Chapter VII: Among the Mountains (continued)

The Parks of the Rocky Mountains.--San Luis Park
particularly.--The Backbone of the Continent.--The Rio
Grande and its Bottoms.--Fine Trout-streams.--Snow
Squalls.--Sierra Blanca.--Russell's Ranch.--Good Specimen
of a Colorado Pioneer.--Homan's Park.--Kerber's Ranch.--A
Dairy in the Heart of the Rocky Mountains.--Hospitable
Germans.--Camping-out on the Summit.--Poncho Pass
and Creek.--Absence of Game.--A Bad Road.--The
Arkansas again.--South Park.--Leutze's Painting in the
Capitol.--Mexican _vs._ Yankee.--Salt Works.--Duck
Shooting.--Fair Play.--South Platte.--Placer
Mining.--Buckskin Joe.--Judge Costello and his Hotel.--The
Newspapers again.--Elections of 1866.--Rocky Mountain
Eagle.--Down the South Platte.--A Good Road.--Bradford's
Hill.--The Plains again.--The Mule Kate.--A Gold and Silver
Mining Company.--A Little Fun! 95-113