Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE AWAKENING OF THE DESERT

THE AWAKENING
OF THE DESERT

BY

JULIUS C. BIRGE

_With Illustrations_

RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
BOSTON

_Copyright 1912 by Richard G. Badger_
_All Rights Reserved_

_The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A_.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A Call to the Wilderness 11

II "Roll Out" 18

III The Advancing Wave of Civilization 24

IV A River Town of the Day 38

V Our Introduction to the Great Plains 52

VI The Oregon Trail 64

VII Society in the Wilderness 76

VIII Jack Morrow's Ranch 88

IX Men of the Western Twilight 102

X Dan, the Doctor 118

XI Fording the Platte in High Water 133

XII The Phantom Liar of Greasewood Desert 142

XIII The Mystery of Scott's Bluffs 156

XIV The Peace Pipe at Laramie 167

XV Red Cloud on the War Path 186

XVI The Mormon Trail 196

XVII Wild Midnight Revelry in the Caspar Hills 211

XVIII A Night at Red Buttes 223

XIX Camp Fire Yarns at Three Crossings 237

XX A Spectacular Buffalo Chase 252

XXI The Parting of the Ways 267

XXII The Banditti of Ham's Fork 281

XXIII Through the Wasatch Mountains 290

XXIV Why a Fair City Arose in a Desert 303

XXV Some Inside Glimpses of Mormon Affairs 324

XXVI Mormon Homes and Social Life 342

XXVII The Boarding House Train 359

XXVIII Some Episodes in Stock Hunting 380

XXIX Adventures of an Amateur Detective 393

XXX The Overland Stage Line 409

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Trail Through Salt Lake Desert Frontispiece
Facing page
Elk 16

Wild Cat 48

The Oregon Trail, Through Mitchell Pass 64

Chimney Rock, One of the Old Landmarks of the '49 Trail 74

Grizzly Bear 96

Cougar 112

Buffalos 130

Jail Rock and Court House Rock 148

Scott's Bluff, Showing Dome Rock in the Distance 155

The Old Company Quarters at Fort Laramie 184

Sage Brush Growth 202

The Rockies 252

Fremont Peak and Island Lake on the West Slope of the
Wind River Range 268

Red Sandstone Cliffs, on Wind River 280

Weber River, Mouth of Echo Canyon 294

Joseph Smith 304

The King of Beaver Island 308

Brigham Young 316

First House Built in Salt Lake City 330

Great Salt Lake 346

Through the Wasatch 360

Dead Man's Falls, Little Cottonwood, Utah 386

Sutter's Fort Before Restoration, Sacramento, Calif 406

First House in Denver 420

THE AWAKENING OF THE DESERT

THE AWAKENING OF THE DESERT