CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Great American Desert — Opening of California — Colonel Fremont’s Route — 
Kansas — Scenery — Soil — Climate — Extent of the Missouri Compromise 
— Its Repeal — Blue Lodge — Meetings in Missouri,.. . 1 
CHAPTER II. 
THE FIRST ELECTION AND FIRST INVASION. 
New England Aid Company — First Parties—Lawrence — First Election- 
Census— First Winter — Second Invasion— Protests — Meeting at Leaven¬ 
worth, .... 10 
CHAPTER III. 
EASTERN EMIGRATION-BORDER MEN. 
Kansas City, Mo. — Westport — Baptist Mission — Election-day — Threats 
Against Gov. Reeder — Members Elect of Legislature — Mission Church — 
Ride to Lawrence — Scenery,.. 34 
CHAPTER IV. 
LAWRENCE. 
Drives in the Country — Calls on Pioneers —First Attendance at Church, . 36 
CHAPTER V. 
KANSAS HOMES. 
Death of Mrs. T. — Scarcity of Provisions — Arrival of a Friend — A Gentle¬ 
man from Massachusetts — Silver Mist — City People in Kansas — Spider- 
wort —• Company — Sabbath-School — Heavy Showers — Homes — Steamer — 
Election — Tour in the Country — Emigration — Visit to a Friend — Hard¬ 
ships of Settlers — Preaching on Capitol Hill — Death of Dr. Clark, „ . 43 
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