yrSL ©ONTBNTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Asb creek. Pawnee and Sioux battle-ground. Bread-root. The Eagle's Nest 

 Mad wolf. Number and variety of prairie wolves, — their sagacity. Mad 

 bull. Maldng and curing meat. Big Jim still unfortunate. Johnson's creek. 

 McFarlan's Castle. Deceptiveness of distances. Express from the Fort 

 Brave Bear. Bull Tail. Talk with the Indians. Speech of Martocog* 

 erehne. Reply. Tahtungah-sana's address. 75 



CHAPTER VIL 



The Chimney. Abet. Spur of the Rocky Mountains. Scott's BlufT. Roman- 

 tic scenery. Mimic city. A pyramid. A monument. An elevated garden- 

 Mountain sheep. An Eden. Death in camp. The wanderer's grave. 

 Horse creek and gold. Goche's hole. Arrival at Fort Platte. Reraarkfl 

 by the way. Prairie travel. l/ocality and description of the Fort. Indian 

 lodges. Jligratory habits of moimtain and prairie tribes. Scenes at Fort 

 Drunken Indians. Tragical event. Indian funeral. Speech of Etespa- 

 huska on the death of his father. 90 



CHAPTER Vni. 



Coast clear, and Trade opened. More visitors. Smoking out the natives. Inoi* 

 dent illustrative of Indian character. Expeditions for trade. Black Hills. 

 RawMde. An Indian and a buffalo cha.se. Deep snow, extreme cold, and 

 painful journey. L'eau-qui-court. Remarks. Lost. White river; its val- 

 ley, fruits, and game. Biiilding site. The Devil's Tea-pot. Troubles with 

 Indians. Theft and its punishment. Indian soldiers. Christmas extras. 

 Outrageous conduct. Rascality of traders. " That Old Serpent." Indian 

 superstition, religious tenets and practices. Notions upon general morality. 103 



CHAPTER IX. 



Dangers connected with the liquor tnide. DL'Bculty with Bull Eagle. Scenes 

 of bloodshed and horror. Cheating in the fur trade. How the red man 

 becomes tutored in vice. A chief's daughter offered in exchange for liquor. 

 Indian mode of courtship and marriage. Squaws an article of traffic Di- 

 vorce. Plurality of wives. 116 



CHAPTER X. 



•Rbtunga-egoniflka. High gaming. Weur-sena Warkpollo, a strange story. 

 The Death Song, a tale of love. Me Heine-men. Extraordinary perform- 

 ance of Tahtunga-mobellu. Wonderfu- feats of jugglery. 125 



CHAPTER XI. 



Food for horses. Squaws and their performances. Dogs and dog-meat R«- 

 turn to Fort Starvation. Travel by guess. Death from drinking. Medi* 

 A BuiaL littk Lodge and th« French trader. ▲ ipaMh 



