CHAPTER XXXVIII.

DESTINY OF THE MISSOURI RIVER, 445

INDEX, 449

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_VOL. II._

KENNETH MCKENZIE, _Frontispiece_

_Facing page_ LA BARGE ROCK, 299

A STEAMBOAT AT THE BANK, 331

REMOVING SNAGS FROM THE MISSOURI, 421

“IMPROVING” THE MISSOURI RIVER, 424

STEAMBOAT WRECK ON THE MISSOURI RIVER, 439

HISTORY OF

EARLY STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION

ON THE MISSOURI RIVER