. A California tramp and later footprints; or, Life on the plains and in the Golden state thirty years ago, with miscellaneous sketches in prose and verse ... Illustrated with thirty-nine wood and photo-engravings. Overland journeys to the Pacific; Agriculture. XXIII. (^oncfuAior^.. ' CONCLUSION " naturally belonging to a book as much as a " Preface," I hitch one on to A Califor- nia Tramp. It is a little like a rear locomotive on a difficult grade, placed there to help take the train-like chapters through, although in this case the hind engine is ahead! These travels involved a
. A California tramp and later footprints; or, Life on the plains and in the Golden state thirty years ago, with miscellaneous sketches in prose and verse ... Illustrated with thirty-nine wood and photo-engravings. Overland journeys to the Pacific; Agriculture. XXIII. (^oncfuAior^.. ' CONCLUSION " naturally belonging to a book as much as a " Preface," I hitch one on to A Califor- nia Tramp. It is a little like a rear locomotive on a difficult grade, placed there to help take the train-like chapters through, although in this case the hind engine is ahead! These travels involved a journey of seven thousand miles by steam, thirteen hundred on foot and eight hundred of alternate riding and walking, and a period of something over a year. As far as the accumulation of what moths corrupt and thieves break in and steal are concerned, they were a fail- ure ; but otherwise, in spite of what I passed through, I would not have missed my experience for all I might have gained in the most prosperous venture in the time employed. Thirty years ago, with the exception of a few settlements in Eastern Kansas and the Mormons living in Utah, in the country between the Missouri and the gold regions of California, inde- pendent of the Indians, who were either wild and murderous nomads or under the influence of white traders, who brutalized them further with " civilized " ways, there were no inhabitants but the soldiers, traders and hunters, and the outlaws which had been driven thence from the States for their crimes. Many of these last were with the Indians, and were the cause of much (310). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kenderdine, Thaddeus S. Newton, Pa. [Philadelphia, Press of Globe printing house]
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