CONTENTS.
Alexander Majors
PAGE.
Preface, by Buffalo Bill
9
Note to Reader
13
CHAPTER.
I.
Reminiscences of Youth
15
II.
Missouri in Its Wild and Uncultivated State
25
III.
A Silver Expedition
32
IV.
The Mormons
43
V.
The Mormons' Mecca
63
VI.
My First Venture
71
VII.
Faithful Friends
78
VIII.
Our War with Mexico
85
IX.
Doniphan's Expedition
90
X.
The Pioneer of Frontier Telegraphy
99
XI.
An Overland Outfit
102
XII.
Kit Carson
107
XIII.
Adventures of a Trapper
119
XIV.
Trapping
125
XV.
An Adventure with Indians
128
XVI.
Crossing the Plains
137
XVII.
"The Jayhawkers of 1849"
150
XVIII.
Mirages
157
XIX.
The First Stage into Denver
164
XX.
The Gold Fever
168
XXI.
The Overland Mail
173
XXII.
The Pony Express and Its Brave Riders
182
XXIII.
The Battle of the Buffaloes
194
XXIV.
The Black Bear
201
XXV.
The Beaver
215
XXVI.
A Boy's Trip Overland
221
XXVII.
The Denver of Early Days
228
XXVIII.
The Denver of To-day and Its Environs
232
XXIX.
Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Fame
243
XXX.
The Platte Valley
247
XXXI.
Kansas City before the War
253
XXXII.
The Graves of Pioneers
258
XXXIII.
Silver Mining
267
XXXIV.
Wild West Fruits
272
XXXV.
How English Capitalists Got a Foothold
277
XXXVI.
Montana's Towns and Cities
285
XXXVII.
California's Great Trees
290
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