CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
6. GENEALOGICAL TABLES xiii
7. CHAPTER ONE. GIDEON 1
8. CHAPTER TWO. GIDEON AND HEZEKIAH 10
9. CHAPTER THREE. GIDEON AND THE INDIANS 24
10. CHAPTER FOUR. GIDEON AND THE TEXIANS 35
11. CHAPTER FIVE. GIDEON AND THE HEALING ARTS 54
12. CHAPTER SIX. GIDEON AND THE CHILDREN 68
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. GIDEON AND THE PURIFYING KNIFE 93
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. GIDEON AND THE WAW-MOUTHS 104
15. CHAPTER NINE. GIDEON AND THE ANIMALCULUM 118
16. CHAPTER TEN. GIDEON AND THE LINCOLNITES 136
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN. GIDEON AND THE HIGH LADS 172
18. CHAPTER TWELVE. GIDEON AND THE PISMIRES 202
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. GIDEON AND THE OFFENDED DEMOCRATS 228
20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. GIDEON AND THE ANGELS 255
21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. GIDEON AND KILLIECRANKIE 290
22. EPILOGUE 301
23. Appendixes
24. Appendix A GIDEON LINCECUM'S JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO TEXAS, 1835 303
25. Appendix B MOCCASIN TRACKS FOR 1864, or HOME MEDICINES FOR HOME DISEASES 318
26. Appendix C TUXPAN, MEXICO 323
27. BIBLIOGRAPHY 327
28. INDEX 331