Across America.--Off July 24, 1866.--West by Erie Railroad.--The Great West.--Northern New Jersey.--Western New York.--Ohio.--Miami Valley.--Indiana and Illinois.--Buckeye _vs._ Hoosier and Sucker.--Cincinnati and St. Louis _vs._ Chicago.--St. Louis _redivivus_.--Missouri.--Her Germans and Vineyards.--The Missouri River.--Leavenworth.--Lawrence and Topeka.--Valley of the Kansas.--Junction City.--Kansas Generally.--Her fine Building-stone.--Her Scenery.--Her Enterprise and Thrift.--"Fall Leaf" and the Delawares.--A Big Chief and his Exploits.--The Pottawatomies.--Returning from a Buffalo Hunt.--The Indian in Kansas. 21-32 CHAPTER II. _From the Kansas to the Platte._ _Compagnons du Voyage._--Afloat on the Plains.--Travelling by Ambulance.--Camping-out.--Outfit and Escort.--The "divides."--The Platte itself.--The Grasshoppers.--Prairie-chickens and other Game.--Prairie Dogs.--A Happy Family.--The Little Blue.--The Pawnees and Indian rumors generally.--Virginia Station and Big Sandy.--The Settlers _en route_.--A Pennsylvania Dutchman Westernized.--Life on Fancy Creek.--Rev. Mr. Silvers of Wild Cat Creek.--A Pioneer Missionary. 33-39 CHAPTER III. _Up the Platte to Denver._ The Union Pacific Railroad.--The Overland Stage Company.--Mr. Ben Holladay.--An Enterprising Missourian.--Concord Coaches and Teams.--Stage Stations.--Meals _en route_.--The Drivers generally.--Fellow-passengers.--Col. B., an ex-Lieut.-Governor turned Sutler.--A Swiss Artist.--A Doctor of Divinity.--A New York Banker and his Patriotic Wife.--The Weather.--Life on a Stage-Coach, outside Day and Night.--The Scenery generally.--Magnificent Sunsets.--A particularly fine one. 40-46 CHAPTER IV. _Up the Platte to Denver_ (concluded). The Platte Valley in general.--Its Features and Resources.--The Platte River itself.--The Cañon Cedars.--Want of Timber.--Costly Fuel, Grain, etc. at Fort Sedgwick.--Scenery of the Plains generally.--Buffalo and their Range.--A Ride after Antelope.--Lost on the Plains.--Buffalo Trails.--The Settlers generally.--Kearney City, Julesburg, etc.--The Ranches.--Fort Wicked.--Wagon-trains.--Prairie Schooners.--Bull-drivers.--Sioux Indians.--"Big Injun" stories generally. 47-57 CHAPTER V. _Denver and the Mines._