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| PRELIMINARY TO THE APPENDIX, | [431], 432 |
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| CHAPTER FIRST. |
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| COME TO THE GREAT WEST—SHOULD THERE NOT BE COMPULSORY EMIGRATION—"GET |
| A GOOD READY"—HOMESTEAD LAWS AND REGULATIONS—THE |
| STATE OF KANSAS—THE COST OF A FARM—A FEW MORE |
| PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, | [433]-450 |
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| CHAPTER SECOND. |
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| HUNTING THE BUFFALO—ANTELOPE HUNTING—ELK HUNTING—TURKEY |
| HUNTING—GENERAL REMARKS—WHAT TO DO IF LOST ON THE PLAINS—THE |
| NEW FIELD FOR SPORTSMEN, | [451]-463 |
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| CHAPTER THIRD. |
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| "BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES"—THE GREAT WEST—FALL |
| OF THE RIVERS—THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS AND VALLEYS OF |
| BUFFALO LAND—THE VALLEY OF THE PLATTE—THE SOLOMON AND |
| SMOKY HILL RIVERS—THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES—STOCK |
| RAISING IN THE GREAT WEST—THE CATTLE HIVE OF NORTH |
| AMERICA—THE CLIMATE OF THE PLAINS—CLIMATIC CHANGES ON THE |
| PLAINS—THE TREES AND FUTURE FORESTS OF THE PLAINS—THE |
| SUPPLY OF FUEL—DISTRICTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE PLAINS—THE VALLEYS |
| OF THE WHITE EARTH AND NIOBRARA—NEW MEXICO: ITS |
| SOIL, CLIMATE, RESOURCES, ETC.—THE DISAPPEARING BISON—THE |
| FISH WITH LEGS—THE MOUNTAIN SUPPLY OF LUMBER FOR THE |
| PLAINS, | [465]-503 |