Excerpt from Three Thousand Miles: Through the Rocky Mountains From North Platte to Denver. - The Barrenness of the Platte Valley. - The Lone Tree and Plum Creek not visible - Sources of the Platte Riven - First Experiment in Overland Staging - The First Indian Alarm. - Tr00ps protecting a whisky-mill. - Alarm of the station-men. -a Cowardly Driver induced to change his Strategy. - A Canadian Frenchman uses a Revolver as a Persuader. - The First Square Meal on the Plains - Fort Sedgwick. Plenty of Troops, but ineffective - Indians drive in the Cavalry. The Stage goes on and passes in Safety. - quicksand and Sand gnats.-a Burnt Station. - Supper with Old Wicked. - The Din ner at Living Spring - Arrival at Denver. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.