"Biography of Simpson E. "Jack" Stilwell, from his start as a teenage runaway turned teamster on the Santa Fe Trail to his later turns as lawyer, judge, U.S. Marshal, hangman, and associate of Buffalo Bill Cody"-- Provided by publisher.

Family background and youth -- On the Santa Fe trail -- Scouting for the army in Kansas -- Battle of Beecher Island -- Scouting with Custer -- With buffalo soldiers on the southern plains -- The Red River War -- With Ranald Mackenzie at Fort Sill -- In Arizona and west Texas -- Chasing cattle, trouble, and Wyatt Earp -- A cowboy in Indian Territory -- Deputy U.S. marshal -- El Reno police judge and friend of Buffalo Bill -- Federal court commissioner in Anadarko -- In Cody, Wyoming.