THE

GREAT WEST,

OR THE

GARDEN OF THE WORLD;

ITS HISTORY, ITS WEALTH, ITS NATURAL ADVANTAGES,
AND ITS FUTURE.

ALSO COMPRISING

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO EMIGRANTS,

WITH

A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT ROUTES WESTWARD.

By C. W. DANA,

AUTHOR OF " WESTERN SCENES," "LIFE IN THE WEST," ETC.

WITH STATISTICS AND FACTS,

FROM HON. THOMAS H. BENTON, GEN. SAM HOUSTON, AND
COL. JOHN C. FREMONT.

BOSTON:

WENTWORTH AND COMPANY,

86 WASHINGTON STREET.

1857.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
WENTWORTH AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

I beheld the westward marches
Of the unknown crowded nations.
All the land was full of people,
Restless, struggling, toiling, striving,
Speaking many tongues, yet feeling
But one heart-beat in their bosoms.
In the woodlands rang their axes,
Smoked their towns in all the valleys;
Over all the lakes and rivers

Rushed their great canoes of thunder.

LONGFELLOW'S SONG OF HIAWATHA. *