Scouting on Two Continents

Download or read book Scouting on Two Continents written by Major Frederick Russell Burnham and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Russell Burnham (1861 – 1947) was an American scout and adventurer who serve with the British in southern colonial Africa. This classic includes the following chapters: I. The Making of a Scout II. First Lessons in Scouting III. The Tonto Basin Feud IV. My Smuggler Friend V. Ups and Downs in Globe VI. The Necktie Party VII. Gold Mining VIII. The Call to Africa IX. The Long Trail X. The Trek North XI. The War Cloud XII. Mashonaland XIII. The First Matabele War XIV. When the Compass Failed XV. Carrying Dispatches XVI. The Dash to Capture the King XVII. Wilson’s Last Stand XVIII. Forbes’s Retreat XIX. After the War XX. The Jameson Raid XXI. The Second Matabele War XXII. Rhodesia’s Darkest Hour XXIII. The M’limo XXIV. Klondike XXV. An Opinion of the Boers XXVI. Paardeberg and Modder River XXVII. The Pietersburg Failure XXVIII. Cattle Lifting Near Brakpan XXIX. Taken Prisoner at Sanna’s Post XXX. Escape From the Boers XXXI. Cutting the Railroad XXXII. Wounded XXXIII. Rewards XXXIV. The Great War and the Prospector