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Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839, part 2
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Early Western Travels
1748-1846
Volume XX
Early Western Travels
1748-1846
1748-1846
A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and
rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive
of the Aborigines and Social and Economic
Conditions in the Middle and Far West,
during the Period of Early
American Settlement
rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive
of the Aborigines and Social and Economic
Conditions in the Middle and Far West,
during the Period of Early
American Settlement
Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by
Reuben Gold Thwaites, LL. D.
Editor of "The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents",
"Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition",
"Hennepin's New Discovery," etc.
"Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition",
"Hennepin's New Discovery," etc.
Volume XX
Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839
Cleveland, Ohio
The Arthur H. Clark Company
1905
Copyright 1905, by
THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Lakeside Press
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO
R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XX
| Commerce of the Prairies; or, The Journal of a Santa Fé Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of nearly Nine Years in Northern Mexico. (Part II: Chapters xii-xvi of Volume I, and all of Volume II of original.) Josiah Gregg. | |
| Author's Table of Contents | 13 |
| Text of Part II: | 21 |
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOLUME XX
| "Indian Alarm on the Cimarron River" | Frontispiece | |
| "Map of the Interior of Northern Mexico" | Facing | 21 |
| Medal of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Mexico (text cut) | 40 | |
| "Camp Comanche" | 123 | |
| Mule emerging from a mine; Still Hunting (text cuts in original) | 181 | |
| "'Dog Town,' or Settlement of Prairie Dogs" | 279 | |
Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, or The Journal of a Santa Fé Trader——1831-1839
Reprint of chapters xii-xvi of Volume I, and all of Volume II of the second edition: New York, 1845
CONTENTS
| Government of New Mexico — The Administration of Justice — Judicial Corruption — Prejudices against Americans — Partiality for the English — Anecdote of Governor Armijo and a Trapper — Outrage upon an American Physician — Violence suffered by the American Consul and others — Arbitrary Impositions upon Foreigners — Contribucion de Guerra — The Alcaldes and their System — The Fueros — Mode of punishing Delinquents and Criminals — Mexican System of Slavery — Thieves and Thieveries Outrage upon an American Merchant — Gambling and Gambling-houses — Game of Monte — Anecdote of a Lady of Fashion — Chuza — Cockpits — Correr el gallo — El Coleo — Fandangoes — Cigarritos, | 21 |
| Military Hierarchy of Mexico — Religious Superstitions — Legend of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe — A profane Version of the Story — A curious Plan for manufacturing Water — Saints and Images — Processions — How to make it Rain — The Sacred Host — Fanaticism and Murder — Honors paid to a Bishop — Servility to Priests — Attendance at Public Worship — New Mexicans in Church — The Vesper Bells — Passion Week and the Ceremonies pertaining thereto — Ridiculous Penitencia — Whitewashing of Criminals — Matrimonial Connexions and Mode of Contracting them — Restrictions upon Lovers — Onerous Fees paid for Marriages and Burials — Anecdote of a Ranchero — Ditto of a Servant and of a Widow, illustrative of Priestly Extortion — Modes of Burial, and Burial Ground of the Heretics, | 37 |