Death valley in '49
Subtitle: Important chapter of California pioneer history. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children, who gave "Death valley" its name.
By: By William Lewis Manly
Publisher: Pacific Tree and Vine Co.
Published: 1894
Place of publication: San José, Cal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; California -- Gold discoveries; Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Table of contents: label: CHAPTER I
title: Birth, Parentage. - Early Life in Vermont. - Sucking Cider through a Straw.
pagenum: 10; label: CHAPTER II
title: The Western Fever. - On the Road to Ohio. - The Outfit - The Erie Canal. - In the Maumee Swamp.
pagenum: 16; label: CHAPTER III
title: At Detroit and Westward. -  Government Land. - Killing Deer. - "Fever 'N Agur. "
pagenum: 21; label: CHAPTER IV
title: The Lost Filley Boy. - Never Was Found.
pagenum: 26; label: CHAPTER V
title: Sickness. - Rather Catch Chipmonks in the Rocky Mountains than Live in Michigan. - Building the Michigan Central R. R. - Building a Boat. - Floating down Grand River. - Black Bear. - Indians Catching Mullet. - Across the Lake to Southport. - Lead Mining at Mineral Point. - Decides to go Farther West. - Return to Michigan.
pagenum: 30; label: CHAPTER VI
title: Wisconsin. - Indian Physic. - Dressed for a Winter Hunting Campaign. -Hunting and Trapping in the Woods. - Catching Otter and Marten.
pagenum: 47; label: CHAPTER VII
title: Lead Mining. - Hears about Gold in California. - Gets the Gold Fever. - Nothing will cure it but California. - Mr. Bennett and the Author Prepare to Start. - The Winnebago Pony. - Agrees to Meet Bennett at Missouri River. - Delayed and Fails to Find Him. - Left with only a Gun and Pony. - Goes as a Driver for Charles Dallas.- Stopped by a Herd of Buffaloes.- Buffalo Meat- Indians.- U. S. Troops.- The Captain and the Lieutenant. - Arrive at South Pass. - The Waters Run toward the Pacific. - They Find a Boat and Seven of them Decide to Float down the Green River.
pagenum: 58; label: CHAPTER VIII
title: Floating down the River. - It begins to roar. - Thirty Miles a Day.- Brown's Hole.- Lose the Boat and make two Canoes. - Elk. - The Canons get Deeper. - Floundering in the Water. - The Indian Camp. - Chief Walker proves a Friend. - Describes the Terrible Canon below Them.- Advises Them to go no farther down. - Decide to go Overland. - Dangerous Route to Salt Lake. - Meets Bennett near there. - Organize the Sand Walking Company.
pagenum: 76; label: CHAPTER IX
title: The Southern Route.- Off in Fine Style.- A Cut-off Proposed.- Most of Them Try it and Fail- The Jayhawkers. - A New Organization. - Men with Families not Admitted. - Capture an Indian Who Gives Them the Slip. - An Indian Woman and Her Children, - Grass Begins to Fail. - A High Peak to the West. - No Water. - An Indian Hut. - Reach the Warm Spring. - Desert Everywhere. - Some One Steals Food. - The Water Acts Like a Dose of Salts. - Christmas Day. - Rev. J. W. Brier Delivers a Lecture to His Sons. - Nearly Starving and Choking. - An Indian in a Mound. - Indians Shoot the Oxen. - Camp at Furnace Creek.
pagenum: 109; label: CHAPTER X
title: A Long, Narrow Valley. - Beds and Blocks of Salt. - An Ox Killed. - Blood, Hide and Intestines Eaten. - Crossing Death Valley. - The Wagons can go no farther. - Manley and Rogers Volunteer to go for Assistance. - They Set out on Foot. - Find the Dead Body of Mr. Fish. - Mr. Isham Dies. - Bones along the Road. - Cabbage Trees. - Eating Crow and Hawk. - After Sore Trials They Reach a Fertile Laud. - Kindly Treated. - Returning with Food and Animals. - The Little Mule Climbs a Precipice, the Horses are Left Behind. - Finding the Body of Captain Culverwell. - They Reach Their Friends just as all Hope has Left Them. - Leaving the Wagons. - Packs on the Oxen. - Sacks for the Children. - Old Crump. - Old Brigham and Mrs. Arcane. - A Stampede [Illustrated.] - Once more Moving Westward. - "Good-bye, Death Valley."
pagenum: 144; label: CHAPTER XI
title: Struggling Along. - Pulling the Oxen Down the Precipice[Illustrated.] - Making Raw-hide Moccasins. - Old Brigham Lost and Found. - Dry Camps. - Nearly Starving. - Melancholy and Blue. - The Feet of the Women Bare and Blistered. - "One Cannot form an Idea How Poor an Ox Will Get." - Young Charlie Arcane very Sick. - Skulls of Cattle. - Crossing the Snow Belt. - Old Dog Cuff. - Water Dancing over the Rocks. - Drink, Ye Thirsty Ones. - Killing a Yearling. - See the Fat. - Eating Makes Them Sick. - Going down Soledad Cailon. - A Beautiful Meadow. - Hospitable Spanish People. - They Furnish Shelter and Food. - The San Fernando Mission. - Reaching Los Angeles. - They Meet Moody and Skinner. - Soap and Water for the First Time in Months. - Clean Dresses for the Women. - Real Bread to Eat, - A Picture of Los Angeles. - Black-eyed Women. - The Author Works in a Boarding-house. - Bennett and Others go up the Coast. - Life in Los Angeles. - The Author Prepares to go North
pagenum: 218; label: CHAPTER XII
title: Dr. McMahon's Story. - McMahon and Field, Left behind with Chief Walker, Determine to go down the River. - Change Their Minds and go with the Indians. - Change again and go by themselves. - Eating Wolf Meat. - After much Suffering they reach Salt Lake. - John Taylor's Pretty Wife. - Field falls in Love with her. - They Separate. - Incidents of Wonderful Escapes from Death.
pagenum: 279; label: CHAPTER XIII
title: Story of the Jay hawkers. - Ceremonies of Initiation - Rev. J. W. Brier. - His Wife the best Man of the Two. - Story of the Road across Death Valley. - Burning the Wagons - Narrow Escape of Tom Shannon - Capt. Ed Doty was Brave and True- They reach the Sea by way of Santa Clara River - Capt, Haynes before the Alcalde - List of Jayhawkers
pagenum: 320; label: CHAPTER XIV
title: Alexander Erkson's Statement - Works for Brigham Young at Salt Lake - Mormon Gold Coin - Mt. Misery- The Virgin River and Yucca Trees - A Child Born to Mr. and Mrs. Rynierson - Arrive at Cucamonga - Find some good Wine which is good for Scurvy - San F'rancisco and the Mines - Settles in San Jose- Experience of Edward Coker - Death of Culverwell, Fish and Isham- Goes through Walker's Pass and down Kern River- Living in Fresno in 1892
pagenum: 367; label: CHAPTER XV
title: The Author again takes up the History - Working in a Boarding House, but makes Arrangements to go North - Mission San Bueno Ventura - First Sight of the Pacific Ocean- Santa Barbara in 1850 - Paradise and Desolation- San Miguel, Santa Ynez and San Luis Obispo- California Carriages and how they were used - Arrives in San Jose and Camps in the edge of Town- Description of the place- Meets John Rogers, Bennett, Moody and Skinner - On the road to the Mines - They find some of the Yellow Stuff and go Prospecting for more - Experience with Piojos - Life and Times in the Mines - Sights and Scenes along the Road, at Sea, on the Isthmus, Cuba, New Orleans, and up the Mississippi - A few Months Amid Old Scenes, then away to the Golden State again
pagenum: 377; label: CHAPTER XVI
title: St. Louis to New Orleans, New Orleans to San Francisco- Off to the Mines Again - Life in the Mines and Incidents of Mining Times and Men - Vigilance Committee - Death of Mrs. Bennett
pagenum: 440; label: CHAPTER XVII
title: Mines and Mining - Adventures and Incidents of the Early Days- -The Pioneers, their Character and Influence-Conclusion
pagenum: 478