CHAPTER IV.

_Up the Platte to Denver_ (concluded).

The Platte Valley in general.--Its Features and Resources.--The Platte River itself.--The Cañon Cedars.--Want of Timber.--Costly Fuel, Grain, etc. at Fort Sedgwick.--Scenery of the Plains generally.--Buffalo and their Range.--A Ride after Antelope.--Lost on the Plains.--Buffalo Trails.--The Settlers generally.--Kearney City, Julesburg, etc.--The Ranches.--Fort Wicked.--Wagon-trains.--Prairie Schooners.--Bull-drivers.--Sioux Indians.--"Big Injun" stories generally. 47-57