THE AGED

PIONEER RELATING HIS EARLY ADVENTURES.

"Some fine summer's evening, he may be seen seated in the porch of his dwelling, his frank, open countenance beaming with delight as he relates the tale of his early adventures to his little grandchildren, who, clustering about his knees, drink in every word with intense interest."

THE

GREAT WEST:

CONTAINING

NARRATIVES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INTEREST
ING EVENTS IN WESTERN HISTORY-REMARKABLE
INDIVIDUAL ADVENTURES-SKETCHES OF

FRONTIER LIFE- DESCRIPTIONS

OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES:

TO WHICH IS APPENDED

HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF OREGON, NEW MEXICO,
TEXAS, MINNESOTA, UTAH, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON,
NEBRASKA, KANSAS, ETC., ETC., ETC.

BY HENRY HOWE,

AUTHOR OF "HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF VIRGINIA;" "HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO."

ENLARGED EDITION.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY GEO. F. TUTTLE,
102 NASSAU STREET (UP STAIRS).

CINCINNATI:

PUBLISHED BY HENRY HOWE,

111 MAIN STREET (UP STAIRS).

1858.