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NARVA
COLLEGE
LIBRARY
State of the Fur Trade of the Rocky Mountains-American Enter-
prises-General Ashley and his Associates-Sublette, a famous
Leader-Yearly Rendezvous among the Mountains-Stratagems
and Dangers of the Trade-Bands of Trappers-Indian Banditti-
Crows and Blackfeet-Mountaineers-Traders of the Far West-
Character and Habits of the Trapper...
CHAPTER II.
Departure from Fort Osage-Modes of Transportation-Pack-horses-
Wagons-Walker and Cerre-Their Characters-Buoyant Feelings
on Launching upon the Prairies-Wild Equipments of the Trap-
pers-Their Gambols and Antics-Difference of Character between
the American and French Trappers-Agency of the Kansas-Gen-
eral Clarke-White Plume, the Kansas Chief-Night Scene in a
Trader's Camp-Colloquy between White Plume and the Captain
-Bee-hunters-Their Expeditions-Their Feuds with the Indians-
Bargaining Talent of White Plume....
CHAPTER III.
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Wide Prairies-Vegetable Productions-Tabular Hills-Slabs of Sand-
stone-Nebraska, or Platte River-Scanty Fare-Buffalo Skulls-
Wagons turned into Boats-Herds of Buffalo-Cliffs resembling
Castles-The Chimney-Scott's Bluffs-Story connected with them
-The Bighorn or Ahsahta-Its Nature and Habits-Difference be-
tween that and the "Woolly Sheep," or Goat of the Mountains.... 87