CONTENTS.

PAGE.
Preface, by Buffalo Bill[9]
Note to Reader[13]
CHAPTER.
I.Reminiscences of Youth[15]
II.Missouri in Its Wild and Uncultivated State [25]
III.A Silver Expedition[32]
IV.The Mormons[43]
V.The Mormons' Mecca[63]
VI.My First Venture[71]
VII.Faithful Friends[78]
VIII.Our War with Mexico[85]
IX.Doniphan's Expedition[90]
X.The Pioneer of Frontier Telegraphy[99]
XI.An Overland Outfit[102]
XII.Kit Carson[107]
XIII.Adventures of a Trapper[119]
XIV.Trapping[125]
XV.An Adventure with Indians[128]
XVI.Crossing the Plains[137]
XVII."The Jayhawkers of 1849"[150]
XVIII.Mirages[157]
XIX.The First Stage into Denver[164]
XX.The Gold Fever[168]
XXI.The Overland Mail[173]
XXII.The Pony Express and Its Brave Riders[182]
XXIII.The Battle of the Buffaloes[194]
XXIV.The Black Bear[201]
XXV.The Beaver[215]
XXVI.A Boy's Trip Overland[221]
XXVII.The Denver of Early Days[228]
XXVIII.The Denver of To-day and Its Environs[232]
XXIX.Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Fame[243]
XXX.The Platte Valley[247]
XXXI.Kansas City before the War[253]
XXXII.The Graves of Pioneers[258]
XXXIII.Silver Mining[267]
XXXIV.Wild West Fruits[272]
XXXV.How English Capitalists Got a Foothold[277]
XXXVI.Montana's Towns and Cities[285]
XXXVII.California's Great Trees[290]
XXXVIII.The Flowers of the Far West[294]
XXXIX.Colorado[304]
XL.The Surgeon Scout[317]
Conclusion[320]

W. F. Cody
"Buffalo Bill."