WILLIAM R. LIGHTON

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
PORTLAND, OREGON
THE J. K. GILL COMPANY

1905

COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY WILLIAM R. LIGHTON
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. Characteristics [ 1 ]
II. The Expedition [ 15 ]
III. Terms of the Commission [ 25 ]
IV. The Start [ 34 ]
V. With the Sioux [ 51 ]
VI. To the Falls of the Missouri [ 69 ]
VII. Over the Continental Divide [ 82 ]
VIII. The Last Stage of the Westward Journey [ 93 ]
IX. Winter on the Coast [ 107 ]
X. Homeward: In the Mountains [ 117 ]
XI. Recrossing the Divide [ 134 ]
XII. Home [ 142 ]
XIII. After Life [ 149 ]