Reprint of the ed. published by Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho; with new introd.

Go west, young man --
We ride to New Mexico --
History and geography --
Albuquerque --
A new hand for the Triangle Bar Triangle --
Freighting to Chaco Canyon --
Pueblo Bonito, the stupendous --
The Triangle Bar Triangle --
Navajo Indians --
The outfit --
Mormons --
Christmas --
Bill Finn --
Diversions --
Making collections in navajoland --
On the trail to Walpi --
The Hopi snake dance --
Good-by to Pueblo Bonito --
Thoreau --
Arizona-bound --
Arizona --
The end of one camping trip --
Life at a trading post --
Exit of an Indian trader.

During the early years of the twentieth century, when he was still in teens, the author of this book worked as a cowboy on the Triangle Bar Triangle Ranch at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, on the edge of the Navajo Reservation. This was the famous Wetherill ranch, located barely a stone's throw from the spectacular Anasazi ruins of Pueblo Bonito. Schmedding's absorbing account of his years as a cowboy and his later experiences at nearby Sanders and Keams Canyon trading posts in Arizona offer an authentic view of the day-to-day life of real cowboys and real Indians, mingled with fascinating glimpses of the pioneering archaeological activities of the Wetherills and the Hyde exploring expedition -- Back cover.; The author recalls his experiences as a cowboy during the early-twentieth century, describing Navajo life and the famous Wetherill archaeological investigations of Anasazi ruins

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