I Fort Decatur, Jan. 26, 1856 Frontispiece II Chips Picked Up Facing page 17 III Bargaining with Indians at Alki " " 49 IV Indian Canoes Sailing with North Wind " " 81 V Log Cabin in the Swale " " 105 VI Where We Wandered Long Ago " " 113 VII A Visit from Our Tillicum " " 145 VIII Sarah, John and Loretta Denny " " 193 IX David Thomas Denny " " 209 X Sons of L. B. and D. T. Denny " " 241 XI Louisa B. Denny " " 257 XII A Flower Garden Planted by L. B. Denny " " 273 XIII Daughters of D. T. and L. B. Denny " " 289 XIV Erythronium of Lake Union " " 337 XV Types of Indian Houses " " 369 XVI Last Voyage of the Lumei " " 385 XVII A Few Artifacts of P. S. Indians " " 401 XVIII Ship Belle Isle " " 481 XIX Rev. Blaine, C. D. and Wm. R. Boren " " 489 XX Mrs. L. C. Low " " 493 BLAZING THE WAY PART I.--THE GREAT MARCH CHAPTER I CROSSING THE PLAINS. With Faith's clear eye we saw afar In western sky our empire's star, And strong of heart and brave of soul, We marched and marched to reach the goal. Unrolled a scroll, the great, gray plains, And traced thereon our wagon trains; Our blazing campfires marked the road As night succeeding night they glowed. --Song of the Pioneers. The noble army of courageous, enduring, persistent, progressive pioneers who from time to time were found threading their way across the illimitable wilderness, forty or fifty years ago, in detached companies, often unknown and unknowing each other, have proved conclusively that an age of marvelous heroism is but recently past. [Illustration: "CHIPS PICKED UP AFTER BLAZING THE WAY"] The knowledge, foresight, faith and force exhibited by many of these daring men and women proclaimed them endowed with the genius of conquerors.