Front Matter
edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1853-1913; in Early Western Travels, vol. 29: Part II of Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, Etc., October 21-December 4, 1839: De Smet's Oregon Missions and Travels Over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846 (Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1904), 1-5