The Indians Kept Increasing In

It Was My Effort, In Depicting The West, To Depict It As It Was.

My Debut Upon The World's Stage Occurred On February 26th, 1845.

But The West Of The Old Times, With Its Strong Characters, Its Stern Battles And Its Tremendous Stretches Of Loneliness, Can Never Be Blotted From My Mind.

Major North And Myself Went Out In Advance Of The Command Several Miles And Killed A Number Of Buffaloes.

Stations Were Built At Intervals Averaging Fifteen Miles Apart. A Rider's Route Covered Three Stations, With An Exchange Of Horses At Each, So That He Was Expected At The Beginning To Cover Close To Forty-five Miles - A Good Ride When One Must Average Fifteen Miles An Hour.