[6] Concerning this great race for life, it may appear impossible to some for a human being to accomplish such a feat. Those who survive of Sublet’s company, and who know the distances from point to point of my celebrated race, will please to correct me publicly if I am in error in the distance. I have known instances of Indian runners accomplishing more than one hundred and ten miles in one day.
[7] This is Captain Jim Bridger, a celebrated Western character who figures in “A Frontier Duel.”
[8] Beckwourth had lived in the wilds for several years and might easily have been mistaken for an Indian.—Editor.
[9] Beckwourth left the Crows several years afterwards and lived for many years in California, where he was a celebrated character.—Editor.
[10] Kit Carson, the celebrated scout.
[11] Copyright, 1914, 1920, by Grace P. Coffin.
[12] Copyright, 1922, by Emerson Hough. Copyright, 1922, by the Curtis Publishing Co.
[13] Named for the celebrated Parker House in Boston.
[14] Copyright, 1914, by G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
[15] Copyright, 1899, by Bret Harte.