CHAPTER I.

_New York to Fort Riley, Kansas._

Across America.--Off July 24, 1866.--West by Erie Railroad.--The Great West.--Northern New Jersey.--Western New York.--Ohio.--Miami Valley.--Indiana and Illinois.--Buckeye _vs._ Hoosier and Sucker.--Cincinnati and St. Louis _vs._ Chicago.--St. Louis _redivivus_.--Missouri.--Her Germans and Vineyards.--The Missouri River.--Leavenworth.--Lawrence and Topeka.--Valley of the Kansas.--Junction City.--Kansas Generally.--Her fine Building-stone.--Her Scenery.--Her Enterprise and Thrift.--"Fall Leaf" and the Delawares.--A Big Chief and his Exploits.--The Pottawatomies.--Returning from a Buffalo Hunt.--The Indian in Kansas. 21-32