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PREFACE

GOD'S MINISTER

THE WESTERN TRAIL

THE LONG TRAIL

THE DESERT

SAGEBRUSH

THE IRON TRAIL

A RAILROAD SAINT IN IDAHO

AN UNUSUAL KINDNESS

INDIANS OF THE TRAIL

INTRODUCTORY WORDS

POCATELLO, THE CHIEF

THE BABYLESS MOTHER

MARY MUSKRAT

BAD BEN

A THREE-CORNERED SERMON

THREE YEARS AFTER

CHIEF JOSEPH AND HIS LOST WALLOWA

THE WHITE MAN'S BOOK

LIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS

THE STAGECOACH

AMONG THE HILLS

THE MOTHER DEER

THE SHEPHERD

THE FEATHERED DRUMMER

MORMONDOM

THE TRAIL OF THE MORMON

SOME MORMON BELIEFS

WEBER TOM, UTE POLYGAMIST

POLYGAMY OF TO-DAY

GREAT SALT LAKE

ARGONAUT SAM'S TALE

THE WRAITH OF THE BLIZZARD

THE GREAT NORTHWEST

BY

JAMES DAVID GILLILAN

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THE ABINGDON PRESS

NEW YORK            CINCINNATI


Copyright, 1915, by
JAMES DAVID GILLILAN


DEDICATED AFFECTIONATELY
TO MY MOTHER,
TO MY WIFE;
LIKEWISE TO
THE PREACHERS OF
UTAH MISSION
AND
IDAHO ANNUAL CONFERENCE


CONTENTS

Preface 9
God’s Minister 11
The Western Trail 13
The Long Trail 19
The Desert 31
Sagebrush 39
The Iron Trail 47
    A Railroad Saint in Idaho 49
    An Unusual Kindness 59
Indians of the Trail 63
    Introductory Words 65
    Pocatello, the Chief 67
    The Babyless Mother 72
    Mary Muskrat 76
    Bad Ben 79
    A Three-Cornered Sermon 82
    Three Years After 87
    Chief Joseph and His Lost Wallowa 92
    The White Man’s Book 96
Lights and Sidelights 99
The Stagecoach 107
Among the Hills 117
    The Mother Deer 119
    The Shepherd 121
    The Feathered Drummer 122
Mormondom 123
    The Trail of the Mormon 125
    Some Mormon Beliefs 131
    Weber Tom, Ute Polygamist 138
    Polygamy of To-Day 145
Great Salt Lake 149
Argonaut Sam’s Tale 157
The Wraith of the Blizzard 167
The Great Northwest 175

ILLUSTRATIONS

J. D. Gillilan Frontispiece
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Indian 64
Wallowa Lake 94
End of the Trail 183


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