I. SAVAGE DEEDS OF SAVAGE MEN 391 II. PIONEER JOKES AND ANECDOTES 415 III. TRAILS OF COMMERCE 436 IV. BUILDING OF THE TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY 452 V. A CHEHALIS LETTER, PENNED IN '52 467 VI. SOME PIONEERS OF PORT TOWNSEND 479 VII. PERSONNEL OF THE PIONEER ARMY 489 SYNOPSIS OF INCIDENTS. Part I. Page Chapter I--Crossing the Plains--Names of the Denny Company 20 Attacked by Indians at American Falls 27 Chapter II--A Narrow Escape from Going Over the Cascades 36 About to Sink in the Cold Waters of the Columbia 38 Chapter III--Tramping a Long Trail 42 Landing of J. N. Low, D. T. Denny and Lee Terry at Sgwudux (West Seattle) 43 Exploring the Duwampsh River 44 Names of Party from "Exact" 50 Chapter IV--A Visit from Wolves 66 A Flight to Fort Decatur 76 Battle of Seattle 80 Story of John I. King's Capture 91 Chapter V--A Tragedy of the Trail 98 Chapter VI--A Hair-raising Hunt for a Cougar 107 Chapter VII--Seeking the Dead Among the Living 121 The Strawberry of Memory 126 Three Little Girls and a Pioneer "Fourth" 131 A Rescue from Drowning 138 Chapter VIII--Frontier Experiences 151 Chapter IX--Placating Indians on the Plains 171 Chapter X--Capt. Roeder's Meeting with the Bandit Joaquin 180 Part II.