AN OVERLAND JOURNEY.
From New York to Kansas, 7
Notes on Kansas, 20
More Notes on Kansas, 35
More of Kansas, 48
Summing up on Kansas, 61
On the Plains, 71
The Home of the Buffalo, 80
Last of the Buffalo, 86
The American Desert, 98
Good Bye to the Desert, 107
The Kansas Gold Diggings, 115
The Plains—The Mountains, 128
The Gold in the Rocky Mountains, 139
“Lo, the Poor Indian,” 149
Western Characters, 157
From Denver to Laramie, 166
Laramie to South Pass, 182
South Pass to Bridger, 190
From Bridger to Salt Lake, 198
Two Hours with Brigham Young, 209
The Mormons and Mormonism, 219
Salt Lake and its Environs, 230
The Army in Utah, 245
From Salt Lake to Carson Valley, 258
Carson Valley—The Sierra Nevada, 275
California Mines and Mining, 283
California—The Yosemite, 295
California—The Big Trees, 310
California Physically Considered, 322
California—Its Resources, 334
California—Summing Up, 344
California—Final Gleanings, 361
Railroad to the Pacific, 368