The Last American Frontier

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE LAST AMERICAN FRONTIER

CHAPTER I THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT

CHAPTER II THE INDIAN FRONTIER

CHAPTER III IOWA AND THE NEW NORTHWEST

CHAPTER IV THE SANTA FE TRAIL

CHAPTER V THE OREGON TRAIL

CHAPTER VI OVERLAND WITH THE MORMONS

CHAPTER VII CALIFORNIA AND THE FORTY-NINERS

CHAPTER VIII KANSAS AND THE INDIAN FRONTIER

CHAPTER IX "PIKE'S PEAK OR BUST" 2

CHAPTER X FROM ARIZONA TO MONTANA

CHAPTER XI THE OVERLAND MAIL

CHAPTER XII THE ENGINEERS' FRONTIER

CHAPTER XIII THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

CHAPTER XIV THE PLAINS IN THE CIVIL WAR

CHAPTER XV THE CHEYENNE WAR

CHAPTER XVI THE SIOUX WAR

CHAPTER XVII THE PEACE COMMISSION AND THE OPEN WAY

CHAPTER XVIII BLACK KETTLE'S LAST RAID

CHAPTER XIX THE FIRST OF THE RAILWAYS

CHAPTER XX THE NEW INDIAN POLICY

CHAPTER XXI THE LAST STAND OF CHIEF JOSEPH AND SITTING BULL

CHAPTER XXII LETTING IN THE POPULATION 3

NOTE ON THE SOURCES

INDEX

Transcribers' Note

Title: The Last American Frontier

Author: Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

Language: English

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STORIES FROM AMERICAN HISTORY


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THE
LAST AMERICAN FRONTIER

BY
FREDERIC LOGAN PAXSON
JUNIOR PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1910
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Copyright, 1910,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1910.

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