Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West

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Jews in the Wild West

Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West

With Col. Fremont's Last Expedition

Across the Rocky Mountains;
including three months' residence in Utah,
and a perilous trip across the Great American Desert to the Pacific.

by S. N. Carvalho,
artist to the expedition
1856.

Preface by the Author	19. Search for a Lost Comrade
1. Introduction to Col. Fremont	20. The Explorers Kill Horses for Food
2. Preparing for the Journey	21. Carvalho Leaves the Expedition
3. Learning to Handle a Horse	22. A Jew Among the Mormons
4. The Expedition Departs	23. Mormon Ceremonies
5. Preparing Buffalo Meat	24. Social Life in Salt Lake City
6. Kansas	25. Mrs. Golightly
7. Delaware Medicine Man	26. The Romance of Fanny Littlemore
8. The First Buffalo Hunt	27. Hot and Cold Springs
9. Walnut Creek	28. Carvalho Leaves Salt Lake City
10. Cheyenne Indian Village	29. Chief Wakara of the Utahs
11. Bent's Fort	30. Negotiations With the Indians
12. Lost in the Forest	31. Mysterious Prehistoric Rock Engravings
13. Crossing the Mountains	32. Portrait of an Angel
14. Carvalho Loses His Horse	33. On to California
15. Hostile Indian Attack Averted	34. Across the Desert
16. Over Snowy Plains	35. Buoyant Fresh Water Spring
17. The Expedition Faces Starvation	36. Bitter Springs
18. More Suffering of the Explorers	37. Journey to Los Angeles