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Introduction
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THE JOURNEY OUT, WITH ITS INCIDENTS
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Departure from Independence—Country of the shawnee and Kanzas Indians—Rainy Weather and muddy traveling—Antelopes and Prairie Dogs—Cold Rain Storm on Platte—Buffalo region—Sand Hills–Pawnee and Sioux Indians–Forts on the Platte–Black Hills–Red Buttes—Killing a Grizley Bear—Sulpher Springs—Summit of the Rocky Mountains.
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THE JOURNEY OUT, WITH ITS INCIDENTS
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Trading House of Vasques and Bridger—Attacked by the Sioux—Soda Springs—Deep Chasm and the Crater of an extinct Volcano—Fort Hall–Snake or Lewis River, Falls, &c., -Snow Storm, and difficulty of starting fire—Indians along Snake River—Numerous evidences of great Volcanic action in past times–Fort Boise—Hills of Marble—Grande Round—Blue Mountains, &c., -Whitman's Mission, on the Walawala— Fort Walawala—Columbia River, Falls, &c., -Cascade Mountains—Wascopin Methodist Mission—Indian Burying place–Fort Vancouver—Arrival at Oregon City, &c.
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DESCRIPTION OF WESTERN OREGON
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Willamette Falls, Mills, &c., -Description of the Willamette Valley–Head of the Willamette River—Calapooiah Mountains—Umpqua Valley—Umpqua Mountains—Valley of Rogue's River—Clamuth or Chesty Valley–Description of Country North of the Columbia—Mount St. Helens, an active Volcano–Numerous low Islands in the Columbia River–Astoria or Fort George—Indians West of the Cascade Mountains—their method of catching Salmon—Government organized—Peopling of America and Pacific Islands—Scenery in Oregon.
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ROUTE FROM OREGON TO CALIFORNIA
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Rendezvous—Indian War Dance–Indians came into Camp to Trade–Adventure of an Iroquois Indian–An— Alarm–Sugar Pine–Soda Spring—Sacramento River—Sacramento Hills—Rugged Road–Indians on the Sacramento–Fort, Trading Post, &c., of Captain Sutter.
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DESCRIPTION OF UPPER CALIFORNIA
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Bay of San Francisco–Sacramento and St. Wakine Valleys—Many Narrow fertile Valleys—Great Lake, &c., - Barren Mountains, containing Silver Ore and good Water Power–Tar Spring—Gold found in the Puebalo Valley–Cultivation of the Vine–Spanish Dance—Wild Horses—Unsuccessful attempt to take them.
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