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ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE.
CONTENTS.
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Introductory Notice |
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CHAPTER I.
State of the Fur Trade of the Rocky Mountains—American enterprise—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 |
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CHAPTER II.
Departure from Fort Osage—modes of transportation—pack-horses—wagons—Walker and Cerré—their characters—buoyant feelings on launching upon the Prairies—wild equipments of the trappers—their gambols and antics—difference of character between the American and French trappers—Agency of the Kansas—General Clarke—White Plume, the Indian 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 |
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CHAPTER III.
Wide Prairies—vegetable productions—tabular hills—slabs of sandstone—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 between that and the "Woolly Sheep," or Goat of the Mountains |
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CHAPTER IV.
An alarm—Crow Indians—their appearances—mode of approach—their vengeful errand—their curiosity—hostility between the Crows and Blackfeet—lov- |