CONTENTS OF VOL. I- 



CHAPTER L 



Page 



Origin and progressive Development of the Santa Fe Trade 



— Captain Pike's Narrative — Parsley — ^La Lande — Expe- 

 dition of McKnight and others — Glenn — Becknell — Coo- 

 per — Sufferings of Captain Becknell and his Companions 



■First Introduction of wheeled Vehicles — Colonel Mar- 

 maduke — Hostility of the Indians — Recriminations — In- 

 dian Ethics — Increase of Outrages — Major Riley's Escort 



■Annoyed by the Indians — Government Protection — 

 Composition of a Caravan, . ' . - 17 



CHAPTER XL 



Head Quarters of the Santa Fe Trade — Independence and 

 its Locale — A Prairie Trip an excellent Remedy for 

 chronic Diseases — Supplies for the Journey — Wagons, 

 Mules and Oxen — Art of Loading Wagons — Romancing 

 Propensity of Travellers — The Departure — Storms and 

 Wagon-covers — Gluagmires — Tricks of marauding In- 

 dians — Council Grove — Fancy versus Reality — Election- 

 eering on the Prairies — The Organization — Amateur 

 Travellers and Loafers — Duties of the Watch — Costumes 

 and Equipment of the Party — Timbers for the Journey, 32 



CHAPTER III. 



The 'Catchup' — Breaking up of the Encampment — Per- 

 versity of Mules — Under Way — The Diamond Spring^ — 

 Eccentricities of Oxen — First Glance of the Antelope — 

 Buffalo Herds and Prairie Novices — A John Gilpin Race 

 — Culinary Preparations — A Buffalo Feast — Appetite of 



