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A trip to the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1860

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John D. Young's narrative of his 1860 round trip from Chicago to the Colorado gold fields and his experiences there, probably composed in Chicago after the trip. Contains full descriptions of encounters with frontier justice, friendly and hostile Indians (Potawatomi, Pawnee, Comanche, Arapahoe, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne), a Rocky Mountain forest fire, great buffalo herds, a ""hurricane"" at Marysville, and a prairie dog village. Also discussed in deta...
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Keywords

  1. Agriculture
  2. Arapaho
  3. Boundaries
  4. Buffaloes
  5. Cheyenne
  6. Clothing And Dress
  7. Comanche
  8. Equipment And Supplies
  9. Fortification
  10. Gold
  11. Human Settlements
  12. Pawnee
  13. Pony Express
  14. Potawatomi
  15. Prospecting
  16. Roads
  17. Sioux Nation
  18. Slaver
  19. Slavery
  20. Trails
  21. Travel
  22. Ute
  23. War

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