APPENDIX. 



CONTENTS OF CHAPTER THIRD. 



PAGX 



"BY THE MOUTH OP Two OR THREE WITNESSES," .... 467 



THK GREAT WEST, 469 



FALL OP THE RIVERS, 470 



THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS AND VALLEYS OP BUFFALO LAND, . . 470 



THE VALLEY OP THE PLATTE, 470 



THE SOLOMON AND SMOKY HILL RIVERS, 471 



THE ARKANSAS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, 472 



STOCK RAISING IN THE GREAT WEST, 474 



THB CATTLE HIVE OP NORTH AMERICA, 477 



THE CLIMATE OF THE PLAINS, 479 



CLIMATIC CHANGES ON THE PLAINS, 482 



THE TREES AND FUTURE FORESTS OP THE PLAINS, 484 



THE SUPPLY OP FUEL, ... 486 



DISTRICTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE PLAINS, 487 



THE VALLEYS OF THE WHITE EARTH AND NIOBRARA, .... 492 



NEW MEXICO ITS SOIL, CLIMATE, RESOURCES, ETC., 494 



THE DISAPPEARING BISON, 500 



THE FISH WITH LEGS, 601 



THE MOUNTAIN SUPPLY OP LUMBER FOR THE PLAINS, . . . 502 



