xvi CONTENTS, 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



DES MOINES TO OMAHA. 



One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Day — Leave Des Moines with Pleas* 

 ant Reflections — Reach Adel — Dallas County — Raccoon River — 

 One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Day — Ride through Rediield — 

 Reach Dale City — Talk Politics with Farmers — One Hundred and 

 Fifty-7iinth Day — A Night with Coyotes — Re-enforced by a Friend- 

 ly Dog — 0)16 Hundred and Sixtieth Day — Cold Winds from the 

 Northwest — All Day on the Prairies — One Hundred and Sixty- 

 first Day — Halt at Avoca — One Hundred and Sixty-second Day — 

 Riding in the Rain — Reach Neola — One Hundred and Sixty-third 

 Day— Roa.ds in Bad Condition— Ride through Council Bluffs — Ar- 

 rive at Omaha • •.. 429 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



A HALT AT OMAHA. 



The Metropolis of Nebraska— First Impressions— Peculiarity of the 

 Streets — Hanscom Park — Poor House Farm— Prospect Cemetery 

 — Douglas County Fair Grounds — Omaha Driving Park — Fort 

 Omaha — Creighton College — Father Marquette — The Mormons — 

 •'Winter Quarters" — Lone Tree Ferry — Nebraska Ferry Com- 

 pany — Old Stiite House — First Territorial Legislature — Governor 

 Cummings — Omaha in the Civil War — Rapid Development of the 

 "Gate City" 443 



CHAPTER XXV. 



OMAHA TO CHEYENNE. 



Leave Paul m *^malia — Purchase a Mustang — Use Mexican Saddle 

 — Over the'^reat Plains — Surface of Nebraska — Extensive Beds of 

 Peat— SaU \5rtsins— The Platte River— High Winds— Dry Climate- 

 Fertile S^.il — Lincoln — Nebraska City — Fremont — Grand Island- 

 Plum rVeek — McPherson — Sheep Raising — Elk Horn River— In 

 Wyon^'^ng Territory — Reach Cheyenne — Description of Wyoming 

 — " Magic City "—Vigilance Committee— Rocky Mountains— 

 Laramie Plains — Union Pacific Railroad . • • • • 456 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



CAPTURED BY INDIANS. 



Leave Cheyenne — Arrange to Journey with Herders — Additional 

 Notes on Territory — Yellowstone National Park — Sherman — 

 Skull Rocks — Laramie Plains — Encounter Indians — Friendly 

 Signals — Surrounded by Arrapahoes — One Indian Killed — Taken 

 Prisoners— Carried toward Deadwo^'^ — Indians Propose to KiU 



