CONTENTS. 



Page, 

 dian — Cotton wood — Arrival at the Arkansa — Cane brakes — Che- 

 rokees — Belle Point, - - - - - 15U 



CHAPTER X. 



Journey down the Arkansa — Thunder storm — Some account of the 

 Kiawa, Kaskaia, Arrapaho and Shienne Indians — New species of 

 Toad, -.---.. 173 



CHAPTER XI. 



Arrapaho war-party — Cow-bunting — Rattlesnakes — Burrowing owl — 

 Departure of Bijeau and Ledoux for the Pawnee villages — Scarcity 

 of timber — Gi-eat herds of Bisons — Wolves, - - 192 



CHAPTER XII. 



Termination of the great bend of the Arkansa — letan war party — 

 Little Arkansa — Red river fork — Little Neosho and Little Verdi- 

 gris, - - - - - - - 206 



CHAPTER Xlir. 



Indian hunting encampment — Brackish water — The party pressed by 

 IiUDger — Forked tailed Fly-catcher — An elevated, almost moun- 

 tainous range of country — Desertion of three men — Red water, 221 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The party meet with Osage Indians — Some account of this nation — 

 Mannerof taking wild horses, - - - _ 237 



CHAPTER XV. 



Verdigris river — Mr. Glenn's trading house — New species of Lizard 

 — Neosho, or Grand river^ — Salt works — Large spider — Illinois 

 creek — Ticks — Arrival at Belle Point, ... 25Q 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Journey from Belle Point to Cape Girardeau — Cherokee Indians — 

 Osage war — Regulators — Settlements of White river, - 260 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Hot Springs of the Washita — Red river — Exploring Expedition of 

 1806— Arrival at Cape Girardeau — Dissolution of the Party, 287 



