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Across the plains in 1850 / by John Steele ; edited with introduction and notes by Joseph Schafer.

Title
Across the plains in 1850 / by John Steele ; edited with introduction and notes by Joseph Schafer.
Author
Steele, John, 1832-1905.
Publication
Chicago : Printed for the Caxton Club, 1930.

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Additional Authors
  • Caxton Club.
  • Lakeside Press (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Lindsay, Andrew Jackson, d. 1895.
  • Schafer, Joseph, 1867-1941.
Description
xxxvii, 234 p.
Uniform Title
Western Americana, frontier history of the trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 reel 512, no. 5131.
Subject
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Steele, John, 1832-1905
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Westward ho! The first stage, arena to Des Moines -- From Des Moines to Council Bluffs -- In the Indian country, storms and quicksands -- A stampede, Indian scare, buffaloes, wolves -- Fort Laramie on the plains -- The Black Hills and Independence Rock -- Up the Sweetwater to South Pass -- The Sublette Cut-off and Green River -- Across desert and mountain to Bear Valley -- Soda Springs to Pilot Peak -- The heavy road to Humboldt River -- Arrows and bullets: a battle with Indians -- New horrors of the desert -- The last barrier overcome -- The land of gold.
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Harvard Library