corfriErrra ix 



In connciL Journey to White riv«r. High winds and snow Intenae luf- 

 fbrings and painful results. 13d 



CHAPTER XII. 



Another drunken spree. Horses devoured by wolves. An upset. A blowing up. 

 Daring feat of wolves. A girl offered for liquor. Winter on the Platte. 

 Boat building. Hunting expedition. Journey up the Platte. Island camp. 

 Narrow esca[)e. Snow stonn. Warm Spring. Pass of the Platte uito the 

 prairies. A valley. Bitter Cottonwood. Indian foits. Wild fruit. Roct- 

 digging. Cherry tea and its uses. Geology of the country. Soils, grasses 

 herbs, plants, and purity of atmosphere. Horse-shoe creek. >\ panther. 

 Prairia dogs and their peculiarities. 143 



CHAPTER Xm. 



The Creek valley. ITie Platte as a mountain stream. Canon. Romantic pros- 

 pect. Comical bear story. Perilous encoimter with a wounded bull. Ge- 

 ological remarks. Division of party. Safety of spring travel. La BonLe's 

 creek. Remarks by the way. Service-berry. Deer Creek. General 

 observations. Moccasin making. Boi-elder. Bear killed. Excellence of 

 its flesh. Diflerent kuids of bears in Oregon and the mountains. The 

 grizzly bear, his nature and habits. 150 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Desperate encounter with a grizzly bear, and extraorduiary instance of suffering. 

 Close contest. A comical incident. Cross Platte. Canon camp. Sage 

 trees. Mountain sheep, and aU about them. Independence Rock ; why so 

 called, and description of it. DevU's Grate. Landscape scenery. 159 



CHAPTER XV. 



Return route. Oregon trail from Independence Rock through the South Pass. 

 Cross the Sweet Water and Platte. Mountain Fowl. Journey up Medicine 

 Bow. Dangerous country. A fight with the Sioux. The " Carcague." 

 A surprise. Visit to the Crow village. Number and character of the Crow 

 nation. Selhng a prisoner for tobacco Description of Laramie Plains. 165 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Sibille's-hole. Novel bitters. Chug^vater. Gold. Curiosity. Affairs at the 

 F"rt. Amusements. Gambling among stjuavvs, and games playeil. Squavi? 

 dresses, and riding fashion. Items of interest to the curious, proving the in- 

 tercourse of the ancient Romans ^^i!h the people of tliis continent. 178 



CHAPTER XVll. 



ajpgiilfti exhibition of natural affection, flmbark for the States. Scarcity of 

 proTiuons and consequent hardship and tiuflsring. Exlraoniin&rT darinj «l 



