CHAPTER XIV.

_Boisè City to the Columbia._

Idaho.--Boisè City.--Miners.--Saloons.--Specie and "Dust" _vs._ Greenbacks.--John Chinaman.--An Idaho Dogberry _vs._ Judge Lynch.--Idaho generally.--Fort Boisè.--A Lucky Paymaster.--"Swinging Round the Circle."--Off for the Columbia.--Burnt River and Powder River and their Valleys.--Snake River again.--Farewell Bend.--Steamboating on the Snake.--Bituminous Coal.--Oregon.--Baker City.--Grand Ronde Valley.--Le Grande.--Crossing the Blue Mountains.--Mules _vs._ Horses.--Le Grande River.--Scenery.--A Corkscrew Road.--"Jordan a Hard Road to Travel."--Freight Trains and Teamsters.--Some "Horse" Philosophy.--Bull-whackers as a Class.--Ox-teams.--A Hard Pull.--Break-downs.--"Meacham's."--A Live Oregonian.--Pikes and Confederates.--Caught in a Snow Storm.--A Fine View.--"Crawfords."--"Well's Springs."--A Sick Horse.--Umatilla River.--Indian Reservation.--Fine Water-power--John Wilful.--A Specimen Idahoan.--Good-bye to Stage-coaching, etc. 223-249