PREFACE.
TO THE READER.
CHAPTER I.
REMINISCENCES OF YOUTH.
CHAPTER II.
MISSOURI IN ITS WILD AND UNCULTIVATED STATE.
CHAPTER III.
A SILVER EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER IV.
THE MORMONS.
CHAPTER V.
THE MORMONS' MECCA.
CHAPTER VI.
MY FIRST VENTURE.
CHAPTER VII.
FAITHFUL FRIENDS.
CHAPTER VIII.
OUR WAR WITH MEXICO.
CHAPTER IX.
DONIPHAN'S EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER X.
THE PIONEER OF FRONTIER TELEGRAPHY.
CHAPTER XI.
AN OVERLAND OUTFIT.
CHAPTER XII.
KIT CARSON.
CHAPTER XIII.
ADVENTURES OF A TRAPPER.
CHAPTER XIV.
TRAPPING.
CHAPTER XV.
AN ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS.
CHAPTER XVI.
CROSSING THE PLAINS.
CHAPTER XVII.
"THE JAYHAWKERS OF 1849."
CHAPTER XVIII.
MIRAGES.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE FIRST STAGE INTO DENVER.
CHAPTER XX.
THE GOLD FEVER.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE PONY EXPRESS AND ITS BRAVE RIDERS.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE BATTLE OF THE BUFFALOES.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE BLACK BEAR.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE BEAVER.
CHAPTER XXVI.
A BOY'S TRIP OVERLAND.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE DENVER OF EARLY DAYS.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE DENVER OF TO-DAY AND ITS ENVIRONS.
CHAPTER XXIX.
BUFFALO BILL FROM BOYHOOD TO FAME.
CHAPTER XXX.
THE PLATTE VALLEY.
CHAPTER XXXI.
KANSAS CITY BEFORE THE WAR.
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE GRAVES OF PIONEERS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
SILVER MINING.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
WILD WEST FRUITS.
CHAPTER XXXV.
HOW ENGLISH CAPITALISTS GOT A FOOTHOLD.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
MONTANA'S TOWNS AND CITIES.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CALIFORNIA'S GREAT TREES.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE FLOWERS OF THE FAR WEST.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
COLORADO.
CHAPTER XL.
THE SURGEON SCOUT.
CONCLUSION.
A SUMMING UP OF THE HAPPENINGS THAT OCCURRED OR TRANSPIRED IN EVERY DECADE, COMMENCING WITH THE TWENTIES AND ENDING WITH NINETY.
