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The Prairie Traveler, by Randolph Marcy
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Title: The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions
Author: Randolph Marcy
Release Date: November 26, 2007 [EBook #23066]
Language: English
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[Illustration: FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.]
THE PRAIRIE TRAVELER.
A HAND-BOOK FOR OVERLAND EXPEDITIONS.
WITH MAPS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND ITINERARIES OF THE PRINCIPAL ROUTES BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI AND THE PACIFIC.
By
RANDOLPH B. MARCY, CAPTAIN U. S. ARMY.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1859.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
CHAPTER I.
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