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INDEX OF CHAPTERS

I.	II.	III.	IV.	V.	VI.	VII.	VIII.	IX.
X.	XI.	XII.	XIII.	XIV.	XV.	XVI.	XVII.

INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Leaving Death Valley—The Manly Party on the March After Leaving Their Wagons.

The Oxen Get Frisky.

Pulling the Oxen Down the Precipice.

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DEATH VALLEY

IN '49.

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IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF
California Pioneer History.
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—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.



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BY WILLIAM LEWIS MANLY.
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SAN JOSE. CAL.:
THE PACIFIC TREE AND VINE CO.
1894.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1894, by
WM. L. MANLEY,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

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TO
THE PIONEERS OF CALIFORNIA,
THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED,
WITH THAT HIGH RESPECT AND REGARD
SO OFTEN EXPRESSED IN ITS PAGES,
BY THE AUTHOR.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Birth, Parentage.—Early Life in Vermont.—Sucking Cider through a Straw.

CHAPTER II.
The Western Fever.—On the Road to Ohio.—The Outfit.—The Erie Canal.—In the Maumee Swamp.

CHAPTER III.
At Detroit and Westward.—Government Land.—Killing Deer.—"Fever 'N Agur."

CHAPTER IV.
The Lost Filley Boy.—Never Was Found.

CHAPTER V.
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.

CHAPTER VI.
Wisconsin.—Indian Physic.—Dressed for a Winter Hunting Campaign.—Hunting and Trapping in the Woods.—Catching Otter and Marten.

CHAPTER VII.
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