Vlll TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VH. 



Antelope and deer — Witchita mountains in sight — Reach Buffalo 

 creek — Valley of Otter creek — Salubrity of climate — Deer-bleat — 

 Horseflies — Scurvy — Witchita mountains — Pass through the mount- 

 ains — Buffalo seen -------- Page 62 



CHAPTER Vin. 



Old Indian villages — Beautiful scenery — Trap formation — Lost 

 mule — Beaver creek — Prairie guides — Rush creek — Witchita and Waco 

 villages — Mexican prisoners — Talk with the Indians — Cross Timbers — 

 Eackapoos — Strike wagon track — Arrival at Fort Arbuckle. Page 72 



CHAPTER LX. 



Prominent features of the Red river — Chain of lakes — Cross Tim- 

 bers — Arable lands — Establishment of a military post upon Red river 

 recommended — Route of Comanches and Kioways in passing to Mex- 

 ico — Wagon route from Fort Belknap to Santa Fe — Navigation of Red 

 river — Erroneous opinions in regard to Red river — Extensive gypsum 

 range — El Llano Estacado ----------- Page 83 



CHAPTER X. 



Indians of the country — Habits of Comanches and Kioways — Simi • 

 larity between them and the Arabs and Tartars — Predatory excursions 

 into Mexico — War implements — Incredulity regarding the customs of 

 the whites — Method of saluting strangers — Degraded condition of the 

 women — Aversion to ardent spirits — Prairie Indians contrasted with the 

 Indians of Eastern States — Buffaloes — Probable condition of Indians 

 on the extermination of the buffaloes — Pernicious influence of traders — 

 Superstitions of the natives ----------- Page 93 



CHAPTER XI. 



Pacific railway — Impracticability of crossiug the "Llano Estacado" — 

 Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe — Return route from Doiia Ana — 

 Its connexions with the Mississippi and Pacific - - - - Page 109 



