A BOY'S TRIP
ACROSS THE PLAINS.
By LAURA PRESTON,
AUTHOR OF "YOUTH'S HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA."
NEW YORK:
A. ROMAN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
SAN FRANCISCO:
417 and 419 Montgomery Street.
1868.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868,
By A. ROMAN & COMPANY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States
For the Southern District of New York.
TO
LOUIS AND MARY,
THE ELDEST
OF A BEVY OF NEPHEWS AND NIECES,
THIS LITTLE WORK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED,
WITH THE HOPE
THAT AS IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR FAVORABLE CRITICISM,
IT MAY MEET THAT OF ALL YOUTHFUL LOVERS
OF ADVENTURE.
San Francisco, June, 1868.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | 5 |
| CHAPTER II. | 24 |
| CHAPTER III. | 42 |
| CHAPTER IV. | 52 |
| CHAPTER V. | 63 |
| CHAPTER VI. | 71 |
| CHAPTER VII. | 87 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | 113 |
| CHAPTER IX. | 131 |
| CHAPTER X. | 150 |
| CHAPTER XI. | 167 |
| CHAPTER XII. | 177 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | 187 |
| CHAPTER XV. | 202 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | 210 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | 222 |
A BOY'S TRIP
ACROSS THE PLAINS.
BY LAURA PRESTON.
CHAPTER I.
In the village of W——, in western Missouri, lived Mrs. Loring and herson Guy, a little boy about ten years old. They were very poor, forthough Mr. Loring, during his life time was considered rich, and hiswife and child had always lived comfortably, after