BOOK II

INTO THE WEST

I. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE 139

II. THE KNIGHT OF THE WHITE HOUSE 144

III. RECRUITING FOR OREGON 149

IV. THE FEUD IS ENDED 154

V. THE CESSION OF ST. LOUIS 157

VI. SERGEANT ORDWAY WRITES A LETTER 166

VII. INTO THE LAND OF ANARCHY 167

VIII. "THE SIOUX! THE SIOUX!" 176

IX. THE ROMANCE OF THE MANDANS 185

X. THE FIRST DAKOTA CHRISTMAS 192

XI. THE BRITISH FUR TRADERS 199

XII. FAREWELL TO FORT MANDAN 204

XIII. TOWARD THE SUNSET 208

XIV. THE SHINING MOUNTAINS 214

XV. A WOMAN PILOT 221

XVI. IDAHO 228

XVII. DOWN THE COLUMBIA 235

XVIII. FORT CLATSOP BY THE SEA 242

XIX. A WHALE ASHORE 249

XX. A RACE FOR EMPIRE 257

XXI. "A SHIP! A SHIP!" 259

XXII. BACK TO CIVILISATION 265

XXIII. CAMP CHOPUNNISH 272

XXIV. OVER THE BITTER ROOT RANGE 277

XXV. BEWARE THE BLACKFEET 279

XXVI. DOWN THE YELLOWSTONE 283

XXVII. THE HOME STRETCH 288

XXVIII. THE OLD STONE FORTS OF ST. LOUIS 296

XXIX. TO WASHINGTON 303

XXX. THE PLAUDITS OF A NATION 307