A note about the text -- John Richard Stephens -- Going west (introduction) -- Daniel Boone -- Claiming the Kentucky wilderness -- Lewis and Clark -- Sacagawea -- Sacagawea -- Red Hair and Long Knife -- Davy Crockett -- Brushes with death -- Black Hawk -- The Black Hawk War -- John C. Fremont -- Indians, buffalo, and Kit Carson -- John C. Fremont -- Kit Carson pursues horse thieves -- Kit Carson -- Chasing horse thieves -- Kit Carson -- Indian conflicts and the war in California -- John Sutter -- Discovering gold -- Buffalo Bill -- Riding for the Pony Express -- Mark Twain -- A black speck against the sky -- Mark Twain -- Smitten with the silver fever -- Jesse James -- Rebel guerrillas and bank robbers -- Cole Younger -- The disastrous Northfield Bank robbery -- Frank James -- Breaking off from my bohemian life -- George Armstrong Custer -- The massacre of some of Custer's men -- Buffalo Bill -- Custer and Little Bighorn -- Crazy Horse -- Crazy Horse's deathbed statement -- Sitting Bull -- Little Bighorn and Custer's death.