BUFFALO BILL AND THE OVERLAND TRAIL
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BEING THE STORY OF HOW BOY AND MAN WORKED HARD AND PLAYED HARD TO BLAZE THE WHITE TRAIL, BY WAGON TRAIN, STAGE COACH AND PONY EXPRESS, ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND, THAT THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC MIGHT EXPAND AND FLOURISH
BY EDWIN L. SABIN
AUTHOR OF “WITH CARSON AND FRÉMONT,” “ON THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES H. STEPHENS AND A PORTRAIT
I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be— The first low wash of waves where soon Shall roll a human sea. —Whittier.
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
SEVENTEENTH IMPRESSION
PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE
OLD-TIME PLAINS FREIGHTERS
WHO UNDER THE ROUGH TITLE, “BULL WHACKERS,” PLODDING AT THREE MILES AN HOUR, BRIDGED WITH THEIR CANVAS-COVERED SUPPLY WAGONS THE THOUSAND HOSTILE MILES WHICH SEPARATED DESTITUTION FROM PLENTY