Old Times on the Upper Mississippi / The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863

Contents

Prelude		13
Chapter I	Early Impressions	15
Chapter II	Indians, Dugouts, and Wolves	20
Chapter III	On the Levee at Prescott	29
Chapter IV	In the Engine-room	38
Chapter V	The Engineer	46
Chapter VI	The "Mud" Clerk—Comparative Honors	52
Chapter VII	Wooding Up	59
Chapter VIII	The Mate	64
Chapter IX	The "Old Man"	71
Chapter X	The Pilots and Their Work	78
Chapter XI	Knowing the River	92
Chapter XII	The Art of Steering	100
Chapter XIII	An Initiation	106
Chapter XIV	Early Pilots	111
Chapter XV	Incidents of River Life	117
10Chapter XVI	Mississippi Menus	126
Chapter XVII	Bars and Barkeepers	132
Chapter XVIII	Gamblers and Gambling	138
Chapter XIX	Steamboat Racing	143
Chapter XX	Music and Art	152
Chapter XXI	Steamboat Bonanzas	161
Chapter XXII	Wild-cat Money and Town-sites	174
Chapter XXIII	A Pioneer Steamboatman	184
Chapter XXIV	A Versatile Commander; a Wreck	190
Chapter XXV	A Stray Nobleman	196
Chapter XXVI	In War Time	206
Chapter XXVII	At Fort Ridgeley	212
Chapter XXVIII	Improving the River	221
Chapter XXIX	Killing Steamboats	229
Chapter XXX	Living It Over Again	240
Appendix
A.	List of Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi River, 1823-1863	11 Clyx.com