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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

Purchase, Gadsden, 325;
       Louisiana, 152-155, 161, 181, 219, 220

     Purgatoire River, Long follows it, 226

     Pursley (or Purcell), James, 176;
       goes to Santa Fé, 177;
       at Santa Fé, 178;
       makes gunpowder, 178;
       finds gold on head of Platte River, 192;
       meets Pike, 192


     Q

     Quires, Pueblo village, 114

     Quivira, 112, 113, 126


     R

     _Raccoon_, British man-of-war, arrives at Astoria and renames
       it Fort George, 218

     Race variation, 54

     Radisson, first discoverer of the Mississippi, Preface, vi., 132.

     Railway, transcontinental, 327;
       military importance of, 328;
       Union and Central Pacific companies formed, 328;
       Amerind titles extinguished, 329;
       cash bonus, 329;
       amount built per day, 330

     Railways, Government practically paid for them, 330

     Raleigh in North Carolina, 131

     Ratafia, 268

     Rebellion of the Puebloans, 117

     Red Canyon of Green River, 238;
       Ashley's name in, 240

     Red River, 6, 181;
       Pike's plan concerning, 184;
       not on it, 190;
       boundary of Louisiana, 221;
       Long searches for it, 226;
       elusive, 227;
       Sparks attempts to explore it, 227

     Redwood forests, 8

     Ree, tribe, where classed, 64

     Reid, halberd found on his farm in Missouri, 126

     Rendezvous in Green River Valley, described, 234, 256

     Ribera, Don Juan Maria de, 139

     Rigdon, Sidney, real founder of Mormonism, 305

     Rio, Colorado Grande, same as Seedskedee, 4;
       Grande del Norte, 5;
       Grande, head of, 6;
       de Espiritu Santo, 104;
       de Buena Guia, the Colorado, 111;
       de Tiguex, 112;
       del Norte, 114;
       Grande Towns, map of, 115;
       de las Vacas, 116;
       de Esperanza, 117;
       de San Roque, 142;
       Grande Settlements, 175;
       Conejos, 189;
       Grande, Pike on, 189;
       Grande, trapping on, 269

     River of Palms, the Rio Grande, 127

     River of the West, 4, 140, 151;
       rumors of, 138;
       discovery of mouth by Heceta, 142

     Rivers of the Plains, 6

     Rivers, of the Wilderness, 4, 327;
       of the Rocky Mountains, character of, 204

     Rizner, trapper, 206

     Robideau, 255

     Robinson, Doctor, with Pike, 132, 190;
       escorted to Chihuahua, 192

     Robinson, trapper, 206, 208

     Roche Jaune River, 160, 164

     Rock picture of buffalo in southern Utah, 36

     Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 244;
       rendezvous in Green River Valley, 275;
       repudiates contract with Wyeth, 283

     Rocky Mountains, first view of, in the north, 139;
       Long's first view of, 223;
       Bijeau often there before, 1820, 226;
       amount of Government aid to railways through the, 329

     Rodgers, Captain, 317

     Rodriguez enters New Mexico, 114

     Rose, Edward, 237, 263;
       with Hunt, 207

     Ross's Hole, 169

     Route of Lewis and Clark, 173

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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

Purchase, Gadsden, 325;
       Louisiana, 152-155, 161, 181, 219, 220

     Purgatoire River, Long follows it, 226

     Pursley (or Purcell), James, 176;
       goes to Santa Fé, 177;
       at Santa Fé, 178;
       makes gunpowder, 178;
       finds gold on head of Platte River, 192;
       meets Pike, 192


     Q

     Quires, Pueblo village, 114

     Quivira, 112, 113, 126


     R

     _Raccoon_, British man-of-war, arrives at Astoria and renames
       it Fort George, 218

     Race variation, 54

     Radisson, first discoverer of the Mississippi, Preface, vi., 132.

     Railway, transcontinental, 327;
       military importance of, 328;
       Union and Central Pacific companies formed, 328;
       Amerind titles extinguished, 329;
       cash bonus, 329;
       amount built per day, 330

     Railways, Government practically paid for them, 330

     Raleigh in North Carolina, 131

     Ratafia, 268

     Rebellion of the Puebloans, 117

     Red Canyon of Green River, 238;
       Ashley's name in, 240

     Red River, 6, 181;
       Pike's plan concerning, 184;
       not on it, 190;
       boundary of Louisiana, 221;
       Long searches for it, 226;
       elusive, 227;
       Sparks attempts to explore it, 227

     Redwood forests, 8

     Ree, tribe, where classed, 64

     Reid, halberd found on his farm in Missouri, 126

     Rendezvous in Green River Valley, described, 234, 256

     Ribera, Don Juan Maria de, 139

     Rigdon, Sidney, real founder of Mormonism, 305

     Rio, Colorado Grande, same as Seedskedee, 4;
       Grande del Norte, 5;
       Grande, head of, 6;
       de Espiritu Santo, 104;
       de Buena Guia, the Colorado, 111;
       de Tiguex, 112;
       del Norte, 114;
       Grande Towns, map of, 115;
       de las Vacas, 116;
       de Esperanza, 117;
       de San Roque, 142;
       Grande Settlements, 175;
       Conejos, 189;
       Grande, Pike on, 189;
       Grande, trapping on, 269

     River of Palms, the Rio Grande, 127

     River of the West, 4, 140, 151;
       rumors of, 138;
       discovery of mouth by Heceta, 142

     Rivers of the Plains, 6

     Rivers, of the Wilderness, 4, 327;
       of the Rocky Mountains, character of, 204

     Rizner, trapper, 206

     Robideau, 255

     Robinson, Doctor, with Pike, 132, 190;
       escorted to Chihuahua, 192

     Robinson, trapper, 206, 208

     Roche Jaune River, 160, 164

     Rock picture of buffalo in southern Utah, 36

     Rocky Mountain Fur Company, 244;
       rendezvous in Green River Valley, 275;
       repudiates contract with Wyeth, 283

     Rocky Mountains, first view of, in the north, 139;
       Long's first view of, 223;
       Bijeau often there before, 1820, 226;
       amount of Government aid to railways through the, 329

     Rodgers, Captain, 317

     Rodriguez enters New Mexico, 114

     Rose, Edward, 237, 263;
       with Hunt, 207

     Ross's Hole, 169

     Route of Lewis and Clark, 173

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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