The pioneer West
THE PIONEER WEST
NARRATIVES OF THE WESTWARD MARCH OF EMPIRE
SELECTED AND EDITED BY JOSEPH LEWIS FRENCH
WITH A FOREWORD BY HAMLIN GARLAND
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY REMINGTON SCHUYLER
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1924
Copyright, 1923 , By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved Published October, 1923 Printed in the United States of America
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day:
Time’s noblest offspring is the last.
Unknown
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THE PIONEER WEST
VITAL PAGES IN AMERICAN HISTORY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE UNBROKEN WILD
JIM BECKWOURTH’S NARRATIVE
THE PATHFINDER IN THE HIGH ROCKIES
THE WILDERNESS HUNTER
AT FORT LARAMIE
A FRONTIER DUEL
EL DORADO
FRÉMONT’S GREAT RIDE
THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP
THE CITY OF THE SAINTS
I
ON THE COMSTOCK
ALDER GULCH
CHEYENNES AND SIOUX
THE PONY EXPRESS
SLADE
GENERAL SHERIDAN HUNTS THE BUFFALO
AT TUCSON
TOLD AT TRINIDAD
SPECIMEN JONES
THE LAND OF THE STRADDLE-BUG
I
II
THE VANISHED SCENE