Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.

xxiii, 547 pages, 57 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm

Frontispiece and one plate (Monument to General Frémont) accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress

Head- and tail-pieces

Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-502) and index

Preparation -- Conditions and prospects -- To St. Vrain's and Fort Laramie -- To South Pass and Frémont's Peak -- Back home and forth again -- From Kansas City to Green River Valley -- Green River Valley to Salt Lake -- To Fort Vancouver -- Search for the Rio Buenaventura -- Across the Sierra Nevada in winter -- Sutter's Fort to Las Vegas -- Las Vegas to Bent's Fort and home -- Washington to Monterey -- Reconnaissance to the north -- Bear Flag affair -- Conquest of California -- Fourth expedition -- Some events of '49 -- Washington, London, Paris, and Parowan -- Politics, war, and finance