Chapter 1

1. BACK TO BEGINNINGS 1

2. BOYHOOD DAYS IN OLD INDIANA 9

3. LEAVING THE HOME NEST FOR IOWA 15

4. TAKING THE TRAIL FOR OREGON 21

5. THE WESTWARD RUSH 33

6. THE PIONEER ARMY OF THE PLAINS 38

7. INDIANS AND BUFFALOES ON THE PLAINS 43

8. TRAILING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN LAND 49

9. REACHING THE END OF THE TRAIL 57