. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . re now becoming considerably shorter,it was incumbent upon me to hasten mydeparture from Omaha, if I would es-cape the violent snowstorms of themountains. Having learned from fron-tiersmen that Eastern horses are notavailable in the Alkali Region of thePlains, I placed my faithful Paul in aboarding stable in Omaha, purchased a mustang of aPawnee
. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . re now becoming considerably shorter,it was incumbent upon me to hasten mydeparture from Omaha, if I would es-cape the violent snowstorms of themountains. Having learned from fron-tiersmen that Eastern horses are notavailable in the Alkali Region of thePlains, I placed my faithful Paul in aboarding stable in Omaha, purchased a mustang of aPawnee Indian and forthwith continued my journeywestward. Webster defines a mustang as the ^ Wild Horseof the Prairie.^ My experience with him has taughtme that he is sufficiently docile under the restraintof a tight rein ; will travel a longer distance over arough road in a given time than the average horse,and scarcely ever shows fatigue even if the road isall up-hill. Of course, some of them are vicious,and will make things uncomfortable for the rider;but in this particular some civilized horses are notunlike them. I found tiie Mexican saddle more con-venient than the McClellan which I had hithertoused, and thought much easier for the animal.(456). OMAHA TO CHEYENNE. 459 My imistiint^ was very obedient and made excellenttime; and having obtained in Omaha all the informa-tion within my reach concerning the remaining halfof my journey, I determined to use all despatch andavoid as much of the cold weather of the Rockies andSierras as possible. I may here state that in consc(j[Uence of the longrides I was now compelled to make, with very fewstoppages except at night, the original plan of thejourney was somewhat changed, and my journal neces-sarily fell into disuse; my chief object being to getover the mountains as quickly as possible. I was,therefore, unable during the remainder of my ride torefer so much to daily incidents, but confined myselfto jotting down in a general way whatever
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