Seasons & Episodes
Chapter I
The novel’s protagonist, if it can be said to have one, is the kid, born in 1833 during the Leonid meteor shower. His
Chapter II
The kid begins to live by begging and theft. He rides across a barren prairie, where the wind makes the weeds rattle lik
Chapter III
The kid is lying naked under some trees when a man on horseback, later identified as Sergeant Trammel, approaches him. T
Chapter IV
Five days later, mounted on Earl’s horse, the kid rides out with Captain White’s army of filibusters (people engagin
Chapter V
The kid “wondrously” survives the massacre; at night he rises and steals away under the moonlight, even while the Co
Chapter VI
During the day, the prisoners work in the city streets gathering up filth. Their overseer is a “goldtoothed pervert”
Chapter VII
In the gang there are two men named John Jackson, one black, the other white. They have bad blood between them. As they
Chapter VIII
Later, the scalp hunters stop at a cantina in Janos for drinks. In a dark corner, men are playing a confidence game with
Chapter IX
The gang doesn’t ride an hour before Apaches launch an ambush, riding across a lakebed. The scalp hunters take cover u
Chapter X
Some nights later, Tobin and the kid are sitting together around a campfire, the kid rather efficiently mending a strap.
Chapter XI
The gang continues their journey into the mountains. At dusk, a bear rises out of the vegetation and, despite being shot
Chapter XII
For the next two weeks, the gang rides by night, making no campfires, through storms and nights of hail. At one point, t
Chapter XII
In Chihuahua City, the scalp hunters go to the public baths where they strip and submerge themselves, turning the water
Chapter XIV
The gang rides north through furious storms, rain, hail, and more rain for days on end. They ride through meadows and fo
Chapter XV
The governor of Sonora provides the gang with a new contract to hunt the Apaches. Carroll and Sanford have left the gang
Chapter XVI
In the morning, the scalp hunters leave Santa Cruz. They ride the next day past the ruins of an estate at San Bernardino
Chapter XVII
At dusk, the gang rides out of Tucson. With them are five new recruits, Cloyce and "the idiot", and also the barrel of w
Chapter XVIII
In the early morning, Glanton, the Judge, and their five men ride out of the Yuma camp. They’ve conspired with the Ind
Chapter XIX
Glanton, the Judge, and two other gang members sit drinking tea with Doctor Lincoln, who runs the ferry on the Colorado
Chapter XX
Pursued by the Yumas, Toadvine and the kid escape into the desert. The kid has taken an arrow to his leg, but keeps movi
Chapter XXI
Tobin tells the kid to leave him and save himself, but the kid declines and the two end up staggering onward together. W
Chapter XXII
Back in town, the kid goes into a tavern where he is promptly arrested by four soldiers who don’t even ask his name. I
Chapter XXIII
In the winter of 1878, the kid, now referred to as the man, is on the plains of North Texas. At night he sees a campfire
Prologue
In the dawn, a man (referred to in the Characters list as the digger) progresses over the plain. He makes holes in the g
