CHAPTER IX.

_Denver to Salt Lake._

Rocky Mountains from Denver.--Off for the Pacific.--Mountain Mud-wagons.--Laporte.--Gen. Dodge.--The Foot-hills.--Virginia Dale.--Miners going East to Winter.--Willow Spring.--An Indian Scare.--Stampedes.--Old Fort Halleck.--Laramie Plains.--North Platte and Valley.--Bridger's Pass.--Across the Summit.--Sulphur Springs.--Bitter Creek Country.--Alkali Region.--A _Delirium Tremens_ Passenger.--A Square Meal at Laclede.--A Driver's Opinion of Bitter Creek.--Green River.--Church Butte.--Rocky Mountain Stories.--Stage-coaching Philosophically Considered.--Something about Smoking.--A Mustang Team and a Runaway.--Fort Bridger and Judge Carter.--Sage-hens.--Marmion and the Bible in a Cabin.--Echo Cañon.--Mormon Campaign, 1857-8.--Weber Valley.--Mormons.--Parley's Cañon.--Salt Lake City.--A Hearty Sleep. 143-163