Une histoire palpitante et véridique du pony express ; ou, ouvre la voie vers l'ouest, et d'autres esquisses et d'incidents de ces temps d'agitation . Transportedacross ^ lettre du continent. Leur bulkwas commensurablewith pas le moins leur nombre ; il y a eu d'eux hun-dreds, parfois pour elles n'écrit sur le plus fin des tissuepaper à acquérir. Il wereno silly love missives parmi eux norfrivolous la correspondance de tout genre;lettres commerciales seulement que plus demandedthe andwarranted le transport en commun rapide possible d'un coût énorme au-tendant leur voyage trouvé leur wayby le Pony Express. E

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A thrilling and truthful history of the pony express; or, Blazing the westward way, and other sketches and incidents of those stirring times . ^ letter transportedacross the continent. Their bulkwas not in the least commensurablewith their number; there were hun-dreds of them sometimes, for theywere written on the thinnest tissuepaper to be procured. There wereno silly love missives among them norfrivolous correspondence of any kind;business letters only that demandedthe most rapid transit possible andwarranted the immense expense at-tending their journey found their wayby the Pony Express. The mail-bags were two pouches ofleather, impervious to rain, sealed, and. Brigham Young 21 28 BLAZIXG THE WESTWARD WAY strapped to the riders saddle beforeand behind. The pouches were neverto contain over twenty pounds inweight. Inside the pouches, to fur-ther protect their contents from theweather, the letters and despatcheswere wrapped in oil silk, then sealed.The pockets themselves were locked, and were not opened between St.Joseph and Sacramento. The Pony Express, as a means ofcommunication between the tworemote coasts, was largely employedby the Government, merchants, andtraders, and would eventually havebeen a paying venture had not theconstruction of the telegraph acrossthe continent usurped its usefulness. The arms of the Pony Expressrider, in order to keep the weight at aminimum, were, as a rule, limited torevolver and knife. The first trip from St. Joseph toSan Francisco, 1966 in exact miles, was made in ten days; the second, infourteen; the third, and many succeed-ing trips, in nine. The riders had adivision of from one hundred to onehundred forty

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