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Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley [electronic resource] / by Frederick Hawkins Piercy ; edited by Fawn M. Brodie.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ACLS)
Main Author: Piercy, Frederick Hawkins, 1830-1891
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©1962.
Series:John Harvard library.
Subjects:
Latter Day Saints > History.
United States > Description and travel.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
Utah > Description and travel.
Emigration and immigration.
Travel.
United States.
Utah.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Introduction
  • NOTE ON THE TEXT
  • PREFACE / Linforth, James
  • CHAPTER I. Commencement of The Latter-day Saints' EmigratioñHistory Until the Suspension in 1846
  • CHAPTER II. Memorial to the QueeñRe-opening of the EmigratioñHistory Until 1851
  • CHAPTER III. History of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund̃Act of Incorporation by the General Assembly of Deseret
  • CHAPTER IV. History of the Emigration from 1851 to 1852̃Contemplated Routes via the Isthmus of Panama and Cape Horn
  • CHAPTER V. History of the Emigration from 1852 to April, 1854̃Extensive Operations of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company
  • CHAPTER VI. Foreign Emigration Passing Through Liverpool
  • CHAPTER VII. Statistics of The Latter-day Saints' Emigration from the British Isles
  • CHAPTER VIII. Mode of Conducting the Emigration
  • CHAPTER IX. Instructions to Emigrants
  • CHAPTER X. Departure from Liverpool̃San DomingõCubãThe Gulf of MexicõThe Mississippi River̃The BalizẽArrival at New Orleans̃Attempts of "Sharpers" to Board the Ship and Pilfer from the Emigrants
  • CHAPTER XI. Louisianãthe City of New Orleans̃Disembarkation
  • CHAPTER XII. Departure from New Orleans̃Steam-Boats̃Negro- SlaverỹCarrolltoñthe Face of the CountrỹBaton RougẽRed River̃MississippĩUnwholesomeness of the Waters of the MississippĩDanger in Procuring Water from the Stream̃Washing Away of the Banks of the River̃Snags̃Landing at Natchez at N i g h t
  • Beautiful Effect Caused by Reflection on the Water of the Light from the Steam-Boat Windows- American Taverns and HospitalitỹRapidity at Meals ̃American Cooking-Stoves and Washing-Boards̃ Old Fort RosaliẽAn Amateur Artist
  • CHAPTER XIII. Perpetual MotioñFiat-Boats̃Vicksburgh̃ "Lynching" of Gamblers̃An Hibernian's Defence of Printing̃Walnut Hills̃Yazoo River̃Arkansas̃Arkansas River̃TennesseẽMemphis̃German Reverence for Art̃Negroes; Quarrel Between Two Rival Teamsters; Love of Finery; Piquing a White Dandy; Negro Blood in European Veins
  • CHAPTER XIV. Plumb Point Bars̃MissourĩLittle PrairiẽKentuckỹThe Ohio River̃Cairo City and Ohio CitỹIllinois̃Cornice Rocks̃Devil's Bake Ovens̃ Kaskaskia River, and the Great American Bottom̃Fort Chartres̃St. Louis
  • CHAPTER XV. Departure from St. Louis̃Sketching Apparatus and Seat̃American Inquisitiveness̃AltoñQuincỹArrival at Keokuk̃The Camp, its Situation and Arrangement̃"Spiritualism and Spirit Rapping"
  • CHAPTER XVI. Visit to NauvoõThe TemplẽThe Icarians̃ Interview with Lucy Smith̃Sketch of Her Lifẽ Joseph and David Smith, Sons of the Prophet̃Visit to Carthage Jail̃Sketches of the Lives of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Willard Richards, and John Taylor
  • CHAPTER XVII. Return to St. Louis̃IowãKanesvillẽThe Necessity of Great Care in Procuring an Outfit̃Shoeing OxeñCostume for the Plains̃Council Bluffs Ferry and Group of Cottonwood Trees̃Crossing the Missouri into Indian Territory; Nebraska and Kansas̃Winter Quarters̃Council Bluffs and the Missouri River from an ElevatioñOrganizing for the Plains̃Importance of Herding and Guarding the Cattle
  • CHAPTER XVIII. Departure from Council Bluffs̃Six Mile Grovẽ "Geeing" and "Hawing"̃Ludicrous Efforts of the Teamsters̃Pappea Creek̃A Night on Guard- Fright Among the OxeñElk Horn FerrỹPrairie Dogs̃Shell Creek̃Accident to Henry Randell; Surgery on the Plains̃Pawnee Indians; Theft̃Indian Marksmanship̃Double Team to Get Through a Slough̃Loup Fork FerrỹElder Miller's Mules Stray; Unsuccessful Search for Them; The Mules Found̃Prairie Creek; Dangerous Descent to the Bridge; A Wagon Upset into the Creek̃Wood River̃Elm Creek̃Buffalo Hunt̃Mosquitoes Impede the Progress of the TraiñIndian SubtletỹSkunk Creek̃A Drink at a Stream, and a SnakẽWide Creek̃Halt for General Repairs
  • CHAPTER XIX. Departure from Wide Creek̃Cooking with Buffalo Chips̃Death of Elder Cooley's Child̃A Delicate Morsel for a Cow̃The "Lone Tree"̃Ancient Bluff Ruins̃Chimney Rock̃Meeting of Missionaries from G.S.L. Valley-Scott's Bluff-Laramie's Peak- Separation of the Company
  • CHAPTER XX. Proceed in Advance of the Main CompanỹPlan of Travel̃Account of Mr. Furze's Death̃Alkali Lakes̃Rock IndependencẽDevil's GatẽThe "South Pass" of the Rocky Mountains̃Prairie Hens̃Utah TerritorỹFort Bridger̃Witches' Bluffs̃Arrival at Great Salt Lake City
  • CHAPTER XXI. Great Salt Lake CitỹBrigham Young̃Heber C. Kimball̃Jedediah M. Grant̃Father John Smith
  • Appendix I. by Linforth: Emigration Appendix
  • APPENDIX II. Linforth's Notes to Piercy's Narrative
  • Index.

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