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CONTEINTTS. 



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INTRODUCTION 



I. Sketch of the Eotjte 



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II. Phtsical Geogeaphy of the Mississippi Basin ant> of the 



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EocKY Mox7:ntains •"....... 



III. Physical Geography of the Colorado Basin . 



IV, Physical Geography of the ''Great Basi:n Eegion** . . Ivii 



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PART I. 



FHOM TSE MISSISSIFFI BIVER TO TEE RIO GRAISDE DEL KORTE. 



CHAPTER I. 



The Capitax of the West 



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CHiiPTLE II. 



Eastern Kansas 



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CHAPTEE III. 



Life on the Plains 



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CHAPTER IV. 



General Feattjees of the Eau- western Plains , . . .41 



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CHAPTER V, 



Ai Fortnight at Fort Wall.ice . 



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V 



CHAPTER YI. 



C bossing the Desert from Fort "Wallace to the Arkansas Eiter 68 



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