CHAPTER IV. 



CAPTAIN MAECET STAET FOE ST LOTJIS ACCIDENTAL CIVILITY 

 ME HOEY THE DOG CABIN AEEIYAL AT ALTOONA FOBESTS AND 

 MOUNTAINS OF ALLEGHANT THE STEANGEE'S ANSWEB MILITAEY 

 MEN THE DOG AND THE WAISTCOAT A BONY FEMALE CIVILITY 

 AT LAST PEEPAEE FOE SPOET THE COW-CATCHEB GIDDY SHEEP 

 BEAUTIFUL BUTTEEFLIES ANTIDOTE TO BATTLE SNAKES AN 

 HEIE TO DEAD BOOTS NO FISH FOB DINNEE. 



AMONG the gentlemen in New York who so kindly ren 

 dered me all the information in their power was Capt. 

 Marcey, the author, I believe, of that very useful little 

 book entitled " The Prairie Traveller," and published 

 by Harper Brothers. If my memory serves me cor 

 rectly, it was this gallant friend of mine and suc 

 cessful hunter who suggested my going from New York 

 to St Louis, thence by the Northern Missouri Railroad 

 to Hudson ; from Hudson by the Hannibal and St 

 Joseph Railroad to St Joseph ; from St Joseph by river 

 steamer to Omaha ; and from Omaha (192 miles) to Fort 

 Kearney, where there is a station for the troops of the 

 United States army. In this route there would have 

 been settlements to within thirty miles of the fort, and 



