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CHAPTER XXVI.
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A retrograde move—Channel of a mountain torrent—Alpine scenery—cascades—beaver valleys—beavers at work—their architecture—their modes of felling trees—mode of trapping the beaver—contests of skill—a beaver "up to trap"—arrival at the Green River caches |
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CHAPTER XXVII.
Route towards Wind River—dangerous neighborhood—alarms and precautions—a sham encampment—apparition of an Indian spy—midnight move—mountain defile—the Wind River valley—tracking a party—deserted camps—symptoms of Crows—meeting of comrades—a trapper entrapped—Crow pleasantry—Crow spies—a decampment—return to Green River Valley—meeting with Fitzpatrick's party—their adventures among the Crows—orthodox Crows |
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
A region of natural curiosities—the plain of white clay—Hot Springs—the Beer Spring—departure to seek the trappers—plain of Portneuf—lava—chasms and gullies—Banneck Indians—their hunt of the buffalo—hunters' feast—trencher heroes—bullying of an absent foe—the damp comrade—Indian spy—meeting with Hodgkiss—his adventures—Poordevil Indians—triumph of the Bannecks—Blackfeet policy in war |
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CHAPTER XXIX.
Winter camp at the Portneuf—fine springs—the Banneck Indians—their honesty—Captain Bonneville prepares for an expedition—Christmas—the American Falls—wild scenery—Fishing Falls—Snake Indians—scenery of the Bruneau—view of the volcanic country from a mountain—Powder River—Shoshokoes, or Root Diggers—their character, habits, habitations, dogs—vanity at its last shift |
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CHAPTER XXX.
Temperature of the climate—Root Diggers on horse—an Indian guide—mountain prospects—the Grand Rond—difficulties on Snake River—a scramble over the Blue Mountains—sufferings from hunger—prospect of the Immahah Valley—the exhausted traveller |
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CHAPTER XXXI.
Progress in the Valley—an Indian cavalier—the Captain falls into a lethargy—a Nez Percés partriarch—hospitable treatment—the bald head—bargaining—value of an old plaid cloak—the family horse—the cost of an Indian present |
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CHAPTER XXXII.
Nez Percés camp—a chief with a hard name—the big hearts of the East—hospitable treatment—the Indian guides—mysterious councils—the loquacious |