Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, from the Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca, to the First Descent of the Colorado by Powell, and the Completion of the Union Pacific Railway, with Particular Account of the Exploits of Trapper…

xxiii, 360 pp. From the preface: In this volume I have endeavoured to present a review in chronological order of the important events which contributed to breaking the Wilderness that so long lay untamed west of the Mississippi, mentioning with as much detail as possible in a single popular volume the principle persons and happenings in proper sequence, but paying attention to the trapper and trader element, which, more than any other, dispelled the mysteries of the vast region.