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Title	A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Author	Isabella Lucy Bird
Year	1879
Publisher	John Murray
Location	London
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OCLC	963749831

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

LETTER I.

Lake Tahoe—Morning in San Francisco—Dust—A Pacific mail train—Digger Indians—Cape Horn—A mountain hotel—A pioneer—A Truckee livery stable—A mountain stream—Finding a bear—TahoePages 1-16

II.

A lady's "get-up"—Grizzly bears—The "Gem of the Sierras"—A tragic tale—A carnival of colour.17-24

III.

A Temple of Morpheus—Utah—A "God-forgotten" town—A distressed couple—Dog villages—A temperance colony—A Colorado inn—The Bug pest—Fort Collins.25-39

IV.

A plague of flies—A melancholy charioteer—The Foot Hills—A mountain boarding-house—A dull life—"Being agreeable"—Climate of Colorado—Soroche and snakes.40-48

V.

A dateless day—"Those hands of yours"—A Puritan—Persevering shiftlessness—The house-mother—Family worship—A grim Sunday—A" thick-skulled Englishman"—A morning call—Another atmosphere—The Great Lone Land—"Ill Found"—A log camp—Bad footing for horses—Accidents—Disappointment.49-72

VI.

A bronco mare—An accident—Wonderland—A sad story—The Children of the Territories—Hard greed—Halcyon hours—Smartness—Old-fashioned prejudices—The Chicago colony—Good luck—Three notes of admiration—A good horse—The St. Vrain—The Rocky Mountains at last—"Mountain Jim"—A death hug—Estes Park.73-96

VII.

Personality of Long's Peak—"Mountain Jim"—Lake of the Lilies—A silent forest—The camping ground—"Ring"—A lady's bower—Dawn and sunrise—A glorious view—Links of diamonds—The ascent of the Peak—The "Dog's Lift"—Suffering from thirst—The descent—The bivouac.97-118

VIII.

Estes Park—Big game—"Parks" in Colorado—Magnificent scenery—Flowers and pines—An awful road—Our log cabin—Griffith Evans—A miniature world—Our topics—A night alarm—A skunk—Morning glories—Daily routine—The panic—"Wait for the Waggon"—A musical evening119-142

IX.

"Please ma'ams"—A desperado—A cattle hunt—The muster—A mad cow—A snow-storm—Snowed up—Birdie-—he Plains—A prairie schooner—Denver—A find—Plum Creek—"Being agreeable"—Snowbound—The grey mare.143-

X.

A white world—Bad travelling—A millionaire's home—Pleasant Park—Perry's Park—Stock-raising—A cattle King—The Arkansas Divide—Birdie's sagacity—Luxury—Monument Park—Deference to prejudice—A death scene—The Manitou—

A loose Shoe—The Ute Pass—Bergens Park—A Settler's Home—Hayden's Divide—Sharp Criticism—Speaking the truth.167-192

XI.

Tarryall Creek—The Red Range—Excelsior—Unfortunate Pedlars—Snow and heat—A Bison calf—Deep drifts—South Park—The Great Divide—Comanche Bill—Difficulties—Hall's Gulch—A Lord Dundreary—Ridiculous Fears192-207

XII.

Deer Valley—Lynch law—Vigilance Committees—The Silver Spruce—Taste and abstinence—The Whisky Fiend—Smartness—Turkey Creek Canyon—The Indian Problem—Public rascality—Friendly meetings—The Way to the Golden City—A rising settlement—Clear Creek Canyon—Staging—Swearing—A mountain Town208-223

XIII.

The Blight of Mining—Green Lake—Golden City—Benighted—Vertigo—Boulder Canyon—Financial straits—A hard Ride—The last Cent—A Bachelor's Home—Mountain Jim—A Surprise—A Night Arrival—Making the best of it—Scanty Fare.224-238

XIV.

A dismal ride—A Desperado's tale—"Lost! Lost! Lost!"—Winter glories—Solitude—Hard times—Intense cold—A pack of wolves—The beaver dams—Ghostly scenes—Venison steaks—Our evenings.239-252

XV.

A Whisky Slave—The Pleasures of Monotony—The Mountain Lion—"Another Mouth to feed"—A tiresome Boy—An Outcast—

Thanksgiving Day—The new-comer—A literary humbug—Milking a dry cow—Trout-fishing—A snow-storm—A desperado's den253-270

XVI.

A Harmonious home—Intense cold—A Purple sun—A grim jest—A perilous ride—Frozen eyelids—Long Mount—The Pathless Prairie—Hardships of Emigrant Life—A Trapper's Advice—The Little Thompson—Evans and Jim271-284

XVII.

Woman's Mission—The Last morning—Crossing the St. Vrain—Miller—The St. Vrain again—Crossing the prairie—Jim's dream—"Keeping strangers"—The inn kitchen—A reputed child-eater—Notoriety—A quiet dance—"Jim's" resolve—The frost-fall—An unfortunate introduction.285-296

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Estes Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Frontispiece.
"American Lady's Mountain Dress" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Titlepage.
Bad footing for horses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		To face page 67
Grand Crater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		To face pa„ge„101
Lava beds, Long's Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		To face pa„ge„107
My home in the Rocky Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		To face pa„ge„120
The Great Divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		To face pa„ge„203
An Indian Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		To face pa„ge„215