Chapter XXIV: {VIII of Vol. II}

Preparations for returning Home -- Breaking out of the
Small-pox -- The Start -- Our Caravan -- Manuel the
Comanche -- A new Route -- The Prairie on Fire -- Danger
to be apprehended from these Conflagrations -- A
Comanche Buffalo-chase -- A Skirmish with the Pawnees --
An intrepid Mexican -- The Wounded -- Value of a thick
Skull -- Retreat of the Enemy and their Failure -- A
bleak Northwester -- Loss of our Sheep -- The Llano
Estacado and Sources of Red River -- The Canadian River
-- Cruelties upon Buffalo -- Feats at 'Still Hunting' --
Mr. Wethered's Adventure -- Once more on our own Soil --
The False Washita -- Enter our former Trail -- Character
of the Country over which we had travelled -- Arrival at
Van Buren -- The two Routes to Santa Fé -- Some
Advantages of that from Arkansas -- Restlessness of
Prairie Travellers in civilized Life, and Propensity for
returning to the Wild Deserts, 203

CHAPTER XXV {IX of Vol. II}
CONCLUSION OF THE SANTA FE TRADE

Decline of Prices -- Statistical Table -- Chihuahua Trade
-- Its Extent -- Different Ports through which Goods are
introduced to that Market -- Expedition between
Chihuahua and Arkansas -- The Drawback -- The more
recent Incidents of the Santa Fé Caravans -- Adventures
of 1843 -- Robbery and Murder of Chavez -- Expedition
from Texas -- Defeat of Gen. Armijo's Van-guard -- His
precipitate Retreat -- Texan Grievances -- Unfortunate
Results of indiscriminate Revenge -- Want of discipline
among the Texans -- Disarmed by Capt. Cook -- Return of
the Escort of U. S. Dragoons, and of the Texans --
Demands of the Mexican Government -- Closing of the
Santa Fé Trade, 221

CHAPTER XXVI {X of Vol. II}
GEOGRAPHY OF THE PRAIRIES

Extent of the Prairies -- Mountains -- _Mesas_ or
Table-lands -- _El Llano Estacado_ -- _Cañones_ -- Their
Annoyance to the early Caravans -- Immense Gullies --
Coal Mines and other Geological Products -- Gypsum --
Metallic Minerals -- Salines -- Capt. Boone's
Exploration -- 'Salt Plain' and 'Salt Rock' -- Mr.
Sibley's Visit -- Saline Exudations -- Unhabitableness
of the high Prairies -- Excellent Pasturage -- Rich
border Country sufficient for two States -- Northern
Texas -- Rivers of the Prairies -- Their Unfitness for
Navigation -- Timber -- Cross Timbers -- Encroachments
of the Timber upon the Prairies -- Fruits and Flowers --
Salubrity of Climate, 237

CHAPTER XXVII {XI of Vol. II}
ANIMALS OF THE PRAIRIES

The Mustang or Wild Horse -- Capturing him by 'Creasing,'
and with the Lazo -- Horse-flesh -- The Buffalo -- Its
Appearance -- Excellence of its Meat -- General Utility
to the Indian and Traveller -- Prospect of its
Extinction -- Hunting the Buffalo with Bow and Arrows,
the Lance, etc. -- 'Still-hunting' -- The Buffalo
ferocious only when wounded -- Butchering, etc. -- The
Gray Wolf -- Its Modes of killing Buffalo -- Their great
numbers -- A 'Wolf scrape' -- The Prairie Wolf, or
'Jackal of the Prairies' -- The Elk, Deer and Bear --
The Antelope -- The Bighorn -- The Prairie Dog -- Owls
and Rattlesnakes -- The Horned Frog -- Fowls -- Bees,
etc., 259

CHAPTER XXVIII {XII of Vol. II}
ABORIGINES OF AMERICA

Indian Cosmogony -- Traditions of Origin -- Identity of
Religious Notions -- Adoration of the Sun -- Shawnee
Faith -- Anecdote of Tecumseh -- Legendary Traditions --
Missionaries, and Success of the Catholics -- The
Indian's Heaven -- Burial Customs -- Ancient Accounts --
Depositing the Dead on Scaffolds -- Superstition and
Witchcraft -- Indian Philosophy -- Polygamy and other
Matrimonial Affairs -- Abhorrence of Incest --
Difference in Character -- Indian Hospitality -- Traits
of the Ancient Asiatics -- Names -- Relationship of
Different Tribes -- Dreadful Decrease of the Indians, 283

CHAPTER XXIX {XIII of Vol. II}
THE FRONTIER INDIANS

Causes of Removal West -- Annuities, etc. --
Dissatisfaction of the Indians -- Their Melioration by
the Change -- Superiority of their present Location --
Lands granted to them -- Improvements, Agriculture,
etc. -- Their Slaves -- Manufactures -- Style of Living,
Dress, etc. -- Literary Opportunities and Improvements
-- Choctaw Academy -- Harpies and Frauds -- Games --
Systems of Government -- Polygamy -- Ancient Laws and
Customs -- Intemperance -- Preventive Measures -- A
Choctaw Enactment -- Marriage and Funeral Customs of the
Choctaws -- The Creeks -- Their Summary Executions --
Mourning -- Indian Titles -- The Northern Tribes --
Census of the Frontier Nations, 299

CHAPTER XXX {XIV of Vol. II}
INDIANS OF THE PRAIRIES

System of Chiefs -- Mode of Warfare -- War-Council -- The
Scalp-dance -- The Calumet or Pipe of Peace -- Treaties
-- Public News-criers -- Arms of the Indians -- Bow and
Arrows, etc. -- Hunting -- Dancing -- Language of Signs
-- Telegraphs -- Wigwams or Lodges -- Pack-dogs --
Costumes -- Painting, Tattooing, etc. -- Indian Dandies
-- Manufactures, and Dressing the Buffalo Rug -- Indian
Diet, Fasting, etc. -- Primitive Thomsonians -- Their
domestic Animals, the Dog and the Horse -- Wampum --
Their Chronology, 318

CHAPTER XXXI {XV of Vol. II}
INDIANS OF THE PRAIRIES

Intermediate Tribes -- Their Wigwams and their Hunting
Excursions -- Dress and Cut of their Hair -- The Pawnees
-- The Osages -- Their Roguery -- Matrimonial Customs --
Accomplished Mourners -- Their Superstitions -- The
Indian Figure -- The 'Pawnee Picts' -- Wild Tribes --
Census -- The Comanches -- Their Range -- Their Sobriety
-- Their Chiefs, etc. -- Female Chastity -- Comanche
Marriage -- Costumes -- Horsemanship -- Comanche Warfare
-- Predatory Forays -- Martial Ceremonies -- Treatment
of Captives -- Burial and Religious Rites, 336

GLOSSARY.

Containing such Spanish or Hispano-Mexican words as occur
undefined in this work, or recur without definition
after having been once translated 353

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