Chapter Two. Terrible Discoveries and Altered Plans
Chapter Three. Introduces the King of Pioneers
Chapter Four. Vicissitudes of the Voyage—Indians Met with, etcetera
Chapter Five. Describes a Literal Wild-Goose Chase and Other Matters
Chapter Six. Indians met with, and the Mouth of the Great River Reached
Chapter Seven. A Voyage of Discovery to the Far West Planned and Begun
Chapter Eight. Difficulties and Dangers Faced and Overcome
Chapter Nine. Deeper and Deeper into the Unknown Wilderness
Chapter Ten. The Last
Chapter Eleven. Extract of Letter Referred to on Page 85
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“The world is round,” said somebody in ancient times to somebody else.
“Not at all; it is flat—flat as a pancake,” replied somebody else to somebody; “and if you were to travel far enough you might get to the end of it and tumble over the edge, if so disposed.”
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When Reuben Guff discovered him on the shore of Lake Superior, he was seated at the door of his skin lodge, anointing his hair, which was long and black, with bear’s grease—the “genuine article,” without even the admixture of a drop of scent!—so pure, in fact, that the Indian basted his steaks and anointed his hair with grease from the same box.
“Hallo! Swiftarrow,” exclaimed Reuben, as he sauntered up to the savage, with his gun on his shoulder, “ye seem to be beautifyin’ yerself to-day—not goin’ to get married, eh?”
