This collection of sixteen stories demonstrates the range of McNickle's literary style, organized into three loose categories:[11]
- The Reservation
- "Hard Riding"
- "En roulant ma boule roulant..."
- "Meat for God"
- "Snowfall"
- "Train Time"
- Montana
- "The Hawk Is Hungry"
- "Debt of Gratitude"
- "The Wedding Night"
- "Newcomers"
- "Man's Work"
- "Going to School"
- The City
- "Manhattan Wedlock"
- "Let the War Be Fought"
- "In the Alien Corn"
- "Six Beautiful in Paris"
- and "The Silver Locket".