THE

ADVENTURES

OF

CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE, U. S. A.

IN THE

ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE FAR WEST.

DIGESTED FROM HIS JOURNAL AND ILLUSTRATED

FROM VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES.

BY

WASHINGTON IRVING.

AUTHOR'S REVISED EDITION.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

NEW YORK:

G. P. PUTNAM, 532 BROADWAY.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

WASHINGTON IRVING,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

JOHN F. TROW, Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper, 50 Greene Street,

Between Grand & Broome, New York.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

State of the far trade of the Rocky Mountains-American enterprises-

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 Kansas chief-Night scene in a trader's camp-Colloquy

between White Plume and the captain-Bee-hunters-their expedi-

tions-their feuds with the Indians-Bargaining talent of White Plume, 29

CHAPTER III.

Wide prairies-Vegetable productions-Tabular hills-Slabs of sandstone

-Nebraska, or Platte River-Scanty fare-Buffalo skulls-Wagons