LETTER IV.—Starting afresh on a new farm—Wheat forty to 27 seventy-five bushels to the acre—Felling trees and fencing—"Life here is deuced hard"—Somewhat despondent—Forty below zero—Ink and bacon frozen—Anxiety for General Gordon—Working in snow up to the waist
LETTER V.—Never had such a hard time—Camping out in the 35 Rockies—Horses decamp—Left in the lurch—A terrible fright—Crossing a torrent—"Old Jim" taking a roll—Pack smashed—"Old Jim" in a snow-drift—Woke up by a grizzly—What the newspapers said of it—Cutting fencing poles in the snow—Christmas Day—Pickles and plum pudding—The consequences—A dance—Cowboys and farmers' daughters—"Shall I turn tail?"—A profitable old cow—The nicest little ranche in Montana—Start on a sheep drive 300 miles—"The healthiest place I ever struck"
LETTER VI.—My last letter before leaving for the United States 55 by the good ship "Cunardia"
LETTER VII.—On board the "Cunardia"—Small troubles—The Romance 57 of a rickety old chair—Arrival at New York—First acquaintance with katydids
LETTER VIII.—Up the Hudson River—The Catskills—My first 63 chipmunk—"The Rip Van Winkle"—"Sleepy Hollow"—The Mountain-House Hotel—Old Indian squaw-spirit—A snake in the grass—A painting by Holbein
LETTER IX.—Arrival at Saratoga—Season over—Hotel crowded with 73 Deputies for nomination of a State Governor—Mugwump—Arrival at Niagara—The Falls at midnight and by moonlight—No letter from Frank
LETTER X.—Start for Chicago—"The Michigan Central"—Arrival at 82 Chicago—Still no letter from Frank—Start for St. Paul—St. Paul and Minneapolis—Commodore Kitson's stables—Falls of St. Anthony—"The Granary of the World"—Falls of Minnehaha—Telegram to Frank to meet me at Livingston
LETTER XI.—The North Pacific Railway—Brainerd—Detroit—Massacre 93 by Sioux—Indian Reservation—Fargo—Wheat-fields of Dakota—Bismarck—"Bad Lands"—The Rockies—Arrival at Livingston—No news of Frank—My great disappointment
LETTER XII.—The Yellowstone National Park—"The New 106 Wonderland"—"The Devil's Slide"—The stage driver—Story of a corpse—Driving a circus coach—Circus Bill "appropriates" a coat—Stealing their own blankets—Start for the Park—Mammoth Springs—Forest of dead pines—The Lake of the Woods—Norris Hot Springs and Geysers—"Hell's Half-acre"—A perilous drive—Fire Hole River—Lower Geyser Springs—"Old Faithful"—"The Bee Hive"—The Grand Cañon—Rough roads—Return—"The Golden Gate"—A strange pedestrian—"By Jove! it's Frank!"