14 St. James’ Square, 1st July, 1861.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.WHY I WENT TO GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. — THE VARIOUS ROUTES. — THE LINE OF COUNTRY TRAVERSED. — DIARIES AND DISQUISITIONS.[1]
II.THE SIOUX OR DAKOTAHS.[93]
III.CONCLUDING THE ROUTE TO THE GREAT SALT LAKE CITY.[131]
IV.FIRST WEEK AT GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. — PRELIMINARIES.[203]
V.SECOND WEEK AT GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. — VISIT TO THE PROPHET.[237]
VI.DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY, ETHNOLOGY, AND STATISTICS OF UTAH TERRITORY.[272]
VII.THIRD WEEK AT GREAT SALT LAKE CITY. — EXCURSIONS.[322]
VIII.EXCURSIONS CONTINUED.[343]
IX.LATTER-DAY SAINTS. — OF THE MORMON RELIGION.[361]
X.FARTHER OBSERVATIONS AT GREAT SALT LAKE CITY.[417]
XI.LAST DAYS AT GREAT SALT LAKE CITY.[441]
XII.TO RUBY VALLEY.[443]
XIII.TO CARSON VALLEY.[473]
CONCLUSION.[499]
APPENDICES.[503]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[1.]GREAT SALT LAKE CITY FROM THE NORTHFrontispiece.
[2.]ROUTE FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER TO THE PACIFICto face 1
[3.]MAP OF THE WASACH MOUNTAINS AND GREAT SALT LAKE„ 1
[4.]GENERAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA„ 1
[5.]THE WESTERN YOKE23
[6.]CHIMNEY ROCK74
[7.]SCOTT’S BLUFFS77
[8.]INDIANS94
[9.]PLAN OF GREAT SALT LAKE CITYto face 193
[10.]STORES IN MAIN STREET199
[11.]ENDOWMENT HOUSE AND TABERNACLE221
[12.]THE PROPHET’S BLOCK247
[13.]THE TABERNACLE259
[14.]ANCIENT LAKE BENCH-LAND272
[15.]THE DEAD SEA322
[16.]ENSIGN PEAK358
[17.]DESERÉT ALPHABET420
[18.]MOUNT NEBO443
[19.]FIRST VIEW OF CARSON LAKE490
[20.]VIRGINIA CITY498
[21.]IN THE SIERRA NEVADA502

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