The Making of the Great West.

THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1512-1883 -- PREFACE. -- CONTENTS. -- GROUP I.-THREE RIVAL CIVILIZATIONS. -- I. The Spaniards. -- AN HISTORIC ERA -- DE SOTO'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI -- DEATH AND BURIAL OF DE SOTO -- THE INDIANS OF FLORIDA -- HOW NEW MEXICO CAME TO BE EXPLORED -- "THE MARVELLOUS COUNTRY" -- FOLK LORE OF THE PUEBLOS -- LAST DAYS OF CHARLES V. AND PHILIP II -- SWORD AND GOWN IN CALIFORNIA -- II. The French. -- PRELUDE -- WESTWARD BY THE GREAT INLAND WATERWAYS -- THE SITUATION IN A.D. 1672 -- COUNT FRONTENAC -- JOLIET AND M ARQUETTE -- THE MAN LA SALLE -- LA SALLE, PRINCE OF EXPLORERS -- DISCOVERY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI -- THE LOST COLONY: ST. LOUIS OF TEXAS -- IBERVILLE FOUNDS LOUISIANA -- FRANCE WINS THE PRIZE -- LOUIS XIV -- III. The English. -- THE BLEAK NORTH-WEST COAST -- HUDSON'S BAY TO THE SOUTH SEA -- THE RUSSIANS IN ALASKA -- ENGLAND ON THE PACIFIC -- QUEEN ELIZABETH -- Interlude. -- WHAT JONATHAN CARVER AIMED TO DO IN 1766 -- JOHN LEDYARD'S IDEA -- A YANKEE SHIP DISCOVERS THE COLUMBIA RIVER -- THE WEST AT THE OPENING OF THE CENTURY -- GROUP II.-BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN IDEA. -- I . America for Americans. -- ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA -- A GLANCE AT OUR PURCHASE -- II. The Path finders. -- LEWIS AND CLARKE ASCEND THE MISSOURI -- THEY CROSS THE CONTINENT -- PIKE EXPLORES THE ARKANSAS VALLEY -- NEW MEXICO IN 1807 -- GOLD IN COLORADO - A TRAPPER'S STORY -- THE FLAG IN OREGON -- LOUISIANA ADMITTED 1812 -- III. The Oregon Trail. -- THE TRAPPER, BACKWOODSMAN, AND EMIGRANT -- LONG EXPLORES THE PLATTE VALLEY -- MISSOURI AND THE COMPROMISE OF 1821 -- ARKANSAS ADMITTED 1836 -- THOMAS H. BENTON'S IDEA -- WITH THE VANGUARD TO OREGON -- TEXAS ADMITTED -- Interlude. -- NEW POLITICAL IDEAS -- IOWA ADMITTED -- THE WAR WITH MEXICO -- CONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO -- TAKING OF CALIFORNIA -- THE MORMONS IN UTAH.

GROUP III.-GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHAT IT LED TO. -- I. The Great Emigration. -- EL DORADO FOUND AT LAST -- SWARMING THROUGH THE GOLDEN GATE -- THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS -- CALIFORNIA A FREE STATE -- ARIZONA -- II. The Contest for Free Soil. -- THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA STRUGGLE -- KANSAS THE BATTLE-GROUND -- THE BATTLE FOUGHT AND WON -- TWO FREE STATES ADMITTED -- III. The Crown of the Continent. -- GOLD IN COLORADO, AND THE RUSH THERE -- THE PACIFIC RAILROADS -- KANSAS, NEVADA, NEBRASKA, AND COLORADO ADMITTED -- THE RECENT STATES -- THE WORK OF EIGHTY YEARS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. -- TAKING POSSESSION FOR FRANCE -- SPANISH ARMS -- SHIP OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- ISABELLA OF SPAIN -- MEDAL OF CHARLES V -- PONCE DE LEON -- BALBOA DISCOVERING THE PACIFIC -- FRENCH MAP OF 1542. FROM JOMARD -- DE SOTO -- SOLDIER OF 1585 -- CUBAN BLOODHOUND -- DEPARTURE OF THE SPANIARDS -- BURIAL OF DE SOTO -- FLORIDA WARRIOR -- PALISADED TOWN -- A FLORIDA INDIAN'S CABIN -- MAKING A CANOE -- A CHIEFTAIN'S GRAVE -- PROCESSIONAL FANS -- ROCK INSCRIPTIONS, NEW MEXICO -- MAP, NEW MEXICO, ROUTE OF SPANISH INVADERS -- JUNCTION OF THE GILA AND COLORADO -- ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- EL PASO DEL NORTE -- A PUEBLO RESTORED -- ACOMA -- CASA GRANDE, GILA VALLEY -- RUINS OF PECOS -- CEREUS GIGANTEA -- PUEBLO IDOLS -- HIEROGLYPHICS, GILA VALLEY -- MAP, CALIFORNIA COAST -- SIR FRANCIS DRAKE -- DRAKE SAILS AWAY -- OLD MAP SHOWING DRAKE'S PORT -- CARMEL MISSION CHURCH -- SPANISH MAP OF 1787, SHOWING MISSIONS, PRESIDIOS, AND ROUTES -- MAP FROM ARCANO DEL MARE, 1647 -- SHIPS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY -- A WOOD RANGER -- CHAMPLAIN -- A PORTAGE -- TOTEM OF THE FOXES -- FRENCH COSTUMES -- FOX RIVER -- LOUIS XIV -- MARQUETTE'S MAP -- WILD RICE -- TOTEM OF THE ILLINOIS -- WAR CANOE, FROM LA HONTAN -- THE CALUMET -- LA SALLE -- MAP SHOWING LA SALLE'S EXPLORATIONS -- WAMPUM BELT -- SIOUX CHIEF -- SIOUX TOTEM.

SUGAR PLANT -- MAP SHOWING DELTA OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND ADJACENT COAST -- BIENVILLE -- FRENCH SOLDIERS -- NEW ORLEANS, 1719 -- ABANDONED HUT, NORTHWEST COAST -- HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S HOUSE, LONDON -- HUDSON'S BAY SLED, LOADED -- INDIAN MASK, WEST COAST -- SEALS, ST. PAUL'S ISLAND -- RUSSIAN CHURCH, ALASKA -- SNOW SPECTACLES, ALASKA -- INDIAN CARVING -- INDIAN GRAVE, NORTHWEST COAST -- QUEEN ELIZABETH -- FALLS OF STANTHONY -- INDIAN BURIAL SCAFFOLD -- MAP, MOUTH OF COLUMBIA RIVER -- MEDAL, SHIPS COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON -- AN OREGON BELLE -- A FLAT-BOAT -- ON THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI -- A LOUISIANA SUGAR PLANTATION -- FRENCH SETTLEMENTS: GERM OF ST. LOUIS -- OLD CONVENT, NEW ORLEANS -- MAP, ST. LOUIS AND VICINITY -- CHOUTEAU'S POND, ST. LOUIS -- ROCK TOWERS NEAR DUBUQUE -- MOUNTAIN GOAT, OR BIG-HORN -- INDIANS MOVING CAMP -- A MANDAN -- MANDAN SKIN BOATS -- GATE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS -- CATCHING SALMON, COLUMBIA RIVER -- MAP ILLUSTRATING LIEUT. PIKE'S EXPLORATIONS -- INDIAN BURIAL-PLACE -- PIKE'S PEAK -- THE YUCCA-TREE: SPANISH BAYONET -- CHURCH, SANTA FÉ, WITH FORT MARCY -- AN EMIGRANT'S CAMP -- MAP ILLUSTRATING LONG'S EXPLORATIONS -- PRAIRIE-DOG VILLAGE -- DIGGING IN THE RIVER FOR WATER -- STATUE OF BENTON -- FORT LARAMIE -- AMOLE, OR SOAP-PLANT -- SAN ANTONIO -- THE ALAMO -- SAMUEL HOUSTON -- MEXICAN CART -- MEXICAN ARASTRA, FOR GRINDING ORES -- PUEBLO WOMAN GRINDING CORN -- BOY AND DONKEYS -- PUEBLO OF TAOS -- BIG TREE -- MAP SHOWING STATES AND TERRITORIES ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO -- CALIFORNIA INDIANS AND TULE HUT -- EL CAPITAN, YOSEMITE -- SALT-LAKE CITY AND TABERNACLE -- SUTTER'S MILL -- TWO MINERS -- THE GOLDEN GATE -- CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN -- A FATHER -- MOUNT SHASTA -- ON THE OREGON TRAIL -- SAN FRANCISCO IN 1849 -- EARLY COIN -- HYDRAULIC MINING -- CHICKEN-VENDER -- MISSION SAN XAVIER DEL BAC, NEAR TUCSON -- STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

A SQUATTER'S IMPROVEMENTS -- STREET, KANSAS CITY, 1857 -- LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- THE FERRY, LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- A SQUATTER MOVING HIS CLAIM -- MUD FORT, LAWRENCE -- JOHN BROWN -- JOHN BROWN'S CABIN -- GATE, GARDEN OF THE GODS -- HUMORS OF THE ROAD -- DENVER IN 1859 -- OVERLAND STAGE - IN CAMP -- GOING IN -- COMING OUT -- OFFICE OF "ROCKY-MOUNTAIN NEWS," DENVER -- COLORADO CITY 1839 -- QUARTZ STAMPING-MILL -- QUAKER GUN AT STAGE STATION -- PONY EXPRESS AND OVERLAND STAGE -- TRACK-LAYING, PACIFIC RAILROAD -- REAPING-MACHINE -- INDEX.

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