A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains (Warbler Classics) () von Isabella L. Bird

Contents

Letter I 1

Lake Tahoe-Morning in San Francisco-Dust-A Pacific mail-train-Digger Indians...

Letter II 12

A lady's "get-up"-Grizzly bears-The "Gems of the Sierras"-A tragic tale-A carnival of color.

Letter III 17

A Temple of Morpheus-Utah-A "God-forgotten" town...

Letter IV 28

A plague of flies-A melancholy charioteer-The Foot Hills-A mountain boarding-house...

Letter V 34

A dateless day-"Those hands of yours"-A Puritan-Persevering shiftlessness...

Letter VI 50

A bronco mare-An accident-Wonderland-A sad story-The children of the Territories...

Letter VII 66

Personality of Long's Peak-"Mountain Jim"-Lake of the Lilies-A silent forest-The camping ground...

Letter VIII 81

Estes Park-Big game-"Parks" in Colorado-Magnificent scenery-Flowers and pines...

Letter IX 97

"Please Ma'ams"-A desperado-A cattle hunt-The muster-A mad cow-A snowstorm-Snowed up...

Letter X 114

A white world-Bad traveling-A millionaire's home-Pleasant Park-Perry's Park-Stock-raising...

Letter XI 131

Tarryall Creek-The Red Range-Excelsior-Importunate pedlars-Snow and heat-A bison calf...

Letter XII 141

Deer Valley-Lynch law-Vigilance committees-The silver spruce-Taste and abstinence...

Letter XIII 152

The blight of mining-Green Lake-Golden City-Benighted-Vertigo-Boulder Canyon...

Letter XIV 162

A dismal ride-A desperado's tale-"Lost! Lost! Lost!"-Winter glories-Solitude-Hard times...

Letter XV 171

A whisky slave-The pleasures of monotony-The mountain lion-"Another mouth to feed"...

Letter XVI 183

A harmonious home-Intense cold-A purple sun-A grim jest-A perilous ride-Frozen eyelids...

Letter XVII 192

Woman's mission-The last morning-Crossing the St. Vrain-Miller...

Biographical Timeline 200