Cousin — Liberti, Missu…
  50. 50“Doing” a Landlord. A Story of Shape and Talent
  51. 51Who Is Sir George Simpson? An Extraordinary Circumstance About Him
  52. 52Letters From a Baby. By a Forward Child
  53. 53No. II — Bub in Peril
  54. 54No. III — Bub Rescued
  55. 55No. IV — Bub Flourishing
  56. 56No. V — Bub Again in Danger
  57. 57Seth Tinder’s First Courtship, How His Flame Was Quenched!
  58. 58The Death Struggle; or, the Way Smith Did Up Jones
  59. 59“Who Are They?” a Question of Vital Import

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