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Frontispiece — Up the Valley of the Platte. 

 A Plain Sketch— Title page. 



Portrait 8 



A Country Call in Kansas in 1858 14 



Making our Mark 17 



The Corral 32 



The Lead Team 37 



The ^S Straightens to an I 39 



The Sleeping Herd 51 



Fording the South Platte 59 



Chimney Rock 65 



The Devil's Gate 80 



Down Provo Canon 92 



Through the Streets of Lehi 98 



Main Street, Salt Lake City 106 



The Tabernacle 108 



Great Salt Lake in the Twilight 118 



Approach to the Valley of the Rio Virgin 148 



The Ruins of Las Vegas . 163 



Our Oamp at Kingston Sj)rings — Bently and his Dog 171 



Marching to the Sea 185 



Field of Cacti 194 



The Wine Team 201 



San Pedro in 1858 204 



Entrance to the Golden Gate 208 



Oakland in 1858 — Contra Costa Mountains in the Distance 215 



Largest Ferryboat in the World, Plying between San Francisco and Oakland, 216 



Looking at Monte del Diablo 220 



Straits of Carquinaz 222 



"Scottie" and I 225 



Bird's-Eye View of San Francisco— Golden Gate in the Distance 249 



San Francibco Bay in the Good Old Time 253 



How they Built the Ships in 255 



The Old Mission Dolores 257 



Mission Dolores as it is now 259 



The Plaza, San Francisco 268 



San Francisco in 1847 272 



Robert Kenderdine. Portrait 316 



Charles Dickens. Portrait 407 



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