Western wilds

Western wilds and the men who redeem them. An authentic narrative, embracing an account of seven years travel and adventure in the far West; wild life in Arizona; perils of the plains; life in the canon and death on the desert ... adventures among the red - Page 12

CONTENTS. vii and wine. Does it supersede whisky? The California seasons. " Frisco." Chinese Theater. The tragedy of Eip Sah. Buddhist ceremonies. A gloomy sort of religion.-. " Top- side Josh." The devil- drive." Chinaman like Melica man." . . 103- 116 CHAPTER VIII. TWO YEAKS OF CHANGE. Utah and trouble. " Mormon hospitality." The author mohbed and badly hurt, but recovers rapidly. Healing air of the mountains. Eich mineral discoveries in Utah. The Gentiles take heart. The Emma Mine. I go to Washington as a lobbyist. And don't like it. Further travels in Utah. Polygamy again. Eev. J. P. Newman shows that there are but thirteen polygamists mentioned in the Bible. And hundreds of good monogamists. Orson Pratt comes back at him. High times in the Taber-nacle. Some of the nasty features of polygamy. Such as incest and indecency. A vil-lage composed of Taylors. And one made up of Winns. General view of the Terri-toryAnd of the Far West 117- 128 CHAPTER IX. THE MISSOURI VALLEY. Kansas City: a modern Rome. We look at it, but do not invest. The " Land of Zion." Lawrence. " The Wakarusa War." The Massacre of 1863. The Athens of the West. Our journey southward: The Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Road. Ottawa. Western Yankees. " Brother K ' s blooded mare.'' " Buffalo stamps." A progressive country. Fertility of Allen and Neosho counties. An incorrigible old man. Cherryvale. The beautiful mounds. The social Kansian. " Sna- a- a- kes!" Northward to Leavenworth. Quindaro Chindowan. " A second Babylon." Wyandotte. Atchison. Troy. St. Joe. Up the Missouri Valley. Council Bluffs. Omaha. On northward. Sioux City. Onawa. Woodbury. Staging to Yankton. Dakotians: French, Scandinavians, and Bohemians. " Woman's Rights:" to do as much work as she can. The gentle savage. lapi Oahye! " Portable talk." Northern Dakota. Western Dakota. We leave suddenly for California 129- 139 CHAPTER X. THE WONDERS OP CALIFORNIA. All aboard for Yosemite! From chilly " Frisco" to melting Stockton. By rail to Milton. Hot drive among the foot- hills. Copperopolis. The broiling stage; air dead calm; thermometer 100. In the cool grove at last. The vegetable wonders of the world. A tree thirty- two feet thick. " Father and Mother." " Husband and Wife," 250 feet high. " Uncle Tom's Cabin." How came they here? California names. Over Table Mountain. " Truthful James." Old mining towns. Sonora. Chinese Camp. Garrote. The Tuolumne Grove. Tamarack Flat. Reminiscences of the " strong- minded." First view of Yosemite. Prospect Peak. The terrible descent. A fall of 2,667 feet. El Capitan: Tu- toch- ah- nu- la. A reverie on Cosmos. Mirror Lake. Reflected glories. The climb to Nevada Falls. Down by Vernal Falls. The sublime and beautiful. J. M. Hutchings, the pioneer. " Spirit of the Evil Wind." " Great Chief of the Valley." Down hill to San Francisco. Climate of the Coast. A day at the Cliff House. Poluphlaisbow Thalasses. Regretful good- bye to the Pacific Coast. . . 140- 163