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Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and TradersDellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

History

Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

Name: Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders
Author: Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History

Ashley, 232, 271;
       arrives at St. Louis, 242;
       battle with Arikaras, 234;
       becomes rich, 242;
       boats used by, 238;
       builds fort on the Yellowstone, 233;
       canyons traversed by, 295;
       comes out into Brown's Park, 240;
       decade, the, 233;
       descends Green River through Red Canyon, 238;
       elected member of Congress, 232, 244;
       Fall, 240;
       first to navigate Green River, 238;
       goes to Salt Lake, 240;
       his methods, 259;
       home in St. Louis, 244;
       Lake, 242;
       loses boats, 239;
       made a brigadier-general, 232;
       made lieutenant-governor, 232;
       meets General Atkinson, 242;
       meets Ogden at Salt Lake, 240;
       meets Provost in Brown's Park, 240;
       name record in Red Canyon, facsimile of, 240;
       organisation, 258;
       parts from his men, 244;
       second trip to the mountains, 242;
       sells out, 244;
       takes cannon to Utah Lake, 272;
       through Flaming Gorge, 294;
       writes his name in Red Canyon, 240

     Assiniboine, British trading posts on, 158

     _Assiniboine_, steamboat, 285

     Asuncion, Bahia de la, 142

     Astor, John Jacob, his opinion of the sale of Astoria, 219;
       organises American Fur Company, 197;
       organises Pacific Fur Company, 198

     _Astoria_, Irving's work, cited, 287

     Astoria, Captain Biddle takes possession, 219;
       enterprise ended, 219;
       Hunt arrives, 214;
       named, 200;
       Prevost receives actual transfer back to United States, 219;
       rebuilt, 283;
       renamed Fort George, 218;
       restored to United States, 219;
       sold to Northwest Company, 218;
       taken by British, 218

     Astronomer of Ingolstadt, 124

     Athabasca country, changes in, 34

     Athapascan stock, range of, 64

     Atkinson, General, 242

     Atole, Mexican drink, 268

     Attacapan stock, location of, 68

     Austin leads in the colonisation of Texas, 298


     B

     Bac, San Xavier del, Mission of, 124

     Bahia de la Asuncion, 142

     Baird to Santa Fé, 1812, 257

     Balboa, cited by Frémont, 300

     Baldwin, Doctor, with Long, 223

     Bandelier, A. F., paper;
       on Cabeza de Vaca, 106;
       on Villazur, 134;
       site for Tiguex, 114

     Bar of the Columbia, 142

     Baranof, Hunt visits, 215;
       Castle, 215

     Battle, first, between natives and Europeans in the
         Wilderness, 110;
       between Comanches and Iotans, 247;
       of Pierre's Hole, 273;
       of San Jacinto, 298;
       of Shiloh compared with Amerind warfare, 72;
       with Comanches and Kiowas, 262

     Battles of the Fur Companies, 240;
       of the Wilderness compared with Amerind warfare, 72

     Beadle, J. H., ferried over Colorado by Lee, 318

     Beale, E. F., 316

     Beale's Road, 316

     Bear River, search for mouth of, 242

     Beauharnois, 139

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History

Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

West (U.S.) -- Description and travel; West (U.S.) -- History

Ashley, 232, 271;
       arrives at St. Louis, 242;
       battle with Arikaras, 234;
       becomes rich, 242;
       boats used by, 238;
       builds fort on the Yellowstone, 233;
       canyons traversed by, 295;
       comes out into Brown's Park, 240;
       decade, the, 233;
       descends Green River through Red Canyon, 238;
       elected member of Congress, 232, 244;
       Fall, 240;
       first to navigate Green River, 238;
       goes to Salt Lake, 240;
       his methods, 259;
       home in St. Louis, 244;
       Lake, 242;
       loses boats, 239;
       made a brigadier-general, 232;
       made lieutenant-governor, 232;
       meets General Atkinson, 242;
       meets Ogden at Salt Lake, 240;
       meets Provost in Brown's Park, 240;
       name record in Red Canyon, facsimile of, 240;
       organisation, 258;
       parts from his men, 244;
       second trip to the mountains, 242;
       sells out, 244;
       takes cannon to Utah Lake, 272;
       through Flaming Gorge, 294;
       writes his name in Red Canyon, 240

     Assiniboine, British trading posts on, 158

     _Assiniboine_, steamboat, 285

     Asuncion, Bahia de la, 142

     Astor, John Jacob, his opinion of the sale of Astoria, 219;
       organises American Fur Company, 197;
       organises Pacific Fur Company, 198

     _Astoria_, Irving's work, cited, 287

     Astoria, Captain Biddle takes possession, 219;
       enterprise ended, 219;
       Hunt arrives, 214;
       named, 200;
       Prevost receives actual transfer back to United States, 219;
       rebuilt, 283;
       renamed Fort George, 218;
       restored to United States, 219;
       sold to Northwest Company, 218;
       taken by British, 218

     Astronomer of Ingolstadt, 124

     Athabasca country, changes in, 34

     Athapascan stock, range of, 64

     Atkinson, General, 242

     Atole, Mexican drink, 268

     Attacapan stock, location of, 68

     Austin leads in the colonisation of Texas, 298


     B

     Bac, San Xavier del, Mission of, 124

     Bahia de la Asuncion, 142

     Baird to Santa Fé, 1812, 257

     Balboa, cited by Frémont, 300

     Baldwin, Doctor, with Long, 223

     Bandelier, A. F., paper;
       on Cabeza de Vaca, 106;
       on Villazur, 134;
       site for Tiguex, 114

     Bar of the Columbia, 142

     Baranof, Hunt visits, 215;
       Castle, 215

     Battle, first, between natives and Europeans in the
         Wilderness, 110;
       between Comanches and Iotans, 247;
       of Pierre's Hole, 273;
       of San Jacinto, 298;
       of Shiloh compared with Amerind warfare, 72;
       with Comanches and Kiowas, 262

     Battles of the Fur Companies, 240;
       of the Wilderness compared with Amerind warfare, 72

     Beadle, J. H., ferried over Colorado by Lee, 318

     Beale, E. F., 316

     Beale's Road, 316

     Bear River, search for mouth of, 242

     Beauharnois, 139

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

Breaking the Wilderness : $b The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, From the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, With Particular Account of the Exploits of Trappers and Traders

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