viii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Ash creek. Pawnee ami Sioux battle-ground. Bread-root. Tlie Eagle's Nest. 

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

 bull. Making and curing meat. Big Jim slill unfortunate. Johnson's creek. 

 McFarlan's Castle. Decepliveness of disUmces. Express from the Fort. 

 Brave Bear. Bull Tail. Talk with the Indians. Speech of Marto-cog- 

 ershne. lleply. Tahtungah-sana's address. 7-3 



CHAPTER VII. 



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

 tic scenery. 3Iimic city. A pyramid. Amoautucnt. An elevated garden. 

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

 Horse creek and gold. Goche's hole. Arrival at Fort I'latte. Remarks 

 by the way. Prairie travel. liOcality and description of the Fort. Indian 

 lodges. iVIigratory habits of mountain and prairie tribes. Scenes at Fort. 

 Drunken Indians. Tragical event. Indian funeral. Sfx;ech of Etespa- 

 huska on the death of his father. 90 



CHAPTER Vin. 



Coast clear, and Trade opened. More visitors. Smoking out the natives. Inci- 

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

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

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

 ley, fruits, and game. Building 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 trade. Difficulty with Bull Eagle. Scenes 

 of bloodshed ond 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 traflic. Di- 

 vorce. PlurUity of wives. 116 



CHAPTER X. 



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

 The Death Song, a tale of love. I\Iedicine-men. Extraordinary perform- 

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



CHAPTER XI. 



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

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

 cine-making. A Burial. Little Lodge and the French trader. A speech 



