CHAPTER THIRD.
ADDITIONAL FACTS CONCERNING THE NATURAL FEATURES, RESOURCES, ETC., OF THE GREAT PLAINS AND CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY.

APPENDIX.

CONTENTS OF CHAPTER THIRD.

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"By the Mouth of Two or Three Witnesses,"[467]
The Great West,[469]
Fall of the Rivers,[470]
The Principal Rivers and Valleys of Buffalo Land,[470]
The Valley of the Platte,[470]
The Solomon and Smoky Hill Rivers,[471]
The Arkansas River and its Tributaries,[472]
Stock Raising in the Great West,[474]
The Cattle Hive of North America,[477]
The Climate of the Plains,[479]
Climatic Changes on the Plains,[482]
The Trees and Future Forests of the Plains,[484]
The Supply of Fuel,[486]
Districts Contiguous to the Plains,[487]
The Valleys of the White Earth and Niobrara,[492]
New Mexico—Its Soil, Climate, Resources, etc.,[494]
The Disappearing Bison,[500]
The Fish with Legs,[501]
The Mountain Supply of Lumber for the Plains,[502]

CHAPTER III.

ADDITIONAL FACTS CONCERNING THE NATURAL FEATURES OF THE GREAT PLAINS; THEIR PRINCIPAL RIVERS AND VALLEYS; THEIR CLIMATE, ETC., ETC.