- 1Dedication — Contents
- 2Foreword
- 3I — Introducing “Captain Bill”
- 4II — An Old Time Mississippi Childhood
- 5III — Emigration and Adventure
- 6IV — The Making of a Texan
- 7V — The Beginning of Reform
- 8VI — Into the Wilderness
- 9VII — Commercial Ventures and Adventures
- 10VIII — Reforming the Wilderness
- 11IX — Getting Even With the Brooken Gang
- 12X — New Tactics in No-man’s Land
- 13XI — Redeeming No-man’s Land
- 14XII — Some of the Difficulties of Reform
- 15XIII — Captain Bill as a Tree-man
- 16XIV — The Day for “Deliveries”
- 17XV — Cleaning Up the Strip
- 18XVI — Texas Ranger Service and Its Origin
- 19XVII
- 20XVIII — An Exciting Indian Campaign
- 21XIX — A Bit of Farming and Politics
- 22XX — Taming the Pan-handle
- 23XXI — The Battle With Matthews
- 24XXII — What Happened to Beckham
- 25XXIII — A Medal for Speed
- 26XXIV — Captain Bill in Mexico
- 27XXV — A New Style in the Pan-handle
- 28XXVI — Preventing a Prize-fight
- 29XXVII — The Wichita Falls Bank Robbery and Murder
- 30XXVIII — Captain Bill as a Peace-maker
- 31XXIX — The Buzzard’s Water Hole Gang
- 32XXX — Quieting a Texas Feud
- 33XXXI — The Trans-cedar Mystery
- 34XXXII — Other Mobs and Riots
- 35XXXIII — Other Work in East Texas
- 36XXXIV — A Wolf-hunt With the President
- 37XXXV — The Conditt Murder Mystery
- 38XXXVI — The Death of Rhoda McDonald
- 39XXXVII — The Conditt Mystery Solved
- 40XXXVIII — The Brownsville Episode
- 41XXXIX — Captain Bill on the Scene
- 42XL — What Finally Happened at Brownsville
- 43XLI — The Battle on the Rio Grande
- 44XLII — The End of Rangering and a New Appointment
- 45XLIII — In Conclusion
- 46Appendix
- 47Strength and Operations of the Frontier Battalion
- 48Appendix B
- 49Appendix C
- 50Appendix D
- 51Appendix E — Report of T.B. Skidmore
- 52Appendix F
- 53Appendix G
Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger
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