LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Sure Enough, There They Were, Twenty-five or Thirty Indians.[Frontispiece]
In Camp at Quindaro. The Poem of “The Kansas Emigrants.”[34]
The Yankee Emigrant.[54]
Oscar was put up High on the Stump of a Tree, and, Violin in Hand, “Raised the Tune.”[60]
The Polls at Libertyville. the Woburn Man is “Hoisted” Over the Cabin.[70]
The Settlers’ First Home in the Deserted Cabin.[90]
Younkins Argued that Settlers were Entitled to all they Could Get and Hold.[102]
Sandy Seized a Huge Piece of the Freshly-Turned Sod, and Waving It Over His Head Cried, “Three Cheers for the First Sod of Bleeding Kansas!”[106]
Making “Shakes” with a “Frow.”[128]
Filling in the Chinks in the Walls of the Log-cabin.[142]
Lost![146]
They were Feasting Themselves on One of the Delicious Watermelons that now so Plentifully Dotted their Own Corn-field.[160]
He Gently Touched the Animal with the Toe of His Boot and Cried, “All by My Own Self.”[176]
A Great Disaster.[188]
The Retreat to Battles’s.[194]
“Home, Sweet Home.”[204]