Part I of Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837

Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1906

COPYRIGHT 1906, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVI

PREFACE TO VOLUMES XXVI AND XXVII. _The Editor_ 9

THE FAR WEST: OR, A TOUR BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS. Embracing Outlines of Western Life and Scenery; Sketches of the Prairies, Rivers, Ancient Mounds, Early Settlements of the French, etc. etc. (The first thirty-two chapters, being all of Vol. I of original, and pp. 1-126 of Vol. II.) _Edmund Flagg._

Copyright Notice 26

Author's Dedication 27

Author's Preface 29

Author's Table of Contents 33

Text (chapters i-xxxii; the remainder appearing in our volume xxvii) 43

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XXVI

Map of Oregon; drawn by H. J. Kelley, 1830 24

Facsimile of title-page to Vol. I of Flagg's _The Far West_ 25

PREFACE TO VOLUMES XXVI-XXVII

These two volumes are devoted to reprints of Edmund Flagg's _The Far West_ (New York, 1838), and Father Pierre Jean de Smet's _Letters and Sketches, with a Narrative of a Year's Residence among the Indian Tribes of the Rocky Mountains_ (Philadelphia, 1843). Flagg's two-volume work occupies all of our volume xxvi and the first part of