Page:California Digital Library (IA openingwestwithl00sabirich).pdf/15

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

The Expedition and the Country 11

The Rank and File 13

I. Making Ready 19

II. The Start 29

I. The Coming of the White Chiefs 41

II. Peter Goes Aboard 55

III. Peter Meets the Chiefs 65

IV. To the Land of the Sioux 79

V. Bad Hearts 92

VI. The Captains Show Their Spunk 102

VII. Snug in Winter Quarters 112

VIII. Excitement at Fort Mandan 121

IX. Peter Wins His Spurs 135

X. The Kingdom of the "white Bears" 148

XI. Which Way To the Columbia? 160

XII. Seeking the Bird-woman's People 170

XIII. Horses at Last 185

XIV. Across Starvation Mountains 194

XV. Hooray for the Pacific! 206

XVI. The Winter at Fort Clatsop 217

XVII. Friendly Yellept, the Walla Walla 227

XVIII. The Pierced Noses Again 236

XIX. Back Across the Mountains 244

XX. Captain Lewis Meets the Enemy 254

XXI. The Home Stretch 263