Seventy years on the frontier : Alexander Majors' memoirs of a lifetime on the border

Alexander Majors, Prentiss Ingraham, 1846-1917 Buffalo Bill

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• Western United States
• Biography
• HIStory

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
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LIBRARY
THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
BARBARASANTA
PRESENTED BY
KELLOGGMRS. DONALDSEVENTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER.Seventy Years on the Frontier
ALEXANDER MEMOIRSMAJORS'
OF A.
Lifetime on the Border
WITH A PREFACE BY
''BUFFALO BILL" (GENERAL W. F. CODY)
EDITED BY
COLONEL PRENTISS INGRAHAM
DENVER
The Western Miner and Financier
publishersCopyright, Rand, McNally & Co.1893, by
Seventy Years on FrontiertheDEDICATION.
AS A TRIBUTE OF MY SINCERE REGARD FOR
W. F. CODY
FRIENDAS BOY AND MAN, MY FOR .TWO SCORE YEARS,
I DEDICATE TO HIM
THIS BOOK OF BORDER LIFE.
Alexander Majors.THE
WESTERN MINER AND FINANCIER
COOPER BUILDING,
DENVER, COLORADOCONTENTS.
PAGE.
Billby BuffaloPreface, 9
— 13Note to Reader
CHAPTER.
of Youth 15ReminiscencesI.
UncultivatedIts Wild andII. Missouri in
-State 25
2A Silver ExpeditionIII. 3
IV. The Mormons 43
Mormons' Mecca 63V. The
- 1My FirstVenture 7VI.
78Faithful Friends.VII.
with Mexico 85VIII. Our War
Doniphan's Expedition 90IX.
Frontier TelegraphyThe Pioneer ofX. 99
102OutfitXI. An Overland
107Carson -XII. Kit
Trapper 119Adventures of aXIII.
--- 125XIV. Trapping
128with Indians...An AdventureXV.
the Plains 137XVI. Crossing
1849" 15°Jayhawkers ofXVII. "The
----XVIII. Mirages 157
164into DenverXIX. The First Stage
168TheGoldFeverXX.
MailThe Overland 173XXI.
Riders. 182Express and Its BraveXXII. The Pony
(7)CONTENTS.8
CHAPTER. PAGE.
BuffaloesXXIII. The Battle of the 194
'.Bear 201XXIV. The Black
XXV. TheBeaver 215
XXVI. A Boy's Trip Overland 221
XXVII. The Denver of Early Days 228
To-day and Its Environs.XXVIII. The of 232
Boyhood FameXXIX. Buffalo Bill from to 243
The Platte Valley .XXX. 247
XXXI. Kansas City before theWar 253
XXXII. The Graves of Pioneers 258
MiningXXXIII. Silver 267