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CROSSING THE PLAINS
DAYS OF '57
A NARRATIVE OF EARLY EMIGRANT TRAVEL
TO CALIFORNIA BY THE
OX-TEAM METHOD
BY
WM. AUDLEY MAXWELL
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
WM AUDLEY MAXWELL
SUNSET PUBLISHING HOUSE
SAN FRANCISCO MCMXV
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| List of Illustrations | VI | |
| Foreword | VII | |
| Chapter I. | Forsaking the Old, in Quest of the New. First Camp. Fording the Platte | 1 |
| Chapter II. | Laramie Fashions and Sioux Etiquette. A Trophy. Chimney Rock. A Solitary Emigrant. Jests and Jingles | 13 |
| Chapter III. | Lost in the Black Hills. Devil's Gate. Why a Mountain Sheep Did Not Wink. Green River Ferry | 31 |
| Chapter IV. | Disquieting Rumors of Redmen. Consolidation for Safety. The Poisonous Humboldt | 49 |
| Chapter V. | The Holloway Massacre | 62 |
| Chapter VI. | Origin of "Piker." Before the Era of Canned Good and Kodaks. Morning Routine. Typical Bivouac. Sociability Entrained. The Flooded Camp. Hope Sustains Patience | 76 |
| Chapter VII. | Tangled by a Tornado. Lost the Pace but Kept the Cow. Human Oddities. Night Guards. Wolf Serenades. Awe of the Wilderness. A Stampede | 97 |
| Chapter VIII. | Disaster Overtakes the Wood Family | 116 |
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