tfii eoNTrorrs. 



CHAPTER VI. 



AA creek. Pawnee and Sioui battle-ground. Bread-root. The Eagle's Neet. 

 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 Indiana. Speech of Marto-cog< 

 enhne. Reply. Tahtungah-saoa'a address. 75 



CHAPTER VIL 



The Chinmey. A bet. Spur of the Rocky Mountains. Scott's BlufiC 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 end gold. Goche's hole. Arrival at Fort Platte. Remark* 

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

 lodges. Migratjory habits of mountain and prairie tribes. Scenes at ForL 

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

 buska on the death of his father. 90 



CHAPTER Vm. 



Coast clear, and Trade opened. More visitors. Smokingout the natives. Ind> 

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

 Rawliide. An Indian and a buffalo chase. Deep snow, extreme cold, and 

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

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

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

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

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



CHAPTER IX. 



Dangers connected with the liquor trade. Difficulty with Bull Eagle. Scenea 

 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. Plurahty of vnves. 11'5 



CHAPTER X. 



TUitnnga-egoniska. High gaming. Weur-sena Warkpollo, a strange story. 

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

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



CHAPTER XI. 



Pood for hoisei. Squaws and their performances. Dogs and dog-meat B»- 

 torn to Fort Starvation. Travel by guess. Death from drinking. Medi- 

 A BaiiaL little Lodge and the French trader. A 



