timeline

The river was open to traffic now – the war was over, but his new God was the elusive fame in New York that Artemus had said was the best way to make it in America.

Sam and Steve got into a fight, Steve Gillis beat up a few thugs that the police used to put down Chinese immigrants. Sam helps Steve hide out and covers for him.

Artemus Ward scolds Sam in a letter for not finishing that damn Frog Story you told me you had for my volume of tales from the Nevada Territories. Sam doesn’t send it in time.