GOimifTt. 



CHAPTER XXXn. 



hsA Night OQ tht Prairie. Head of the Kansas river. Minerals. Country. 

 Geld. Wonderful incident relative to & wounded bull. Indians. Join the 

 Aiapabos. Moving village. Country bet^'een Beaver creek and the Platta. 

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

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

 Indiani". Theft. Chyenne outrage. Retiu^ of Oregon emigrants. " Old 

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

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

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

 'Tew. A gem in the mountains. Grand river pass. Salt lakes. Aston- 

 hhing scope of vision. The bla«k-tailed deer. Peculiarity in horses. R»- 

 narkable natural fortification. Return. Travelling by guess. S3 



CHAPTER XXXm. 



Newspapers. False reports. Singular grasses. Sale of skins at Fort Lancaster. 

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

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

 Tbt weather. Return of comrades to Fort. Sweets of solitude. Expo- 

 tore in a snow-storrn. The canon of S. Fork Platte. A ridge. A val- 

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

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

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

 creek. Thoughts of home. Resolve on going. Commence journey. The 

 caravM. " Big Timber." Country to the " Crossing." Big Salt Bottom. 

 Flowera. A stranger of other lands. Difficulty with Indians. " Friday." 

 Tedious travelling. No timber. Detention. Country. Pawnee Fork. 

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

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

 «f a4i^eent country. Pawnee Rocks. En route with Friday. MusquetoM. 

 Ohiervationt. Friday as a hunter. 346 



CHAPTER XXXTV. 



Tkit Arapaho American, a sketch of real life. Tenets of the mountain Indkun 

 in reference to a future state of rewards and punishments. The " water 

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

 for settlement Sudden rise of water. Separate routes. Dangerous trard 

 ling. Osage village. Osages, and all about them. Arrival at Van Baniiy 

 Atkaana. Ctmclndiog renarki. 3Mt 



