Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 / A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method

by Wm. Audley Maxwell

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Contents

1. Foreword
2. Chapter I. Forsaking the Old in Quest of the New. First Camp. Fording the Platte
3. Chapter II. Laramie Fashions and Sioux Etiquette. A Trophy. Chimney Rock. A Solitary Emigrant. Jests and Jingles
4. Chapter III. Lost in the Black Hills. Devil's Gate. Why a Mountain Sheep Did Not Wink. Green River Ferry
5. Chapter IV. Disquieting Rumors of Redmen. Consolidation for Safety. The Poisonous Humboldt
6. Chapter V. The Holloway Massacre
7. Chapter VI. Origin of "Piker." Before the Era of Canned Goods and Kodaks. Morning Routine. Typical Bivouac. Sociability Entrained. The Flooded Camp. Hope Sustains Patience
8. 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
9. Chapter VIII. Disaster Overtakes the Wood Family
10. Chapter IX. Mysterious Visitors. Extra Sentries. An Anxious Night
11. Chapter X. Challenge to Battle
12. Chapter XI. Sagebrush Justice
13. Chapter XII. Night Travel, from Arid Wastes to Limpid Waters
14. Chapter XIII. Into the Settlements. Halt

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