BY
GEORGE W. ROMSPERT.
DAYTON, OHIO:
United Brethren Publishing House.
1881.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By G. W. ROMSPERT,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE. | |
| [Frontispiece.] | |
| [The Prairie Fire] | [111] |
| [Indian Cruelty] | [131] |
| [The Mountain Lake] | [282] |
| [Scene in the Sierra Nevada Mountains] | [361] |
| [San Francisco Bay] | [386] |
CONTENTS
| PAGE. | |
| [Preface] | [11] |
| [Introduction] | [13] |
| [PART I.] | |
|---|---|
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| Start from Dayton—Coal-Mine—Indianapolis—IllinoisRoads—Springfield—Crops—Poor Water—MissouriRiver—Enter Iowa—Enter Missouri—Kansas City—DesMoines Valley and City—Western Iowa—Fourthof July at Lewis—Council Bluffs | [17] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| Omaha—Homestead Land—Coming Onto the Plains—ColdWinds—Platte Valley—Republican Forks—FortWallace—Big Sandy—Old Battle-Ground—ArkansasValley—Irrigation Farming | [41] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| Arrival of Lesher and Wonderly—Our Start South—FirstBuffalo Herd—Cimaron River—Strayed Team—OldHunters—How to Hunt Buffaloes—WolfHunt—Prairie Fire—Herd at Ten-Mile Creek—Blizzard—Finda Frozen Man—Hide Season Ends | [73] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Summer Trip Through the South—Indian Agencies—CanadianRiver—Lion Fight—Red River—DoubleMountain—Staked Plains—Pecos River—IndianSkirmish—Santa Fe, New Mexico—Return to theArkansas Valley—Description of the Plains—Mirage—Dangersof the Prairie—Wild Horses andHow Captured—Creasing Animals | [128] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| Cattle-Business Explained—Branding Stock—Round-Up—Mavorick—Beef-Gathering—Stampedes—Tender-Feet—Stock-Raisingin Texas—Cattle-Trail—BuyingCattle from Trail—How to Enter StockBusiness—Sheep-Raising—Greasers—Texas Cattle-Fever | [168] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| Cow-Boy History—Mustangs and Broncos—Cow-Boyswith Six-Shooters—Dodge City—Boot Grave-yard—PrairieMysteries—Dance-Halls—Sketch of BuffaloBill—Theory of the Plains—Trading-House—AntelopeChase—We Prepare for a Mountain Tour | [201] |
| [PART II.] | |
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| We Start for the Mountains—Las Animas—Pueblo—ColoradoSprings—Manitou—Mineral Springs—WeAscend Pike’s Peak—Balancing Rock—Garden ofthe Gods—Devil’s Hole—Return to Manitou | [241] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| Start for South Park—Ute Pass—Rainbow Falls—SouthPark—Bear Fight—Leadville—Sallie Ray—ChimneyGulch—Trout-Fishing—Denver—Cheyenne—BlackBitter Creek—Antelope Springs—Wolf Adventure—GreenRiver—Old Emigrant Road—Echo Canon—Utah—ParkCity—Ontario Mine—Quartz-Mill—Kindsof Mines—Prospecting—Start for Salt Lake | [274] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| View of Salt Lake Valley and City—Tabernacle—Historyof the Mormons—Joe Smith—Came to Kirtland,Ohio—Brigham Young Converted—Located atIndependence, Missouri—Located at Nauvoo, Illinois—Joeand Hiram Smith Killed—Emigrated toCouncil Bluffs—Came to Salt Lake—Trouble withthe Government—Mormon Theology | [329] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| We Leave Salt Lake—Reach the Sierra Nevada Slopes—Tunnels,Gorges, etc.—Reach California—Sacramento—SanFrancisco—Hotel Runners—Fruits—PalaceHotel—Chinese—Dennis Kearney and Party—DeYoung-Kalloch Tragedy—Chinese Bakers—CaliforniaClimate—Ships—Golden Gate—WoodwardGarden—Portland, Oregon—Washington Territory—Sailfor Santa Barbara and Los Angeles—Prescott,Arizona—Meet General Fremont—BigTrees—Return to Ohio | [356] |
| [WHO SHOULD GO WEST.] | [400] |