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Rare 1867 First Edition of "BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI" in Very Good condition. Published by The American Publishing Company.Illustrated with wood engravings including double-page frontispiece map of the region between The Mississippi and The Pacific, including state boundaries, rail roads completed and rail roads in progress. Book measures 83/4 x 51/4, original brown boards with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Book has very minimal wear ...for its age. Binding is strong. Interior clean. This classic book is 150 years old!!!
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Twenty years ago, half our continent was an unknown land, and the Rocky Mountains were our Pillars of Hercules. Five years hence, the Orient will be our next-door neighbor. We shall hold the world's granary, the world's treasury, the world's highway. But we shall have no Far West, no border, no Civilization, in line of battle, pressing back hostile savages, and conquering hostile Nature. I have sought to picture a fleeting phase of our national life ; not omitting its grotesque, lawless features ; not concealing my admiration for the adventurous pioneers who have founded great States from the Mississippi to the Pacific, and made a new geography for the American Union. It is discreditable to Americans — peculiarly so to those with means and leisure for traveling abroad — that they know little of this geography ; little of the greatness, richness and beauty of our national inheritance. In exhaustlessness and variety of resources, no other country on the globe equals ours beyond the Mississippi. In grand natural curiosities and wonders, all other countries combined fall far below it. Its mines, forests and prairies await the capitalist. Its dusky races, earth-monuments and ancient cities importune the antiquarian. Its cataracts, canyons and crests woo the painter. Its mountains, minerals and stupendous vegetable productions challenge the naturalist. Its air invites the invalid, healing the system -wounded by ruder climates. Its society welcomes the immigrant, offering high interest upon his invest- ment of money, brains or skill ; and if need be, generous obliviousness of errors past — a clean page to begin anew the record of his life. The themes are fruitful. The Pacific Railroad hastens toward completion. We seem on the threshold of a destiny higher and better than any nation has yet fulfilled. And the great West is to rule us. The field is very large. In crossing it here and there, I have only lingered at some noteworthy points. Future writers will study and depict it, State by State, more minutely and more worthily. New York, May, 1867. ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTISTS' NAMES IN SMALL CAPITALS ; ENGRAVERS' IN ITALICS. 1. Map of the region between the Mississippi and the Pacific. (Two pages.) Drawn on wood by Tudor Horton ; engraved by Fay & Cox. 2. Illuminated Title page. - Thomas Nast. J. P. Davis & Speer. 3. The Gray Goose Quill. - A. C. Warren. Fay & Cox. 17 4. A Snagged Steamer. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 21 5. The Grade in Kansas City. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 26 6. Lawrence Kansas, in 1857. - Thomas Hogan. Davis & Speer. 35 7. Waukarusa. - George G. White. Davis & Speer. 37 8. Mud Fort. Hogan. - Davis & Speer. 38 9. Capture of Colonel Titus. - White. N. Orr & Company. 40 10. Portrait of James H. Lane. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 45 11. A Prohibitory Law. - White. Orr. 52 12. City of New Babylon on Paper. - Warren. Davis & Speer. 59 13. City of New Babylon in Fact. - White. Davis & Speer. 60 14. Moving Accident by Flood and Field. - Hogan. Davis & Speer. 62 15. 'You can't hang me but once.' - White. Orr. 69 16. Law and Order Men. Benjamin Day. - Davis & Speer. 72 17. Indians Traveling. - J. C. Beard. J. H. Richardson. 74 18. Family Encampment. - J. C. Beard. Orr. 78 19. Governor Robinson's Trial for Treason. - H. L. Stephens. Richardson. 83 20. A Fire in the Rear. - Stephens. Davis & Speer. 85 21. A Comfortable Slumber. Day. - Davis & Speer. 90 22. A Night in the Cabin of Four Miles. (Full page.) - Nast. Davis & Speer. Face page 91 23. Indian Mode of Burial. - Granville Perkins. Davis & Speer. 97 24. Voting in Kickapoo. - Frank Beard. Davis & Speer. 101 25. ' A Scene Like This.' - Sol. Etynge, Jr. Davis & Speer. 107 26. Old Kaintuck. Stephens. - Davis & Speer. 110 27. ' About Full Here!' - F. Beard. Davis & Speer. 112 28. Navigation of the Kansas River. - John R. Chapin. Orr. 115 29. The Marais des Cygnes Massacre. (Full page.) - Chapin. Richardson. Face page 117 30. The Executive Supporting the Judiciary. - Chapin. Orr. 122 31. Portrait of James Montgomery. - W Waud. Davis & Speer. 125 32. A Peace Convention at Fort Scott, Kansas. (Full page.) - F. Beard. Davis & Speer. Face page 128 33. Returned Pike's-Peakers. - F. Beard. Orr. 137 34. A Morning Caller. - F. Beard. Davis & Speer. 138 35. A Habitable Dwelling. - Miss Emma De Ryke. Orr. 138 36. A House Twelve by Fourteen. - Miss M. H. Vanderveer. Fay & Cox. 140 37. A Bona fide Residence. - Miss Lizzie B. Humphrey. Orr 141 38. End of the Bogus Laws. - Mrs M. Jarvis. Fay & Cox 149 39. What's in a name ? - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer 150 40. An Abolition Emissary. (Full page.) - William J. Hennessy. Davis & Speer. Face page 154 41. The Dead Brother. - J. C. Beard. Davis & Speer. 158 42. ' Grocery.' - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 162 43. Horace Greeley's Manuscript. - Davis & Speer. 164 44. ' Busted, By Thunder ! ' J. C. Beard. Orr. 166 45. Narrow escape from the Buffaloes. (Full page.) J. C. Beard. Richardson. Face page 168 46. Portrait of Horace Greeley. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 170 47. A Change of Base. - Warren. Davis & Speer. 174 48. Republican River. - Perkins. Davis & Speer. 176 49. Climbing into the Mountains. - White. Orr. 180 50. Gregory Gold Diggings in Colorado, May, 1859. (Full page.) - White. Orr. 181 51. Misplaced Confidence. - Edwin Forbes. Davis & Speer. 184 52. Seven Views in Denver Colorado, 1859. (Full page.) Warren. Fay & Cox. Face page 186 53. A Visit from Little Raven. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 191 54. Burned to Death. - H. Fenn. Davis & Speer. 196 55. Flapjacks. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 200 56. Going into the Mines. - Stephens. Richardson. 202 57. Coming Out. - Stephens. Richardson. 203 58. Missouri Iron Miners at Work. - Chapin. Richardson. 205 59. Missouri Lead Miners above Ground. - Thwaits. Davis & Speer. 211 60. Down the Shaft. - F. A. Chapman. Davis & Speer. 212 61. Lead Miners under Ground. Chap.man. James L. Langridge. 213 62. The Church-going Bell. - Stephens. Richardson. 216 63. Governor Walker's Residence, Indian Territory. - William Waud. Davis & Speer. Face page 219 64. A Counter-irritant. - W. Fisk. Fay & Cox. 220 65. A Charmed Line. - F. Beard. Davis & Speer. 223 66. A Mexican Cart. - Miss Humphrey. Davis & Speer. 227 67. Comanche Greeting. - F. E. Mullen. Davis & Speer. 229 68. A Morning Amusement. - Forbes. Fay & Cox. 231 69. The Mirage. - Fenn. Davis & Speer. 233 70. Indians Surprised and Defeated in Limpia Canyon. (Full page.) - Warren. Langridge. 234 71. The Spanish Bayonet. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 236 72. Street Scenes in El Paso, old Mexico. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 240 73. A Mexican Fandango. - Hogan. Davis & Speer. 242 74. ' Journey of the Dead Man.' - Thwaits. Davis & Speer. 246 75. A Mexican Grist-Mill. - Miss Jarvis. Davis & Speer. 247 76. A Mexican Farmhouse. - Miss De Ryke. Fay & Cox. 250 77. Gambling in Santa Fe. - F. Beard. Davis & Spser. 252 78. Portrait of Kit Carson. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 257 79. Mexican Carriages. - Chapin. Richardson. 260 80. Hitching a Donkey. - White. Orr. 261 81. Penitentes lashing themselves. - Mullen. Davis & Speer. 264 82. The Taos Pueblo. Fenn. Davis & Sperr. 266 83. My Rueful Mexican Host. - White. Orr. 273 84. First view of Colorado City. - White. Orr. 276 85. The Fontaine Qui Bouille. - G. W. Crane. Orr. 277 86. The Author arrives in Denver. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 279 87. John Brown. (Brady, Photographer.) A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 283 88. A letter from John Brown. - Davis & Speer. 285 89. ' Do they Miss Me at Home?' - J. C. Beard. Richardson. 288 90. An Armed Neutrality. - A. R. Waud. G. H. Hayes. 291 91. ' Our House ' in Denver. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 295 92. Waiting fur Letters. - F. Beard. Davis & Speer. 298 93. Indian Village in Denver, in 1860. - White. Orr. 300 94. A Rocky Mountain Scene. From a Painting by Albert Bierstadt. (Full page.) - Dixon. John Karst. Face page. 302 95. A Voluntary Retraction. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 306 96. The Arastra. - J. C. Beard. Richardson. 307 97. Pike's Peak, from Forty Miles Northeast. - Perkins. Davis & Speer. 310 98. Scene in the Monument Region. - White. Orr. 311 99. Gateway to Garden of the Gods. - Miss Humphrey. Davis & Speer. 312 100. Climbing Pike's Peak. - R. M. Shurtleff. Davis & Speer. 314 101. Under the Shelving Rock. - White. Orr. 317 102. On the Summit. - White. Orr. 321 103. ' Lincoln is Elected !' - J. C. Beard. Richardson. 325 104. Light Artillery. - Hogan. Davis & Speer. 328 105. A Picture of Whoa ! Forbes. - Davis & Speer. 329 106. Denver Architecture in 1867. - W. Waud. Fay & Cox. 334 107. An Honest Miner. - Hogan. Davis & Speer. 336 108. Indian Attack at North Platte Crossing. - White. Orr. 339 109. An Outside Passenger. - F. H. Schell. Fay & Cox. 341 110. Snow-ballng in June. - J. Becker. Fay & Cox. 344 111. Emigration Canyon. - (S. W. Y. Schimonsky, U. P.R.R.) Hogan. Davis & Speer. 345 112. Great Salt Lake City, Utah, 1867. (Full page.) - (Schimonsky.) Chapin. Richardson. 347 113. Brigham Preaching to his Congregation. - White. Orr. 343 114. Portrait of Brigham Young. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 352 115. Lion House and Bee-Hive House. - E. Bonwell. Davis & Speer. 354 116. 'Why, I am your Wife !' - Miss Mary A. Hallock, Davis & Speer. 357 117. The Great Salt Lake. - (Schimonsky, ) Schell, Davis & Speer. 360 118. An Early Mormon Coin. - Davis & Speer. 364 119. Egan Canyon and first Quartz Mill. - (Schimonsky) "White. Orr. 368 120. Virginia Nevada, and Mount Davidson. - Bonwell. Davis & Speer. 372 121. The Crashed Timbers. - Day. Davis & Speer. 375 122. On the Ladder. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 377 123. Portrait of Louis McLane. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 381 124. Montgomery Street, San Francisco, July 4, 1865. - Schell. Davis & Spear. 383 125. Down the Sierra Nevadas by Stage-coach, in 1865. (Full page.) - Warren. Langridge. 384 126. A Group of Celestials. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 383 127. Hydraulic Mining. - Schell. Davis & Speer. 391 128. Mount Shasta. - (Painted by F. A. Butman.) Fexn. Davis & Speer. 395 129. Portland, Oregon, July 4, 1865. - Boxwell. Davis & Speer. 400 130. Sheridan's first Battle Ground, Columbia River. - Perkins. Langridge. 402 131. A Midnight Reception to Speaker Colfax. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 404 132. Portrait of Albert Bierstadt. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 410 133. Mount Rainier from Puget Sound. - (Butman.) Warrex. Orr. 413 134. ' Lightning, ' an Indian Belle. - A. R. AVaud. Langridye. 417 135. Government Street, Victoria Vancouver Island. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 419 136. Going into Yosemite Valley. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 421 137. Diagram of Yosemite Valley. - Hussey. Davis & Speer. 423 138. El Capitan. - (Watkins, Photographer, San Francisco.) Perkins. Langridge. 424 139. Yosemite Fall— Highest in the World. - (Watkins.) Warren. Orr. 425 140. Vernal Fall and Round Rainbow. - (Watkins.) Fenn. Langridye. 428 141. Bed and Board. - Day. Davis & Speer. 430 142. Riding through a Tree-Trunk. - Hogan. Fay & Cox. 432 143. The Grizzly Giant — 34 feet in diameter. - Fenn. Davis & Speer. 434 144. Invitation to Chinese Dinner. - Davis & Speer. 436 145. Chinese Dinner in San Francisco. - A. R. Waud. Fay & Cox. 438 146. Schuyler Colfax. - (Wm. Shew, Photog., S. F.) A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 441147. Portrait of Governor Bross. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 443 148. Portrait of Samuel Bowles. W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 444 149. 'You Get!' - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 445 150. ' You Bet !' - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 446 151. San Francisco from the Bay in 1847. ' Annals of San Francisco.' 448 152. San Francisco in 1849. 'Annals of San Francisco.' 450 153. Interior of Mission Church. ' Annals of San Francisco.' 452 154. California Fruits and Vegetables. (Full page.) (Photographed by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco.) Hogan. Davis & Speer. Face page. 453 155. California Cactus. - Miss De Ryke. Fay & Cox 456. 156. An Early California Coin. Horton. Fay & Cox 458. 157. Portrait of Leland Stanford. A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 462 158. Chinamen building Pacific Railroad, Sierras - A. R. Waud. G. H. Hayes. 464 159. Summit Crossing of Sierra Nevadas. - A. R. Waud. Orr. 405 160. Rcrlection in Donner Lake. - Hogan. Davis & Speer. 467 161. The Donner Party in 1846. - Day. Davis & Speer. 469 162. Portrait of ' the Salt Lake Poetess.' - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 470 163. A Section of Big Canyon, Colorado River. - A. G. Warren. Fay & Cox. 472 164. A View in Big Canyon of Colorado. - Warren. Orr. 473 165. Six "Wives. - Miss Humphrey. Davis & Speer. 476 166. A Prolific Country. - Miss Jarvis. Fay & Cox. 478 167. The Hurdy-Gurdy House, Virginia Montana. (Full page.) - H. "W. Herrick. Davis & Speer Face page. 480 168. Virginia City Montana. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 481 169. Two-thousand-dollar Nugget. - Miss Hallock. Davis & Speer. 483 170. A Man of Nerve. - A. R. Waud. Orr. 485 171. A State of Suspense. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 487 172. ' Speciments, Mass'r !' Miss Hallock. Fay & Cox. 488 173. Great Falls of Missouri River. - Schell. Davis & Speer. 491 174. Robbery of the Montana Coach. - A. R. Waud. Karst. 493 175. Utah Indian Prisoners. - J. C. Beard. Langridge. 495 176. Shoshonee, or Snake River, Cataract, Idaho. - Warren. Orr. 498 177. Evidences of Civilization. Warren. - Fay & Cox. 501 178. Interior of a Quartz Mill. Warren. - Fay & Cox. 502 179. Ruby City, Owyhee, Idaho. A. R. Waud. - Fay & Cox. 505 180. Examining the Ledges, War Eagle Mountain. - Warren. Davis & Speer. 508 181. Fort Baker and Poorman Mine. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 509 182. Surveying in Humboldt Pass. (Schimonsky.) - Becker. Fay & Cox. 511 183. The Noble Red Man. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer 5. 184. ' Heavy on One Wheel.' - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 514 185. Mount Hood, Oregon. - (Butman.) White. Orr. 515 186. Flathead Indians. - Miss Hallock. Fay & Cox. 516 187. Madrona Tree, Healdsburg California. - Hogan. Davis & Speer. 519 188. Along the Hog-back. - Warren. Orr. 522 189. Diagram of Devil's Canyon. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 524 190. Witches' Caldron, California Geysers. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 525 191. Sea-Lions, San Francisco Harbor. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 529 192. The Golden Gate. Outlet of San Francisco Bay. - (Watkins) Warren. Orr. 531 193. A School of Porpoises. - Schell. Davis & Speer. 534 194. On the Isthmus, between Panama and Aspinwall. - White. Fay & Cox. 540 195. Transferring the Specie at Aspinwall. - E. Jump. Fay & Cox. 543 196. Only a Headache. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 545 197. Delaware Street, Leavenworth, 1867. - Bonwell. Fay & Cox. 550 198. Among the Grasshoppers. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 553 199. Lawrence Kansas, after the Quantrell Raid. - A. R. Waud. Orr. 557 200. A Painted Darkey. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 559 201. A Part of Omaha in 1867. - Shurtleff. Fay & Cox. 563 202. Portrait of George Francis Train. - W. Waud. Davis & Speer. 566 203. Building the Pacific Railroad in Nebraska. (Full Page.) - A. R. Waud. Langridge. Face page 567 204. Portrait of Thomas C. Durant. - A. R. Waud. Davis & Speer. 568 205. Bear Hunting Sixty years ago. - Warren. Fay & Cox. 570 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. "Westward and "Westward. American "Wines of the "West. The Great Muddy River. Scenes along the Missouri. Terrors of Missouri Navigation. A Story of Steamboat Racing. Stopping to '"Wood Up.' Oration by a Steamboat Gambler. All Varieties of Passengers. Arrival in Kansas City. Encounter- ing an Old Acquaintance. Border Ruffians in Kansas. CHAPTER II. A Glance at "Wyandotte, Kansas. How Frontier Cities are Begun. A Romantic Indian Legend. A City among the Rocks. On the Rolling Prairies. Travel- ers along the Road. A Bit of Yankee Ingenuity. How Lawrence was Founded. And how it was Named. A Scene of Surpassing Beauty. CHAPTER III. A "War Reminiscence. Juries and Councils of "War. Origin of the Kansas Troubles. Resistance to the Bogus Laws. Two Characteristics of the Struggle. Free State Convention at Topeka. Lane's Power as an Orator. His Physical Endurance. His Speech in the Convention. Other Prominent Speakers. Reception of a Bogus Assessor. A Collection on First Principles. History repeating itself ' Casting out the Vile Demon, ' CHAPTER IV. First Visit to Leavenworth. A Journey on Foot. A Night with a Kentucky Squatter. The First Landing at Sumner. Atchison, Doniphan and Geary City. A Mania for Speculation. Difference between Fact and Fancy. A Real Estate Reaction. Rivalry of American Cities. An Encroaching Element. Vagaries of the Missouri. CHAPTER V. Deadly Affray at the Polls. A Kansas Temple of Justice. A Murder for Money. A Mob Administering Justice. ' The Man with the Rope.' An Exciting Night Scene, Mormons Escaping to Kansas. The Land Sale at Osawkee. Border Ruffian Courts of Justice. A Quasi Declaration of War. Treason to be Put Down. Fallacy of Human Testimony. Governor Extinguished by Ridicule. CHAPTER VI. Wild Fruits of the Prairies. An Emigrant Family in Camp. Rain Increasing with Civilization. A Shrewd Speculator in Lumber. "Within Prison Walls". Last Treason Trial in Kansas. Traveling to a Convention. Siege of Hickory Point. A Declaration by Buchanan. The Ballot or the Rifle. Rupture in the Democratic Party. Fifteen Whisky Punches. CHAPTER VII. Night Rides on the Prairies. Seeking Shelter among the Indians. A Night with a Delaware Family. Origin of Indian Appellations. The Delaware Baptist Mission. Another Night's Lodging. Something about the Shawnees. Pottawatomie Funeral Rites. Origin of some Kansas Names. A Little Le- gendary Lore. CHAPTER VIII. Governor Denver makes his Debut. And has a Spirited Reception. "Wonderful Election Returns. To Vote or not to Vote. A Kansas Search-warrant. His- tory of the Minneola Scheme. ' Mightier than the Sword.' General Lane re- ceives his Friends. A Speech Nipped in the Bud. Governors plenty as Black- berries. CHAPTER IX. An Imaginary City. 'What are your Politics?' Freaks of Political Highway- men. Not much Room left. An Excitement at Lawrence. Jenkins killed by General Lane. An Adventurous Cat-fish. The Result of a Mis-step. Brave Father and Brave Son. A Most Inhuman Massacre. Le Marais du Cygne. CHAPTER X. A Party of Peace-makers. Before a Comfortable Fire. A Night at Osawattomie. Both Sides of the Question A Simple, Touching Story. The Great Guerrilla Chieftain. One of his Devoted Adherents. ' Catching a Tartar ' Illustrated. A Moment of Excitement. Uniting to Keep the Peace. An Address by Montgomery. CHAPTER XI. Feminine Smokers of Tobacco. Fever and Ague Experiences. Perplexing Usages of Words. Mysterious Slang Phrases Interpreted. Pearls and Return- ing Gold Seekers. Colonel Gilpin's Early Predictions. Rattlesnakes as Bed- fellows. Mysteries of Pre-empting Lands. Forms of ' Duplicates ' and Patents. ' Oaths are Words.' Borrowing a Child. An Ingenious Runaway Husband. A Clever Stratagem Spoiled. Fertility of the Hemp Region. Republican ver- sus Black Republican. CHAPTER XII. A Bit of Legislative Fun. Cost of Kissing a Chamber-maid. Easy Divorce in New States. Prisoners brought to Lawrence. An Unfortunate Hamilton. A Hard Country for Governors. Kidnapping of John Doy. His Rescue by John Brown. Kansas Tapped by the Railway. The Luxuries of Modem Travel. A Little Trip to Kansas. CHAPTER XIII. Great Stampede for the Mines. The Sufferings along the Route. 'Concord "Wagon ' or Stage Coach. St. Mary's Catholic Mission. Horace Greeley Taking a Tour. A Limited Stock of Groceries. A Model Letter of Introduction. A Specimen of Editorial Penmanship. Among the Antelopes and Buffaloes. A Jovial Prairie Micawber. Facts about the Buffalo. A Narrow Escape from Death. CHAPTER XIV. Horace Greeley's Wide-spread Fame. Half a Million of Buffaloes. The Curious Little Prairie-dog. Health and Strength of the Savage. Overturn of the Coach. A Night in a Cheyenne Village. Republican River under Ground. First View of Pike's Peak. Inspiring Presence of the Mountains. Denver City in its Infancy. CHAPTER XV. Starting for the Gregory Diggings. Our Weary and Winding Way, In the Heart of the Mountains. First Reliable Report of the Mines. First Mass Meeting at Pike's Peak. Freaks of our Eccentric Mules. Our Most Extraordinary Land- lord. ' Our Best Society ' in Denver. A Finished Specimen of a Gambler. An Unfailing Supply of Victims. The Turns of Fortune's Wheel. Almost one of Cooper's Heroes. A Visit from the Arapahoe Chief. A Conversation with Lit- tle Raven. CHAPTER XVI. Little Raven as a Devotee. Indian Signals — Peace or Hostility. Expressive Features and Gestures. Ho, for the Mountains again! Death from the Moun- tain Fires. Evening Scenes among the Miners. The Gregory Diggings on Sunday. Intellectual, Argumentative Miners. Predictions of Gold and Agri- culture. A Shrewd California Emigrant. Beauty of our Indian Corn. CHAPTER XVII. The Great Missouri Iron Mountains. Quarrying out the Iron Ore. Twenty-seven Hundred, Fahrenheit. Warsaw's Last Champions— and Soap. Lynching in Springfield Missouri. Effect of the War upon Missouri. Conversations with the Settlers. The Great Neo.sho Lead Region. Subterranean Mining Scenes. Mode of Reducing Lead Ore. Villages in Southwestern Missouri. CHAPTER XVIII. Life at Fort Smith Arkansas. Cotton Picking in Louisiana. The Tale of an Ink- stand. Experiences in a Sick Chamber. Entering the Indian Territory. Among the Cherokees and Choctaws. Curious Hereditary Complexions. Novel Boarding School Freaks. Crinoline among Indian "Women. The Chicka- saws lose their laws. CHAPTER XIX. News of Broderick's Death. Frequency of Homicides in Texas. The Quaint Mexican Cart. Stopped by the Colorado River. The Fierce, Untamed Co- manches. Signal Code among the Savages. A Plucky Little Texan Woman. On tlie Great Staked Plain. A Girl Stolen by Comanches. A Fatal Fondness for Pictures. CHAPTER XX. Preaching Easier than Practice. The Colonel retires Disabled. First Line across the Continent. ' Out "West ' on its Travels. Peon Labor in New Mexico. A Kentuckian in Court. Street Pictures in Mexican Towns. A Native Meg Merrilies. An Aristocratic Castilian Gathering. Sunday Worship in the Ca- thedral. CHAPTER XXI. From El Paso to Santa Fe. Adventures with the Apaches. Consumption of Red Peppers. Passing through Albuquerque. Arrival in Santa Fe. Highest Town in the Union. An Experience at Gambling. Curiosities and Horrid Trophies. Families of White Indians. Fascination of Border Life. CHAPTER XXII. A Stray Printer and Journalist. A Ride with Kit Carson. His Hair-breadth 'Scapes Hospitality of the Mexican. The Victim of a Biographer. All about Mexican Donkeys. The Rebellion of 1847. Curious Religious Customs of Na- tives. Mexican Peonage versus Slavery. Among the Pueblo Indians. Their Superstitions and Traditions. Strange Old Aztec Ruins. Geological Changes in the Country. CHAPTER XXIII. From Taos to Denver, Colorado. A Polyglot Landlord. Before the Sutler's Fire. Out-door Mountain Lodgings. Meeting a Plucky Pedestrian. An Unpleasant Sleeping Companion. A Herd of Spotted Antelopes. Offerings to an Invisible Deity. Another Old Friend. Climate and Pulmonary Complaints. A Report of John Brown. End of Summer Journeyings. CHAPTER XXIV. A Night with a Squatter. Killed in the Darkness. Reminiscences of Old John Brown. Yankees, Missourians and 'Cricks.' A Letter from John Brown. One of John Brown's Followers. An Extinguishing Retort. Along the Emi- grant Road. Humors of Plains Travel. Our Pioneers and Self-government. An Illustration of Lynch Law. Gordon's Capture, Trial and Death. Wonder- ful Tenacity of Life.CHAPTER XXV. A Summer Day in Denver. Best House in the Neighborhood. A Breakfast Party of Rovers. Newspapers, Churches, Hotels, Stores. Mint, Express-office and Coach. Curious Characters from Everywhere. A Stroll down Blake Street An Editor and a Count. A Grand Mountain Panorama. CHAPTER XXVI. Little Raven Loses a Treasure. A Dentist Practices Strategy. A Hard Country for Editors. A Night at Apollo Theater. Visit to Gregory Diggings. Pun- ishing a Precocious Youth. In the Great South Park. A Memorable Summer Excursion. The Interesting Monument Region. Music in Underground Chambers. CHAPTER XXVII. Starting up the Mountains. Scenes of Picturesque Beauty. Nature's Terrible Convulsions. Dismal and Dreary Situation. Clouds Breaking once more. Fears of Fever and Delirium. All Vegetation left behind. On the Crest at last. An Indescribably Grand View. Four Territories— Four Great Rivers. Provisions Alarmingly Scarce. Effects of the Five-days' Trip. Good Treat- ment for Invalids. The Trans-continental Pony Express. CHAPTER XXVIII. Starting Westward again. "Indian Murders and Depredations. Tornado near Fort Kearney. Press Dispatches on the Wing. One Dollar for a Newspaper. Grasshoppers Miraculously Destroyed. Ranch Eggs versus States Eggs. Les- son of Mountain Scenery. Gregory Diggings at Six Years Old. A Curious Claim Controversy. Growth and Resources of Colorado.CHAPTER XXIX. Virginia Dale — Lover's Leap. Smelling the Battle afar off. Indians a Little too Near. "Wagon Three Inches too Wide. Chruch Butte and Fort Bridger. An Old Trapper's Story. Three Mormon Wives— all Sisters. First View of Salt Lake Valley. Speeches and Responses — Hot Springs. Scenery of Wonderful Beauty. Eight Days among the Mormons. Miracles of the Telegraph. Frank Discussion with Brigham Young. CHAPTER XXX. The City of the Future. All the Jews are Gentiles. Personal Description of Brigham. An Hour in Brigham's School. Thirty Wives and Sixty Children. Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea. Sunday Service of the Mormons. Brig- Lam's Great Theater. Dwellers among the Mountain-tops. Sagacity of the Mormon Leaders. Practical Workings of Polygamy. One Wife too many. Assassinations in Salt Lake City. Early Trials of the Pioneers. How the Problem will be Solved. CHAPTER XXXI. From Salt Lake City Westward. Eight Miles in Thirty Minutes. Irrigating the Sandy Deserts. Hardships and Perils of Explorers. Features of Austin Ne- vada. First View of Sierra Nevadas. A City set upon a Hill. Excitements in Mining Stocks. Richest Silver Mine ever Found. Curious Inventions of Mi- ners. Four Hundred Feet under Ground. Ores Sent Abroad for Reduction. Five Hundred Millions per Annum. CHAPTER XXXII. Carson City and Carson Valley. Earliest Officers of Nevada. Lake Tahoe, on Sierra Nevadas. Seven Thousand Feet above Sea-level. A Legend of Stage Driving. Thrilling Ride down the Sierras. Reaching the Locomotive again. Sacramento — Arrival in San Francisco. A Startling Catalogue of Events. Delightful Days in Placerville. The Rare Charm of California. Chinamen on the Pacific Coast. Among the Hydraulic Miners. The Wonderful Power of Water. CHAPTER XXXIII. Warm Climate of Pacific Coast. Scene of a California Story. The Widow of John Brown. Spelling ' Yreka Bakery ' Backward. Reminiscences of General Grant. Noteworthy Points on the Road. Plentifulness of Babies. Portland Street and River Scenes. Excursion up the Columbia. Lincoln Grant and Sheridan. Curious Dalles of the Columbia. A Bit of Oratorical Fun. Northern Pacific Railroad wanted. A Couple of ' Little Stories. CHAPTER XXXIV. A Frontier Supreme Court. Oregon Pioneers Govern Themselves. Terrible Re- venge on the Savages. The Rich Resources of Oregon. A Little more Oregon Cider. Forests of Washington Territory. A Strange Forest Village. The America of the Future. Beautiful Scenery of Puget Sound Under the British Flag. Features of Vancouver Island. American Rhetoric among the Britons. Fate of the Brother Jonathan. CHAPTER XXXV. Discovery of Yosemite Valley. View from Inspiration Point. Riding down the Zigzags. Hutchings and his Household. Trees and Walls of the Valley. Yosemite Fall— Highest in the World. El Capitan; Mount King; Mount Col- fax. Bridal Vail; Vernal; Mirror Lake. The Wonderful Round Rainbow. Grandest Scenery on the Globe. Eight Thousand Feet above Sea-level. Visit- ing the Mariposa Big Trees. Forty Feet in Diameter. A Forest Ingomar and Parthenia. Grizzly Giant — Thirty-four Feet in Diameter. A Grand National Summer Resort.CHAPTER XXXVI. Invited to Celestial Hospitalities. Sitting down to the Banquet. More than Three Hundred Dishes. Extracts from the Bill-of-fare. 'Wives won't Come.' Mr. Colfax and his Journey. My Friends Homeward Bound. California Poli- tics as a Study. Features of California Society. American Wit and Humor. A String of California Stories. CHAPTER XXXVII. The Raw Winds of San Francisco. A Climate Stimulating like Wine. Fires and Earthquakes Unavailing. Prejudice against the Chinese. Mission Mills; Church; Yosemite Views. California Quartz-mining and Farming. Grain, Vegetables and Fruit Trees. Mammoth Productions of California. Oranges, Vineyards and Wines. An Immense Private Enterprise. The San Francisco Newspapers. A Bit of Historical Record. Half an Hour in the Mint. The Great Pacific Railway. CHAPTER XXXVIII. Excursion on the Pacific Railroad. Twelve Thousand Chinese Laborers. Horri- ble Fate of the Donner Party. Engulfed by a Snow-slide. Establishing the Railway Route. Empty Travelers Fearless of Robbers. Fellow Passengers on the Desert. Once more in Salt Lake City. A ' Destroying Angel ' on Journal- ists. The Salt Lake Poetess. A Few of her Early Stanzas. Pah Ranagat Sil- ver Region, Colorado River and Big Canyon. The Novelties of Arizona. CHAPTER XXXIX. From Salt Lake to Montana. On Waters of the Pacific. Hanged upon his own Gallows. Virginia Montana, and Alder Gulch. Scenes during the Flush Times. An Hour in the Hurdy-gurdy. Standing Astride the Missouri. A Visit to Helena. Curious Painting of Fort Union. Pitched from a Stage Coach. Costly Newspaper Publishing. Quaint Indian Translations. Vigi- lantes Administering Justice. Quartz on the Brain. A Great Future for Montana. CHAPTER XL. Lewis and Clark's Great Expedition. Explorers given up as Dead. Build them a Monument! 'Help yourself to the Mustard.' Unerring Instinct of Beavers. Every Man's House his Castle. A most Wonderful Mirage. Visiting Great Shoshonee Fall. Enormous Portals of Lava. Fascination of the Deep Gulf A Bloodless Idaho War. Unattractive State of Society. The Chinook Jargon. Scenes in a Great Quartz Mill. CHAPTER XLI. A Visit to Owyhee. Ruby City — War Eagle Mountain. Grinding Quartz versus Stamping. 'Italian Summers and Syrian Winters.' Into the Oro Fino Mine. The Great Poorman War. Much Capital Recklessly Squandered. Agricultural Capacity of Idaho. Robberies of Mail Coach. Among the Blue Mountains. A Night at Meacham's. Down the Beautiful Columbia. Lewis and Clark's Old Camping-ground. Our Quartz Regions Full of Interest. CHAPTER XLII. The Telegraph always a Miracle. Ingenious Newspaperial Strategy. A Story of the Rebellion. Healdsburg and Foss-station. The Roar of the Geysers. Plu- ton River and Devil's Canyon. Grotto; Devil's Wash-bowl and Kitchen. Witches' Caldron; Crater; Vent Holes. The Wonders of California. CHAPTER XLIII. Steamer-day ' in San Francisco. Finest Vessels in the World. Captains' Wives not Admitted. Gull, Albatross and Porpoise. A Lazy and Luxurious Exist- ence. Six Hours in Acapulco. Earthquakes — A Droll War. No Vehicles nor Wagon Roads. Wonderful Beauty of the Nights. Arrival at Panama. CHAPTER XLIV. Native Complexions and Costumes. The Old Cathedral at Panama. A Black Proverbial Philosopher. Lignumvitae Sleepers ; Cement Poles. Richest Vege- tation in the World. Along the Panama Railway. Twelve Hours in Aspin- wall. Discomforts on the ' Rolling Deep ' Experiences of the Passengers. Night in a Heavy Gale. End of Eight Months' Wanderings. CHAPTER XLV. A Ride through Illinois. Atchison; Sumner; Leavenworth. Railway Ride to Topeka. A Political Convention again. Curious Retributive Justice. Omniv- orous Grasshoppers. Farming by Machinery. Women Voting on School Mat- ters. Lawrence; the Old Landmarks. Paola; the Border Counties. One Cent per Year. Kansas as a Farming State. Beautify the Dwellings. Peace Hath her Victories. CHAPTER XLVI. From Saint Joseph to Omaha. A Beautiful Town-site. Street Scenes in Omaha, An Original American. Out on the Pacific Railroad. Two and-a-half Miles per Day. The Three Kansas Forks. Twenty-five Thousand Men Employed. An Experience of Lewis and Clark. A Trip across Iowa. Around the World by Railway.
