...eft the Navy. Then, for a twelve-month, his diary gives only such glimpses of him as an occasional name of a place with date. St. Joseph, Missouri,--across the Plains,--Indians,--Salt Lake City,-- Denver ,--Black Hawk,--Omaha. Apparently through this time, he was impelled by an overflowing youthful energy, and an innate love of novelty and adventure. In his later years, he told how, in his earl...