Blazing the WayBLAZING THE WAYReading editionChapter navigation34 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterBLAZING THE WAYPREFACEBLAZING THE WAYChapter I · CROSSING THE PLAINS.Chapter II · DOWN THE COLUMBIA IN ’51.Chapter III · THE SETTLEMENT AT ALKI.Chapter IV · FOUNDING OF SEATTLE AND INDIAN WAR.>CHAPTER V. THE MURDER OF MCCORMICK.Chapter VI · KILLING COUGARS.Chapter VII · PIONEER CHILD LIFE.Chapter VIII · MARCHING EXPERIENCES OF ESTHER CHAMBERS.Chapter IX · AN OLYMPIA WOMAN’S TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS IN 1851.Chapter X · CAPT. HENRY ROEDER ON THE TRAIL.Chapter I · SONG OF THE PIONEERS.Chapter II · BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AND SKETCHES.Chapter III · DAVID THOMAS DENNY.Chapter IV · THE FIRST WEDDING ON ELLIOTT BAY.Chapter V · LOUISA BOREN DENNY, THE FIRST BRIDE OF SEATTLE,Chapter V · a. A NATIVE DAUGHTER, BORN IN FORT DECATUR.Chapter V · b. LIKE A FOREST FLOWER. ANNA LOUISA DENNY.Chapter Vc · ONE OF THE COURAGEOUS YOUTHS.Chapter VI · ARTHUR A. DENNY.Chapter VII · HENRY VAN ASSELT OF DUWAMISH.Chapter VIII · THOMAS MERCER.Chapter IX · DR. HENRY A. SMITH, THE BRILLIANT WRITER.Chapter X · FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.Chapter I · SAVAGE DEEDS OF SAVAGE MEN.Chapter II · PIONEER JOKES AND ANECDOTES.Chapter III · TRAILS OF COMMERCE.Chapter IV · BUILDING OF THE TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY.Chapter V · A CHEHALIS LETTER, PENNED IN ’52.Chapter VI · SOME PIONEERS OF PORT TOWNSEND.Chapter VII · PERSONNEL OF THE PIONEER ARMY.Previous chapter ←PREFACENext chapter →Chapter I · CROSSING THE PLAINS.All chapters and sections (34)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsBLAZING THE WAYPREFACEBLAZING THE WAYChapters12345678910Part 2 · Chapters12345Part 2 · Other sectionsChapter V · a. A NATIVE DAUGHTER, BORN IN FORT DECATUR.Chapter V · b. LIKE A FOREST FLOWER. ANNA LOUISA DENNY.Part 2 · Chapters95678910Part 3 · Chapters1234567PART I.—THE GREAT MARCH◇← PREFACECHAPTER I CROSSING THE PLAINS. →