THE PIONEER WEST
Dr. Steele, president of the gulch, acted as judge.
FRONTISPIECE. See page [234].
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.
Bishop Berkeley.