CHAPTER II

Departure of the caravan--A storm on the prairie--Arrangement

of the camp--Kanzas Indians--Kanzas river--Indian lodges--

Passage of the river--Buffalo canoes--Kanzas chief--Upper

Kaw village--their wigwams--Catfish and ravens--Return of

Mr. Sublette--Pawnee trace--Desertion of three men--

Difficulties occasioned by losing the trail--Intelligence

of Mr. Sublette's party--Escape of the band of horses--Visit

of three Otto Indians--Anecdote of Richardson, the chief

hunter--his appearance and character--White wolves and

antelopes--Buffalo bones--Sublette's deserted camps--Lurking

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