CONTENTS

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I.[Kit Carson to the Rescue]17
II.[Under the Wagon]30
III.[Oliver Wins His Spurs]43
IV.[Word from Old Fort Laramie]56
V.[Frémont Says “Onward!”]68
VI.[Into the Wilder West]87
VII.[Over the Famed South Pass]96
VIII.[Planting the Highest Flag]111
IX.[The Voyaging of the Platte]124
X.[Frémont Calls Again]135
XI.[In Hostile Territory]147
XII.[The Emigrant Trail]155
XIII.[To the Great Salty Lake]167
XIV.[Sailing the Inland Sea]178
XV.[On to the Columbia]192
XVI.[Southward for the Unknown]203
XVII.[Scant Christmas Comfort]216
XVIII.[Forcing the Snowy Sierras]225
XIX.[At the Last Gasp]235
XX.[Down Through California]248
XXI.[The Vengeance of Kit Carson]259
XXII.[Poor Tabeau Pays the Price]276
XXIII.[The Home Stretch]288