Death Valley in '49

Death Valley in '49 - Important chapter of California pioneer history. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave "Death Valley" its name

CHAPTER V. Sickness.Rather Catch Chipmonks in the Rocky Mountains than Live in Michigan.Building the Michigan Central R.R.Building a Boat.Floating down Grand River.Black Bear.Indians Catching Mullet.Across the Lake to Southport.Lead Mining at Mineral Point.Decides to go Farther West.Return to Michigan. CHAPTER VII. Lead Mining.Hears about Gold in California.Gets the Gold Fever.Nothing will cure it but California.Mr. Bennett and the Author Prepare to Start.The Winnebago Pony.Agrees to Meet Bennett at Missouri River.Delayed and Fails to Find Him.Left with only a Gun and Pony.Goes as a Driver for Charles Dallas.Stopped by a Herd of Buffaloes.Buffalo Meat.Indians.U.S. Troops.The Captain and the Lieutenant.Arrive at South Pass.The Waters Run toward the Pacific.They Find a Boat and Seven of them Decide to Float down the Green River. CHAPTER VIII. Floating down the River.It begins to roar.Thirty Miles a Day.Brown's Hole.Lose the Boat and make two Canoes.Elk.The Caons get Deeper.Floundering in the Water.The Indian Camp.Chief Walker proves a Friend.Describes the Terrible Caon below Them.Advises Them to go no farther down.Decide to go Overland.Dangerous Route to Salt Lake.Meets Bennett near there.Organize the Sand Walking Company. CHAPTER IX. The Southern Route.Off in Fine Style.A Cut-off Proposed.Most of Them Try it and Fail.The Jayhawkers.A New Organization.Men with Families not Admitted.Capture an Indian Who Gives Them the Slip.An Indian Woman and Her Children.Grass Begins to Fail.A High Peak to the West.No Water.An Indian Hut.Reach the Warm Spring.Desert Everywhere.Some One Steals Food.The Water Acts Like a Dose of Salts.Christmas Day.Rev. J.W. Brier Delivers a Lecture to His Sons.Nearly Starving and Choking.An Indian in a Mound.Indians Shoot the Oxen.Camp at Furnace Creek. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 12236
Author: Manly, William Lewis
Release Date: May 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English