Introduction by
Ann Ronald
University of Nevada, Reno
To My Sister,
to whom
these letters were originally written,
they are now
affectionately dedicated.
Contents
Introduction, by Ann Ronald
LETTER I
Lake Tahoe - Morning in San Francisco - Dust - A Pacific
mail-train - Digger Indians - Cape Horn - A mountain hotel - A
pioneer - A Truckee livery stable - A mountain stream - Finding a
bear - Tahoe.
LETTER II
A lady's "get-up" - Grizzly bears - The "Gem of the Sierras" - A
tragic tale - A carnival of color.
LETTER III
A Temple of Morpheus - Utah - A "God-forgotten" town - A distressed
couple - Dog villages - A temperance colony - A Colorado inn
- The bug pest - Fort Collins.
LETTER IV
A plague of flies - A melancholy charioteer - The Foot Hills - A
mountain boarding-house - A dull life - "Being agreeable" - Climate
of Colorado - Soroche and snakes.
LETTER V
A dateless day - "Those hands of yours" - A Puritan - Persevering
shiftlessness - The house-mother - Family worship - A grim Sunday - A
"thick-skulled Englishman" - A morning call - Another
atmosphere - The Great Lone Land - "Ill found" - A log camp - Bad
footing for horses - Accidents - Disappointment.
LETTER VI
A bronco mare - An accident - Wonderland - A sad story - The children
of the Territories - Hard greed - Halcyon hours - Smartness -
Old-fashioned prejudices - The Chicago colony - Good luck - Three
notes of admiration - A good horse - The St. Vrain - The Rocky
Mountains at last - "Mountain Jim" - A death hug - Estes Park.
LETTER VII
Personality of Long's Peak - "Mountain Jim" - Lake of the Lilies - A
silent forest - The camping ground - "Ring" - A lady's bower - Dawn
and sunrise - A glorious view - Links of diamonds - The ascent of
the Peak - The "Dog's Lift" - Suffering from thirst - The
descent - The bivouac.
