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CHAPTER XXXIL 



Night on tho Pniri*. Head of the Kansas river. Minerals. Country. 

 Gold. Wonderf\il incident relative to a woimded boll. Indians. Join the 

 Arapahos. Moving village. Country between Beaver creek and the Platte. 

 Canon. Reach Fort Lancaster. Fortune bettered. News from the States. 

 Murder. Extraordinary instances of human tenacity to life. Arrival of 

 Indians. Thefl. Chyenne outrage. Return of Oregon emigrants. " Old 

 Bob," and his adventures. A " Protracted Meeting," or Indian Medicina- 

 making. Indian oath. Jaunt to the mountains. Mountain scenery. Camp 

 on Thompson's creek. Wild fruits. Concentration of valleys. Romantic 

 "iew. A gem in the mountains. Grand river pass. Salt lakes. Aston- 

 ishing scope of vision. The black-taUed deer. Peculiarity in horses. R©» 

 ■tarkable natural fortification. Return. Travelling by guess. 33 



CHAPTER XXXra. 



Newspapers. False reperts. Singular grasses. Sale of skins at Fort Lancasttr. 

 An excursion. An incident. Camp. Huge horns. Leopard. Panther. 

 Slaughter of eagles. Dressing skins. The hunter's camp. Vasques' creek. 

 TV weather. Return- of comrades to Fort Sweets of solitude. Expo* 

 sure in a snow-storm. The canon of S. Fork Phitte. A ridge. A val- 

 ley. Beautiful locality. Choice site for a settlement. Flowera in February. 

 A hunting incident. Fate of the premature flowers. Adventure with a 

 riieep. Discovered by Indians. A pleasant meeting. Camp at Crystal 

 crrek. Thoughts of home. Resolve on going. Commence journey. Tl» 

 earavaa. " Big Timber." Country to the " Crossing." Big Salt Bottom, 

 Flowers. A stranger of etlier lands. Difficulty with Indians. " Friday.** 

 Tedious travelling. No timber. Detention. Country. Pawnee Fwk, 

 Mountain and Spanish companies. Spy Buck, the Shawnee war-chiefl 

 Pawnee Fork. — Cure for a rattlesnake's bite. Further detention. Sketcli 

 of adjacent country. Pawnee Rocks. En route wi& Friday. MusquatoM. 

 Observations. Friday as a hunter. 346 



CHAPTER XXXrV. 



TVs Arapaho American, a sketch of real life. Tenets of the mountain Indisas 

 ia reference to a ftiture state of rewards and punishments. The " watar 

 bulL" Country between Cow creek and Council Grove. Inviting locality 

 {or settlement. Sudden rise of water. Separate routei. Dangerous trarel 

 ling. Oage village. Osages, and all about them. Arrival al Vaa BonBy 



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