Breaking the Wilderness
Reading edition
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 Trappers and Traders
By Frederick S. Dellenbaugh Member of the Powell Colorado River Expedition; Author of "The Romance of the Colorado River," "The North Americans of Yesterday," etc.
"Accursèd wight! He crowds us from our hills. He hacks and hews, Digs up our metals, sweats and smelts and brews." Hauptmann, The Sunken Bell.
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1908
Copyright, 1905 BY FREDERICK S. DELLENBAUGH
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO ALMON HARRIS THOMPSON WHOSE ABILITY, FORESIGHT, AND GOOD JUDGMENT SO VITALLY AIDED THE COLORADO RIVER EXPEDITION OF 1871 AND 1872 AND FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS HAVE SO GREATLY PROMOTED THE SUCCESS OF GOVERNMENT EXPLORATION AND SURVEY THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO COMMEMORATE TRAVELS TOGETHER IN THE WILDERNESS
