Hetd  Qnarters  of  the  Santa  F6  Trade— Independence  and
its  LocaU — A  Prairie   Trip  an  excellent  Remedy  for
chronie  PiseBBes    Supplies  for  the  Jonmey — Wagons,      \^
^         Holes  and  Oxen — Art  of  Loading  Wagons — Romancing    '^
Propensity  of  TraTeUers — The  Departure — Storms  and
Wagon-corera — (atnagmires — Tricks  of   marauding  In-
dians—Council Qroye— Fancy  versus  Reality — Election-
eering OB  the  Prairies — The  Organization  —  Amateur
TraTeUers  and  Loafers— Duties  of  the  Watch — Costumes  ^
and  Eq^iipment  of  the  Party — Timbers  for  the  Journey,      dS

CHAPTER  UL

The  « Catch  up  * — ^Breaking  up  of  the  Encampment — ^Per-      ""**

verslty  of  Mules — Under  Way — The  Diamond  Spring-*

Eccentricities  of  Oxen — ^Pirst  Glance  of  the  Antelope-*-

Ba&Jo  Herds  and  Prairie  Novices-^A  John  Gilpin  Race

^  r-Culinary  Preparations — A  Buffalo  Feast— Appetite  of


ZN  OONTlNTt.
Pnine  TraTellers— Troubles  in  Fording  Streams— Fresh
Alarms  and  their  Causes— A  Wolfish  Frolic — Arkansas
Riyerr— Pleasing  Scenerjr — Character  of  the  Country — ^Ex-
traordinary Surgical  Operation — The  '  Pawnee  Rock '—  ^
Salatary  EffecU  of  Alarms — ^New  Order  of  Bfarch — ^Prai-
rie Encampment  and  <  Upholstery' — Hoppling  and  Teth-
ering  of  the  *  Stock  '—Crossing  the  Arkansas— -Qreat  Bat-  "^
tie  with  Rattlesnakes— A  Mustang  Colt  and  a  Mole
Fracas — *■  The  Caches ' — Their  Origin,  and  Signification
of  tha  Temit  •  •  •  •  •  00

CHAPTER  IV.
