[Illustration: RED RIVER CARTS FROM PEMBINA.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WAY TO THE WEST AND THE LIVES OF THREE EARLY AMERICANS BOONE—CROCKETT—CARSON BY EMERSON HOUGH AUTHOR OF THE COVERED WAGON, Etc. ILLUSTRATED BY FREDERIC REMINGTON [Illustration] GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS—NEW YORK Made in the United States of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright, 1903 The Bobbs-Merrill Company October ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO J. B. H. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS BOOK I THE WAY ACROSS THE ALLEGHANIES I. THE AMERICAN AX 7 II. THE AMERICAN RIFLE 11 III. THE AMERICAN BOAT 19 IV. THE AMERICAN HORSE 25 V. THE PATHWAY OF THE WATERS 32 VI. THE MISSISSIPPI, AND INDEPENDENCE 58 VII. ORIGIN OF THE PIONEER 73 VIII. DANIEL BOONE 87 IX. A FRONTIER REPUBLIC 122 BOOK II THE WAY TO THE ROCKIES I. DAVY CROCKETT 143 II. AGAINST THE WATERS 185 BOOK III THE WAY TO THE PACIFIC I. KIT CARSON 223 II. THE SANTA FÉ TRAIL 260 III. THE OREGON TRAIL 287 IV. EARLY EXPLORERS OF THE TRANS-MISSOURI 311 V. ACROSS THE WATERS 343 BOOK IV THE WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC I. THE IRON TRAILS 381 II. THE PATHWAYS OF THE FUTURE 413 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1834