ion of inhabitants since have been
the world's greatest marvel for more than half a hundred years.

As I look back, through the lapse of nearly sixty years, upon that
toilsome and perilous journey, notwithstanding its numerous harrowing
events, memory presents it to me as an itinerary of almost continuous
excitement and wholesome enjoyment; a panorama that never grows stale;
many of the incidents standing out to view on recollection's landscape
as clear and sharp as the things of yesterday. That which was worst
seems to have softened and lapsed into the half-forgotten, while the
good and happy features have grown brighter and better with the
passing of the years.

Whether pioneers in the most technical sense, we were early
Californians, who learned full well what was meant by "Crossing the
Plains."

END.

[Transcriber's Notes:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as
possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other
inconsistencies.

The transcriber made changes as indicated to the text to correct
obvious errors:

1. p. 15, awkardness --> awkwardness
2. p. 44, we though best --> we thought best
3. p. 45, knowldege --> knowledge
4. p. 68, maner --> manner
5. p. 74, consciouses --> consciousness
6. p. 103, characteristc --> characteristic
7. p. 114, unusal --> unusual
8. p. 149, "tenderfoot' --> "tenderfoot"
9. p. 153, "good Indian' --> 'good Indian'

Several occurrences of mismatched quotes remain as published. Also,
some illustrations have been repositioned to appear between paragraphs,
causing some to move to a different page, but page numbers in the
Contents remain as published.

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