PREFACE
I present this narrative of actual events on a trip across the plains to Denver, Colorado, in 1865 and of life in the Far West in the later sixties.
An interesting and valuable feature is a map of the country, made in 1865, by Henry Bowles of Boston, showing the old Platte River and Smoky Hill Trails of that day before there was a railroad west of the Missouri River.
Everything is told in a plain but truthful manner, and this little volume is submitted to the reader for approval or criticism.
Chas. E. Young
July, 1912
CONTENTS
| [Chapter I]—Young Man, Go West |
| [Chapter II]—Arrival at Fort Carney |
| [Chapter III]—An Attack by the Indians |
| [Chapter IV]—Denver in 1865 |
| [Chapter V]—A Proof of Marksmanship |
| [Chapter VI]—On to Leavenworth |
| [Chapter VII]—A Plucky German |