CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



Lost. Night on the Prairie. Head of the Kansas river. Minerals. Country. 

 Gold. Wonderful incident relative to a wounded bull. 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. Theft. Chyenne outrage. Return of Oregon emigrants. " Old 

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

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

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

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

 ishing scope of vision. The black-tailed deer. Peculiarity in horses. Re- 

 markable natural fortification. Return. Travelling by guess. 273 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



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. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 Flowers. 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-chief. 

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

 of adjacent country. Pawnee Rocks. En route with Friday. Musquetoes. 

 Observations. Friday as a hunter. 287 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 



The Arapaho American, a sketch of real life. Tenets of the mountain Indians 

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

 bull." Country between Cow creek and Council Grove. Inviting locatity 

 for settlement. Sudden rise of water. Separate routes. Dangerous travel- 

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

 Arkansas. Concluding remarks. 297 



